Jeffs 340 Kitfox

[jmodguy]

Wing paint reveal tomorrow!

[jmodguy]

Came out better than I hoped! Black is a pearl and it sparkles in the sunlight!

[DesertFox4]

That’ll work!

[efwd]

Awe Man, beautiful.
Eddie

[David47]

That’s nice !

[jmodguy]

Thanks for the motivation!
Next up is finishing the cowl mods (and building a mold to pull a new cowl/boot cowl) and painting the fuselage.
I will be painting the cockpit tubes Rat Rod black. Should have done that before I put all that stuff in...

[jmodguy]

Working on the oil cooler scoop and plenum

[jmodguy]

Cowl re-shaping is done! Got a layer of glass on the top so technically I met my milestone! 😬
This will be a plug to make a mold from. It will be a three piece cowl. Upper, lower, and boot cowls.

[Shadowrider]

[Looking good! Is that pink insulating foam from the hardware store? I have done fiberglass but never to this extend. Give us the rundown on how your doing this for the less experienced....

[jmodguy]

The "pink stuff" is 2" foam insulation board from Menards. I basically cut it to conform to the top of the cowl and used a bondo file to shape it. I filled the sides and other areas with 2 part expanding foam, then shaped it with the bondo file and 80 grit sandpaper. I put a layer of glass on it to give the foam a more rigid surface. I will put a thin layer of bondo on the glass to get it smoothed out. Might put a thin layer of glass over that to give it some more strength. The cowl mating edges will be the typical male and female flange about 3/16" thick and reinforced with a 1" strip of kevlar. I don't want it to be wavy... The plan is to make a cowl that only needs to be trimmed at the aft end. There should be no need to trim the cowl mating edges.

This will be a plug to pull a mold from. The cowl will be 2 layers of CF with a 1/8" aramid honeycomb for rigidity. Vacuum bagged of course...