Charles I have spent some 5 years plus in the glider community building DLG and learning a whole bunch about the composite construction techniques and have spent hundreds of hours just researching. I have learned about just every molding techniques there are possible and practiced them all too. In the process i made a CNC machine from scratch learned to do hot wire cutting and also made my own gravity hot wire cutter i learned about vacuum bagging regular molding techniques then about inflation bladder about layouts then moved to CNC molds (I do this for a job as I am a machinist) once i graduated to CNC molds then it open the door to do hollow molded components then the solid core components was next also a one piece fuselage was in the works too so I have learned to make that too. It was quite a journey a exiting journey full of disappointments and success.
Traian,
I kinda figured you had some background or experience with these kinds of materials. What you are doing doesn't happen over night.
Certainly puts the old school method of wrapping balsa skins around a foam mold or using planking around a crutch.
Guys like me certainly can appreciate your abilities and your 2018 contemporary approach to modeling.
Your better than me.
Better than anything I've seen actually. This means your efforts give guys like me ambition.
However, even with the ambition, what you are doing is far beyond the reach of most modelers. My 'reach' isn't long enough.
I used planking strips on Pushy Galore. It tired me out.
Some guys are still doing sheeting over foam. It works for us old school guys.
I'm thinking, with all that engineering, math and tooling, you could go into production. I mentioned I have someone interested in your design AND would consider a model.
Are product sales in store for the future?
Good for you!
Charles