Builders log Trevor B Trevors build 10 03/12/2020 / 17/03/2021 by Trevor Barrett | 2 Comments on Trevors build 10 All of the side skirts have been sewn together. I cut ply templates from the plans to make the job easy. Carefull placement of the patterns means there is no waste of material. Paul’s designs fit spot on with the material roll width. A leather needle was used in the home sewing machine and the […] Read more »
Builders log Trevor B Walk around of craft build 17/11/2020 / 17/03/2021 by Paul Moody | Leave a Comment A short video of a walk around view of craft under construction. Just at the point of finishing the duct and beginning the mechanicals Read more »
Builders log Trevor B Trevors build 9 12/11/2020 / 17/03/2021 by Trevor Barrett | 1 Comment on Trevors build 9 I built the duct jig next to plans and mounted it on a table for easy access and rotation. The first layer of 10mm foam was cut and strapped to the jig. As seen on the photo, straps blocks of wood and a little heat gun rounded the corners near the cutout. They tended to […] Read more »
Builders log Jeremy L Duct 11/11/2020 / 13/11/2020 by Jeremy Ludlow | Leave a Comment here we are at the business end of the PMR1 build. We will have the duct built (read put together). Also the beautiful marriage of the rear drive with the duct assembly. All this! keep reading. Read more »
Builders log Trevor B Trevors build 8 30/10/2020 / 17/03/2021 by Trevor Barrett | 1 Comment on Trevors build 8 The front deck sections have now been put together. I had a little issue with the dashboard section which threw me a bit and the sections didn’t go in completely to plan but to me it worked out fine. Both the front and rear sections were then lifted of and the joins filled and then […] Read more »
Builders log Trevor B Trevors build 7 23/10/2020 / 24/10/2020 by Trevor Barrett | Leave a Comment The next job forward was to set up the inner panels and then the decks. The inner panels were skinned with F/G and resin to instructions and then spot glued on the lines. The joins between the panels and the hull were then filled and skinned with F/G tape and resin. We then set about […] Read more »
Builders log Trevor B Trevors build 6 13/10/2020 / 14/10/2020 by Trevor Barrett | Leave a Comment All the joins on the inside hull have now been filled. If you take your time, use a fairly stiff epoxy/microballoon mix, the joins can be filled with an old credit card bent into a radius and you will have little or no spillage to clean up. I used a 100mm FG tape on the […] Read more »
Builders log Trevor B Trevors build 5 05/10/2020 / 14/10/2020 by Trevor Barrett | 2 Comments on Trevors build 5 The underside of the hull has now been fully skinned. I have now turned the hull over and have fitted the inside hull edge strip. A couple of simple jigs keep it all in line and the strips vertical. Al the inside joins now need to be filled so we can skin the inside. Read more »
Builders log Trevor B Trevors build 4 01/10/2020 / 01/10/2020 by Trevor Barrett | Leave a Comment Just a few various shots of different stages so far. Note the pictures of the plans showing the extra lines on the Officeworks full size prints. Something to watch for. Read more »
Builders log Trevor B Trevors build 3 30/09/2020 / 01/10/2020 by Trevor Barrett | Leave a Comment So the lower section of the hull has now been put together. As can be seen by the photos nice clean cuts means that the panels go together perfectly. I did not have to trim one edge for it all to match up. With the temporary build jig sitting on a nice flat floor I […] Read more »
