Nose cone Shaw 550

How is it?

Got a bit of info about the shape of the nose cone at the bow. Goran lofted out the frd section and after a few sketching session he created a female mould from MDF in which the foam would be placed. Strips of foam were cut and the pieces were edge glued. A few extra layers of tape were needed to help hold the strips.

On demoulding from the jig the nose cone had a slight hollow in it. Also the gaps on the frd face were extreme. Glue was also too thick and not cleaned off when wet.

Not a good thing. So a rethink was called for and another MDF frame was added to the mould.

The strips were tapered this time to help with the gaps on the frd face. Looking good now.

Less glue was also used and any excess was cleaned off the after face. All alot neater.

Goran started to fit in situ but ran out of time.

Jade and Chris fitted the nose cone on Thursday and a few modification later it fitted.

Applying the glue.