Tuesday, 6 September 2011

Wilson Launch

currently the foam pices are being measured out for the surper structer adn the cut qand shaped to size. the superstructer needs to be covered in foam. the technique is press the foam aginst the desired sape the cut with a craft knife into the foam instead of using a pen as a pen will mark and damage te foam. once the foam is then cut to size it is time to shape it, this can be done with a tough 40gritt sand paper but is hard work and roughs up the foad, instead a plane can be used for a big job or a craft/ stanley knife to cut away larger pieces. then you need a 40 gritt sand followed by a 100 or 8 gritt to smooth it out. make sure all foam is laybled and stored correctly in the cubbard afterwards. for getting the curved surfaces covered with foam you must cut the foam into thin long strips the cover the mould with plastic so the bog desnto stick to the surface. then put the other bits of foam into place so there is no movement. make sure the foam is not springing up and pulling off the mould as this will be wrong and dstrought during the dry run, it can be pressed down with clamps, wood strips srewed into other areas on window fitting and weights to aviod sprining. then you must mix up a peanut butter texture bog and apply to bog on both tuching surfaces for optiu stick. then leave over night to dry/ cure.