Builds By Baz

Started fibreglassing the fuselage.

Progress here >>> https://www.buildsbybaz.com/fibreglassing-the-hull/

Still making a couple at home now and then, plus quite a few at work.

Finished another couple at work for the boss, plus one at home for me.

Simply beautiful

Very pretty.

Mackka said:

Very pretty.

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I feel completely and utterly inadequate.

Late night fibreglassing continues...

Bloke I have to ask given the projects and many works of art you produce, do you ever sleep Once again amazing examples of your skills.

Diginit said:

Bloke I have to ask given the projects and many works of art you produce, do you ever sleep Once again amazing examples of your skills.

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Not much mate. As an insomniac, I try to use my quiet time at night, well.

I finished glassing all the underside now, right to the rear. I've now put a new trim and some bulb seal around the cockpit edges and now the canopy slides back and seals on the rubber. Sounds heaps better too. Kinda like closing the door of a Rolls Royce.

Glassing high tonight.

Tell me it wasn't a mongrel job getting my hairy arm in the top intake without getting resin all over it! Port intake done as well.

Unfortunately I've run out of resin

Looks like I won't be able to finish the fibreglassing of the engines, until I can afford more. There's a thousand bucks worth, stretched out as far as I could. I'll get this last bit out, and see how far I get.

Good stuff bloke. As for the resin on the hairy arms, get some of these disposable gloves the vets use for preg testing an bum exams. Cheap as chips

I got all the intakes done inside and out, plus about a metre of the top nacelle and the port nacelle. Now I'm out of resin, saving up for the next batch to finish it. There's still a top coat to go, some body-filler, and sanding with the big orbital, before a final paint.



In the meantime, I thought I'd try to make the RCS ports look a little more technical with some detail in the holes.

The brains of the Viper, steadily being worked on by brains smarter than mine. Thanks to my mate James who you may remember, helped me with the electronics suite in the steel Iron Man suit.

A few more at work and at home.

Sandbagger said:

A few more at work and at home.

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As usual Baz excellent work

RM Outback said:

As usual Baz excellent work

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Thanks RM

Started sanding the fibreglass. Port wing back on so I can do this as well as start hooking up the nav light electrics.



The flight suit is all but finished. I brought it all home to put on the last couple of bits of the ensemble and to look for anything that needs adjusting. The pre-flight check list pocket somehow snuck up the leg too far and we didn't notice it until it was all on. I'll have to unpick it and move it down the leg so it's readable in the sitting position in the cockpit.

My friend and tailor, Alistair, who has previously worked in the costume departments of quite a few blockbuster movies and TV series, was the man who did all the sewing machine work. I have him to thank for his patience and expertise. I just provided material, consultation and reference, plus a little bit of grunt work when it came to cutting, glueing and sourcing accessories.


Sometimes I cringe at cosplay, especially when a grown adult is playing fantasy dress-ups. I have to remind myself that it's an art-form, requiring a mature approach, patience and skill, to achieve something special. The Viper itself has taught me so much and though I can't use a sewing machine, the opportunity to see what goes into a costume for a movie, was eye-opening.

Unbelievable. Excellent work to you both.

While I'm waiting to sell another blade so I can afford the resin to finish the hull -

Did a bit of bog work to tidy the ends of the nav light housing.



Ran power to nav lights on the port wing and the strobe on the tail.



Re-organised the workshop so I can fit both wings on at once. Yes, they are removable so I can get the Viper out of the shed. (I can't believe the amount of people who ask, like I never thought of that.)

Fibreglassing update.