Off we go on the bottom skin. The initial profile was pretty close but could be better in the cove.

The second pic has the usual filler mess and I found that the bottom has very small ups and downs over its length so its looking like another lot of filler and just as much fun as the top profile if not more. One reason it takes so long is I’m going for the minimum fill. This means if I get almost to the glass in one area I’m up for another lot of filler as this becomes my no go low point.

It also looks like I’ll have a slightly thicker canard than the templates suggest. I’m not sure how this would effect things. Its really just a function of the cores and glass and this is where I find myself. I’m not too concerned as long as the shape is spot on and I get the surface with the minimum possible waviness.

This is not the most fun part of the build but great to get it happening early as it becomes one less task at the end. Yeah I keep finding other things to do rather than sanding….

Close to start

Pile on the filler

Not so close now