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Posted 6/18/2020 1:13:16 PM


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Two layers of 1.5 oz fiberglass mat applied. Used an old garden hose to create strengthen the mold. Garden hose is only a form, it's the fiberglass around it that creates the strength.

Tomorrow I will sand down the mold a little to remove any stray pointy fiberglass threads that might sick someone handling the mold. Then I will drill bolt holes in the flanges between the top and two bottom sections so they can be bolted together when it's time to make the part.

After that it will finally be time to separate the mold from the plug and see what we've got! I'm very interested to see how the quarter inch fiberglass strands that were used in tight corners work. Could be key for the body construction.

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Posted 6/18/2020 3:23:43 PM


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Went ahead and removed the flange plates from the front bottom and rear in preparation for smoothing out the flanges.

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Posted 6/18/2020 5:41:40 PM
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That thing is looking awesome
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Posted 6/19/2020 3:06:39 PM


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Thanks Towman. Not as cool as your build, but I'm trying.
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Posted 6/19/2020 3:34:52 PM


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Alright, here we go!

Trimmed up the flanges and did a light sand on the top to remove any stickers. Drilled the holes in the top to side flanges for bolts to hold the mold together when time to make a piece.

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Started separating the passenger side bottom from the top section. Working from back to front and taking it easy, the bottom side mold section came off fairly easily and pretty clean.

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Same thing with the driver side

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Now for the top. It held on like a mother bear!

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In retrospect, this was way too big a piece to do at one time. The lines, and other features on the surface were tough to get to release. If I had it to do over I would have divided it into three sections to help it separate better.

But eventually it came off. The plug got broken up a little but the mold looks pretty good.

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Look how good the lines came out. I'm pretty stoked about that.

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There was some heat melting of the foam but the layer of epoxy resin held it's shape so the melting didn't effect the mold.

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Posted 6/23/2020 9:03:38 AM


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Amazing stuff bud!!

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Posted 6/30/2020 12:51:16 PM


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I have the body work done on the rear main body bottom now. Zeus Wayne suggested I try drywall mud again rather than body filler putty so I used it on most of this part (except for the parts I had already completed). I think there are pluses and minuses to both materials.

Body filler putty:

plus: strong bond, structural strength, easy to apply, cures quickly

minuses: expensive, LOTs of sanding, toxic, odor, harder to clean tools

Drywall Joint Compound:

plus: inexpensive, easy to apply, super easy to sand, easy clean up. no smell, safe to use indoors

minuses: takes a long time to dry, easy to over sand, can chip off and doesn't always adhere as well.

Here's the results. Gray parts are the body filler and white is the drywall.

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I think I will continue to use the drywall for the most part as it is easier to use in the long run although not really much time savings because of the dry time. There are a few techniques to improve dry time and there is a product that is a fast drying mud that I may try.

Now I have to figure out how to put on the flange plates. there are some compound curves that I will need to divide into separate molds.

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Posted 6/30/2020 8:55:52 PM
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hey sly,
Very nice work.
How are THEMAN and your donors coming along? vertigo
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Posted 7/1/2020 7:39:51 AM


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Vert, nice to hear from you. Sure am missing your wonderful posts on this board.

How are THEMAN and your donors coming along?
Donor car is progressing. THEMAN has acquired the correct rear wheels, appropriate seats, and other items.

Talked to him yesterday and he had acquired a heavy duty transmission that we will need. I can't remember if he had the new rear axle sourced yet or not, but it was something we talked about last fall. I just sent him the donor seat rails because he wants to install the seats and start work on the roll cage.
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Posted 7/2/2020 3:33:13 PM


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Sly,

Yes a few minor disadvantages to mud, but the biggest advantage is no heat to warp or melt things...

Glad you are making progress!


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