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Mr Bonds Build (Car noob)

20 Jun 2013, 4:08pm
It looks a good size, did you mould the lip?
21 Jun 2013, 5:15am
CarNoob wrote:
like a glove and easy to remove
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Very nice idea !!!:wave:
27 Jun 2013, 9:49am
Boot progression

adding filler [IMG][/IMG]
27 Jun 2013, 9:52am
not easy to rub down but going in right direction[IMG][/IMG]
27 Jun 2013, 9:53am
adding lip to boot lid [IMG]http://[/IMG]
27 Jun 2013, 9:59am
Next the dash. school report said always has head in the clouds. Im one of those people who can picture what i want in my mind now im old enough to be able to produce it. Filled and sprayed [IMG]http://[/IMG]
27 Jun 2013, 10:02am
I wanted a Walnut dash i can paint but found this and wanted to have ago at hydrographic transfering. a print on a pva background [IMG][/IMG]
27 Jun 2013, 10:06am
Step two fill container with 75 degree water. my mums bath seemed ideal and as shes on hols no questions as to what i[IMG][/IMG]m doing
27 Jun 2013, 10:16am
Tape edges of film lay on water for 60 seconds then spray activator wait 20 seconds until film dissolves then lower item at an angle until submerged shake under water then lift and spray with water until residue pva is removed. Not Bad for a first attempt [IMG][/IMG]
27 Jun 2013, 10:51am
Looks neat. Is the dash thin ply? If so, how did you get the double curve in the centre?
27 Jun 2013, 10:58am
made from fibre glass built it up insections then sanded and filled

there is a picture :photo: on a previous page
27 Jun 2013, 12:24pm
A+, Young Noob has done a lot better this term. But head still in the clouds...
27 Jun 2013, 3:58pm
Very nice, have played with that stuff myself and its quite inredible the stuff you can coat. Looking good.
27 Jun 2013, 6:46pm
Nice work.

The dash is a very important aspect of the build imho - it's part of the main interface you have with the car, along with the seat, steering wheel, gear lever and pedals.

I do like your boot too. I wasn't confident enough about my 'glassing skills when I started mine to start cutting big holes in the body so I went for a luggage bay accessed from behind the seats. If I was starting again I'd probably go for a boot lid like yours. :flock:
6 Dec 2013, 5:06pm
wheel gap

Been busy on the house so car has been on hold but not out of mind. Altered the gap from bonnet to the wheel.
6 Dec 2013, 7:23pm
but you cant drive the house!
:-)
7 Dec 2013, 5:01pm
rear end now level
17 Mar 2014, 4:07pm
Time to work on the car again

fun time adjusting the gaps on the front and rear wheel arch
17 Mar 2014, 4:11pm
Click on the small image and go to Photobucket to see the full story.....

Idea duly stolen/borrowed.
17 Mar 2014, 4:13pm
A neat and simple way of doing it. Nice result.

Idea duly stolen....I mean "noted".
17 Mar 2014, 4:29pm
I agree, I was going to make formers and cut all the way round... i'll take this one aswell. I assume this will work on the back too.
18 Mar 2014, 1:20pm


when doing the front wheel arches I fastened the spacers to some mdf it held everything in place.
24 Mar 2014, 9:22am
hole for speaker Quick doodle with the I pad,