Don't forget that everything you see so far is just the plug over which I will make moulds and it is from these molds that I will take the panels. All this foam I am pissing about with is going to be junked. This will leave me with a number of strong carbon fibre body panels mounted securely to the car (in ways I have yet to discover) and should they get damaged in a smash, I will have the molds ready and waiting to make new ones.
Yeas, the red cart (BMW Z300S Barchetta) is a similar construction, just in glass fibre instead of carbon fibre. It is for sale to pay for this project if you want it.
I am a fool, I obviously have no idea how these things are done 🙄
No thanks re the car, although it is very nice.
Watty - That is why I do these detailed and instructional video tutorials 😉
Yeah, I’m obviously jumping the gun somewhat!
And here is the much anticipated Shaping the Bonnet release :
Stay until the end tio see what has ruined my Easter weekend.
It will get better! 🌞
Yeah, I woke up this morning with the certain realisation that what was needed was an undertray that the airdam could bolt to. This would hold that in place and I could also then build a proper support structure for the front wings while I build the plug.
The challenge with the under tray is calculating the aerodynamic loads and the cooling requirements with venting for the radiator exits while not impinging on the brake ducts. I have spent the entire time since waking doing the maths required and calculating the load spread based on a carbon Kevlar shell over a foam core shaped to create low pressure under the front axle.
I think Version 0.073 is just about perfect. Now to order the materials
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Friday was a write off as a day with weather.
Saturday I was in London for a family birthday so no progress made.
Sunday I just needed to fit a couple of Rivnuts so I had something to bolts the planned undertray to. Easy except that requires a 13mm metal bit and the largest I could find was 11mm. I was tempted to just wiggle it about i bit but decided not to as I wanted the rivnut to be held tight so popped down to Screwfix to get the 13mm bit. Then I remembered that every shop has to shut because a couple of millennium ago a supposedly dead bloke was found to have been less dead than expected so progress on the car.
Monday I finally get the drill bit and make nice snug holes for the rivnuts and as I pull the tool tight on the first one...
Well I think the picture shows why there was no progress on the car today.
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Why did you not fix the tool?
Also, you can use an impact driver to pull the rivnut in
[i]Why did you not fix the tool?[/i] It was a very cheap one I bought about many years ago and I preferred to replace it with a better one.
[i]Also, you can use an impact driver to pull the rivnut in[/i] I didn't know that, but will remember if it the new one breaks
The bank Holiday weekend gave me time to p[rogress (a bit)
All in with the carbon and Diolen next...
Here we go, the project if finished!!!!*
*Obviously that is over excited YouTube clickbait but I do actually finish the first part that will be on the final car. Not only do I have a carbon fibre disaster but I make it even tougher with the careful inclusion of Diolen (cheap Kevlar)
Enjoy, like and subscribe
Now your friday night is complete. Here is the latest episode completed after working morning and night to achieve, well, doesn't actually look like that much but I am a whole lot further forward than I was and I get to use 3M Glass Baubles to make body filler - stay to the end to see how that works out.
Great episode, it’s coming along nicely WCA. 👍
Just got out the garage after 2.5 hours of more mixing and filling. About 1/3rd of the airdam now has filler on it and I am waiting for it to dry. I mixed this lot much stiffer and it was both a pig to get properly mixed in and harder to apply as it dragged and puckered rather than flowing on like icing. I am thinking that after I finish this base layer and sand down ready for the next, I will mix the top layer to a similar consistency as you see in that video.
Anyway, of to set up the art exhibition now.
This week's Shed and Buried, Classic Cars might be right up your street. E type Jag rusty shell on a 90s BMW chassis. Series 1 episode 8, probably repeated on Quest sometime.
https://www.discoveryplus.com/gb/show/shed-and-buried-classic-cars
Episode is on YT should anyone want to watch it.
Latest episode, I am not in a good mood right now :
Cheer up WCA, you’ll think of something. 😃👍
Can you loose the lip on top of the air dam behind the bumper?
Bruce - That was one of my options but it makes it quite a bluff front.
I 'think' I have decided to keep the air dam shape as it is but cut 6 inches out of each side to pull the whole front of it backwards. This will just mean reshaping the side parts and possibly cutting and refinishing the flat floor. I am leaving the floor alone for the moment while I work on the bonnet to get that shaped and aligned. This will let me see just how far I can move everything backwards and then decide if the flat floor is left cutting forward like a race car splitter or is cut to fit.
For all you car obsessives, I am just back from 2 hours work in the garage and then a quick bit oif video editing to bring you the latest episode of the DS911 saga.
HAppy viewing and watch to the end to improve my viewing durations and upgrade me in the algorithm - I mean to hear my humorous ending comments.
Latest video is out :
I just checked the stats and it turns out that only 4 of you are watched the last one so I might not keep updating this thread with the links. If you do watch and want to be told when they are released then let me know, otherwise I will rely on you being subscribed and getting the alerts from there.
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I’m subscribed and await each episode eagerly 🚙 👍
I've watched them all but no longer via the links here.
Coming on well, keep it up!
Cheers guys. I am glad you are interested / bored enough. More'glass bring delivered this morning so i should be able to finish the second wing and get them both glassed and with filler on.
It is getting close to actually having the body plug complete. Probably just another 72,000 hours of sanding to go.
Vlog 18 - right wing, says the man in the black shirt and combatty-looking jacket on the thumbnail. Is this an election special? 🤔
(I'm watching them, too)
I’m subscribed but I’m also subscribed to lots of (frankly lesser) channels so whilst I don’t click through from here (I watch on the yt app on Apple TV) I do use this thread to alert me to a new episode.
keep up the good work, it’s great to see someone having a go at something daft - it has a charm the more polished channels just don’t have
Nah, you can't stop now. There are 4 or 5 of us hooked.
When you first stated your intentions, I thought you were mental. That poor 911! However, things are progressing and I admire your perseverance. You're still a bit juts though!
Thanks for the support. I will keep flagging it up on here then.
I just got in from working on the Left Wing (to ensure political balance) and am really pleased by my 3rd attempt at a symetircalizer which has helps a lot with the initial shaping.
[i]it has a charm the more polished channels just don’t have[/i] - It has taken me years to rub away the 'polished' style to reveal the charming incompetence 🙂
For political balance and a bit of conspiracy click bait, I have called this one Left wing and Hacking. Basically, I made the left wing, realise the front was too wide for the wheel arches and widening the track of the car properly was £££ so hac ked everything apart and rebuilt the airdam and both front wings.
It has been a very dusty week of sanding and shaping and I didn't get in from the garage until nearly 11pm last night which is why the video release is delayed until now.
Enjoy, like, subscribe and comment please, or don't
🙂
I just ran out of the glass baubles for making the epoxy filler I am using. So what, I can order some more.
Postage is a bit steep, I might as well order the fibre glass, resin and gel coat I will use to make the moulds at the same time. Quickly add the extra items and get to the checkout.
Just over £1,000 with the VAT and delivery!!!!
I am having a 'Super Special Art Sale this weekend" Any painting from NicksArtStuff.com is now just £100 delivered (UK Mainland). Go have a look and PM me if you are interested.
This project is on hold until I sell at least 5 of them so I will spend tomorrow at the Winchester Market I think.
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The painting you see me finishing is called "History On a Hill". I just realised I haven't uploaded the image onto my website
I have no idea why you are spending time and money absolutely butchering the front wings on that car. No offense, it looks like an f40 bodykit on an MR2 in reverse
No worries and no offense taken. The original parts are stored in the attic so it can be reversed if required.
There is no rational reason for this other than I thinkt he 911 front end looks a bit crap since the 996 where they tried to combine the distinctive round lights at the end of the front wing with the tapered back front end. It wasn't just the fried egg 996, it applies to the 997, 991 and 992. Just for the record, I didn't like the headlights on the Muira either. If you have basically round headlights then they look better more vertical and if you want head lights merged into a sleek, flat nose then use a better shape.
I like the front end styling of the Citroen DS but although the car was 30 years ahead of it's time, that was 70 years ago. This means you get 70 year old cars with 40 year old relevance and an engine from a pre-war car because Citroen ran out of money to develop the engine they wanted.
I am doing this fo r the fun of learning the process and overcoming the challenges and at the end of it I get a 'distinctive' car. I am happy for people not to like or understand it as it is built for me and not them. I am also happy for people to like it. There is not much I can do to change the way other people think, so I don't try.
Feel free to comment on this thread or the YT channel with questions, comments or condemnation.
I mean, it's madness but probably in a good way 😁
Hats off to WCA generally though - he's one of the most productive poeple I know (of)
Thanks ScadyPants.
There should be a new episode coming out soon. I sold a painting and some jewellery over the weekend so have ordered some more 'stuff' for the project.
This ia not the video I was planning but is my denial of some scandalous accusations made against me at a recent car show
Normal service will be resumes shortly as explained in the clip
Hope your wife has a great birthday weekend!
That was so funny! Don’t let the pricks bother you WCA, keep it up & well done. 👍
Thanks Watty - I was less bothered than amazed. Just think you hard it would be for my 'team' to stay out of sight in all filming, and my cameraman never to appear in any of the reflected surfaces. Can you imagine how hard it would be to appear this incompetent if I actually knew what I was doing?
"Porsche-destroying ****er" like it's an actual established term ?!
Maybe get one of your many henchmen to sort out some merch with that on it
[i]“Porsche-destroying ****” like it’s an actual established term ?![/i] - I hear there are some very niche websites for participents
Oh damn, I forgot to mention that I don't have any merch either. I guess my social media tribe could buy a painting instead...
What's wrong with destroying a Porsche?
I don't normally watch YouTube but the wing behind you in the video looks pretty good to me.
Be creative have fun and enjoy what you are doing,.
