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24th February 2017, 20:28
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Glan is doing returns on all edges , so minimal flash lines on edges , but nothing too serious ..
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24th February 2017, 20:29
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Originally Posted by molleur
Well executed plan on the blow holes. Saves the mould flanges!
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Thank you ...Glan's idea ...
We are doing wedge pockets on the sides as well ..
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24th February 2017, 20:38
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Thank you ...Glan's idea ...
We are doing wedge pockets on the sides as well ..
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Perfect!
First class mould!
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27th February 2017, 13:41
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Bonnet mould made , flanged arches and bracing box added , this strengthens the mould but also creates its own stand to support it when upside down too ..
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27th February 2017, 14:38
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Well done!
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27th February 2017, 16:47
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If you could fit seats in the box you may be able to export it to India or Thailand! If they can get a whole family on a Honda 90, just think how many you could cram in the bonnet box, optional rear box for an extended family?
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27th February 2017, 16:48
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Looking good
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2nd March 2017, 17:28
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Well the bonnet mould released nice and easy and is currently having its return flanges made top and bottom . I have started to dismantle the front as we needed to get to the bulkhead detail ...
Glan is now flanging both sides to lay them up and the gel is on , first coat today , second in the morning and a skin coat of matt to follow , with full layup taking place this weekends.
Whilst all that was going on ,Glan also cut out the boot aperture following our scribed line , and I dropped this section into the cavity and created some edges with filler to give us a boot shut.
These will be moulded pretty much as shown , giving us the opportunity to fit another blowhole on this panel and allowing the builder to trim the hole back to their desired shape , depending upon their hinging and latching method ..
We moulded a quick outer skin panel from the bootlid mould to use as a template to gap up the boot nicely ..these bootlid panels will eventually have a 10-15mm return edge moulded to them to retain their shape and give them some body ...we only used an outerskin as its template only ..
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2nd March 2017, 20:29
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Coming along nicely Gary, looking forward to seeing the first shell out of the mold.
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2nd March 2017, 20:50
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Coming along nicely Gary, looking forward to seeing the first shell out of the mold.
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And me mate !! First body out is mine as it will be used to develop the hardware and frame , gaining a few scars on the way , so I will put something together for myself using that one ...
second one is spoken for and fill be Official Production Number 1 .
I have a few ''expressed an interest'' customers that I consider to be serious ..so hopefully I will sell a few units ...
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2nd March 2017, 21:36
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I really admire the forward thinking and execution, good job!
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3rd March 2017, 15:16
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Riley RMA Reg POG 128
Repeated post - stuff already posted elsewhere
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3rd March 2017, 17:15
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Looking better all the time Gary!
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3rd March 2017, 18:53
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4th March 2017, 10:41
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Thank you hugo ...
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6th March 2017, 21:03
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Not a lot to show in pics Jeff ...Glan has moulded the bonnet and both sides ...today he was flanging the front bulkhead / dash area and tidying up the boot aperture , waxing and polishing it etc.
Hoping to get these areas gel'd and laid up in the next few days ..
The plan is mould to be finished by the end of the week ..but its a fiddly process with the extra detail this body has throwing up some challenges ...
First prototype body out by end of next week hopefully ...
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7th March 2017, 19:54
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Some updates , just to show things are moving forward ...
Glan has flanged and gel'd the cowl / bulkhead area ...
The rear has been flanged and gel'd too ...you can see the blowhole at the top of the boot aperture and also the blocks in place to create the wedge pockets on the side flanges ...
That's the first gel ...second one in the morning and a skin coat later on hopefully ...get things started ...hopefully fully laid up Thursday , leaving dash pod and rear valance area to do ...
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10th March 2017, 19:25
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The mould is finished ..mostly ... I'll post some pics tomorrow before Glan releases it .... Some carpentry , 6 waxes and we start to layup the first body ...excited doesn't even get close !!
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11th March 2017, 14:05
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Here's some pictures .....
You can see the wooden bracing thats been added ...a box on the rear to give the mould stability again when upside down and braces in the doorshuts too to stop it folding across the shuts ...
When the mould is off , Glan wants to add removable legs to the mould , so it will act as its own table when upside down ...
The flat areas either side of the bulkhead are the start of the bulkhead addition ...the bulkhead on the chassis I borrowed is destined for a S*mmio project , so I can't trim it and move it back ...that's going to be done using an alternative bulkhead when the plug has been removed and disposed of ...
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