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2nd April 2016, 15:37
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2nd April 2016, 15:52
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8th April 2016, 06:24
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Great work om your son's wheel, bet he's extremely pleased/relieved as you'll have saved him a few quid.
The front spoiler is an interesting addition, that and the bonnet scoop really change the car. We need a wider angle picture keen to see the overall look after all the front end mods.
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9th April 2016, 14:26
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Front spoiler continued
Right then, carrying on with the mould for the N/S support of the spoiler I cut out a strong back from MDF to the shape of the glass mould and adjusted the shape for best fit…
Once in position I applied glass mat and resin both side to bond it onto the mould..
Once set I cleaned of any whiskers and applied a layer of gel coat inside the mould
Then I drilled and reamed 2 holes through the strong back for some dowels and a further 3 holes for some fixings the cut through the centre of the strong back to make the mould in 2 halves, this will allow me to remove the finished artilcle from the mould later.
I applied 5 coats of wax to the mould halves..
Then bolted the 2 halves back together and applied another coat of wax..
After leaving for a short while I applied a coating of PVA release agent and allowing it to set….
Once this has had sufficient time to dry I will the start laying up the gel coat and fibre glass into the mould to make my first spoiler support….
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9th April 2016, 17:28
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As ever Im enjoying this build.
I do make my own mouldings but I love to see the bucks being formed in different ways.
I hope to see the finished article in the flesh one day
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9th April 2016, 17:35
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Originally Posted by Roadster
As ever Im enjoying this build.
I do make my own mouldings but I love to see the bucks being formed in different ways.
I hope to see the finished article in the flesh one day
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Lol Thanks, so do I...
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16th May 2016, 20:36
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How is this going? Or has that dreaded virus been about that gets in the way of these builds... Life! Looking forward to any updates as and when.
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17th May 2016, 10:33
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Hi Mr Jones, I have been doing a few bits and pieces and have finally finished the headlight subrames, top priority at the moment is finalising the purchase of a new toy and then I will get back to this and post some more...
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22nd June 2016, 08:06
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So it must be some toy... how are things progressing?
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27th June 2016, 08:07
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So it must be some toy... how are things progressing?
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Need I say no more....
I must get back to the MCCoy though....
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27th June 2016, 09:10
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Well at least you have your benchmark on the driveway now! Awesome vehicle - i bet you have a few green with envy neighbours.
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27th June 2016, 09:28
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Well at least you have your benchmark on the driveway now! Awesome vehicle - i bet you have a few green with envy neighbours.
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The McCoy will have a long way to go to catch up with it and at the rate I am going I don't think I will have enough years to get there.. and on the other front , I have had some nice remarks about the Aston, the funny thing is that when I moved into our close, I was the only one with an Audi and now there are 6, I wonder if they will follow this one...lol
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28th June 2016, 06:16
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pompeyal - Very nice toy indeed.
But have you been able to resist the obvious quote and theme tune when sitting in/driving it?
( As I know I wouldn't. )
The name's Bond, James Bond.
Badap ba daa ba da daa ba daa da deda daa…
Good luck, Paul.
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28th June 2016, 07:06
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Nice. Looks like a real one! Lol.
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28th June 2016, 11:34
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pompeyal - Very nice toy indeed.
But have you been able to resist the obvious quote and theme tune when sitting in/driving it?
( As I know I wouldn't. )
The name's Bond, James Bond.
Badap ba daa ba da daa ba daa da deda daa…
Good luck, Paul.
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It has its own theme tune and it makes me smile all the time I'm in it, in fact I am using it as my daily so as you can guess, I have been smiling an awful lot since I got it...
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28th June 2016, 11:35
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Nice. Looks like a real one! Lol.
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What do you mean???
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28th June 2016, 14:57
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What do you mean???
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I was only joking, it looks great and sure am envious. I used to lust after a 911 but as time has passed I think the Aston is the more desirable and the shape is to die for. Glad you are getting the full use out of it as they need to be driven not just polished.
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28th June 2016, 15:36
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I was only joking, it looks great and sure am envious. I used to lust after a 911 but as time has passed I think the Aston is the more desirable and the shape is to die for. Glad you are getting the full use out of it as they need to be driven not just polished.
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LOL, mind you I have washed and polished it 3 times since I got it....never done that before on any car I have had all the time I had them....and yes it is a great shape to slide a wet shammie over....
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7th July 2017, 15:08
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Looks like Photo Bucket are going to send there self to the wall by stopping all that use it for posting images onto third party sites. This will screw our forums a treat, sorry guys but I don't think I will be trying to get all my photo's back here unless someone knows a quick and easy way, Thanks for looking anyway. Regards Al
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7th July 2017, 20:07
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I've been using flikr for mine
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