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Offline fabr

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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #570 on: June 08, 2009, 07:07:31 PM »
Maybe these pics from today will help a bit. The foam,engineer, is the base for the part plug. Today got the undersize rough shape done. That's todays pics. Tomorrow I'll fill the large air bubble holes in the foam with a bit of bondo and then cover the entire thing with a layer of glass mat. This is done to provide a rigid  sandwich "foundation" to work from for the final layer/layers of bondo to develop final exact shape. THEN comes the actual mold making as described in the hood thread. I'll be posting more in the coming days.
  DS,  these panels will be approx.1/8" thick. Should be considerably lighter. Shaping is done with a 9" wavy edge knife, a machete(yes,I'm serious),36 grit paper on a body file and a 48" aluminum 1"x2"  hollow bar with 36 grit paper at this stage.Hot wire does not work well at all on polyurethane foam.Works fine and dandy on styrene foam though. Advantage of pu foam is that FG resin doesn't melt it.
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #571 on: June 08, 2009, 07:15:22 PM »
One of the reasons I decided to go FG panels is because they are strong,lightweight and will deflect if hit many times without breaking if using a proper laminating technique of using minimal resin. That yields a lightweight piece that is very strong and also very flexible.I constructed my dragster panels like this and they are only .075-.090 thick and held on with only 4 dzus fasteners each. Also I can't hammer form aluminum to these shapes. ;D That's a real art IMO.
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but something else also, isn't an American at all.  We have room for but one
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the English language... and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a
loyalty to the American people."
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #572 on: July 28, 2009, 06:54:01 PM »
A few update pics
« Last Edit: July 28, 2009, 06:56:38 PM by Masterfabr »
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #573 on: August 11, 2009, 12:23:05 AM »
Any updates????
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #574 on: August 11, 2009, 12:25:37 AM »
Any updates??? pics??
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #575 on: August 11, 2009, 08:17:40 AM »
I should have the body panels and dash mounted by first of the week. Then comes floor pan and wiring and plumbing. Some pics will be coming in a few days.
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« Reply #576 on: August 11, 2009, 11:35:04 PM »
Thanks... Going to try your felt idea for a plug.  Better than guessing on the radius's of the tube. Too much sanding..................
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #577 on: August 12, 2009, 05:46:27 AM »
Oh, there will stilll be plenty of sanding!
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #578 on: August 26, 2009, 09:21:02 PM »
so is Engineer ready to ship you your parts?
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #579 on: August 27, 2009, 12:10:38 AM »
Quote from: Dsrace on August 26, 2009, 09:21:02 PM
so is Engineer ready to ship you your parts?


 :( :( :(  Hay down, Feed to Cut, Ground to work, and A small uptick in my day job are hurting progress.  :(
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #580 on: August 27, 2009, 05:47:15 AM »
Busy season on a Kansas farm. Never enough hours in a day during the summer..
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #581 on: August 27, 2009, 07:08:00 AM »
Quote from: Engineer on August 27, 2009, 12:10:38 AM

 :( :( :(  Hay down, Feed to Cut, Ground to work, and A small uptick in my day job are hurting progress.  :(
And you reckon us Aussies are hard to understand... ::)


    Oh and by the way Master looks good mate, I've never had the confidence to have a go at fiber glass..
« Last Edit: August 27, 2009, 07:10:47 AM by Reidy02 »
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #582 on: August 27, 2009, 08:17:18 AM »
Quote from: Reidy02 on August 27, 2009, 07:08:00 AM

    Oh and by the way Master looks good mate, I've never had the confidence to have a go at fiber glass..

I agree, but for me its confidence, patience, and the itchyness that stop me.
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« Reply #583 on: August 27, 2009, 08:30:21 AM »
Quote from: Engineer on August 27, 2009, 08:17:18 AM
I agree, but for me its confidence, patience, and the itchyness that stop me.
Ya not wrong that shit drives me NUTS scratching the crap outa ya self all bloody day, it enough to give Gomer piles.. ::) ;D
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Re: Fabr's Car-VW/busa crossbreed
« Reply #584 on: August 27, 2009, 09:25:47 AM »
You guys have it SOOOOO wrong about the itch. The materials now available are almost totally itch free. It's amazing!  Now the PATIENCE part is a real hurdle.
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