'The Wasp' Project Thread

Mrs HollowPoint

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Beginning to see what the point of all the hollows and sticky up bits are for now:driving:

Thought it was some sort of sexual aide when first saw it:eek:

Looks like a fair bit of research went into it size wise for every thing to fit into place
Looking good:thumbs:



Aaaah, now youre seeing there is a method to the madness :thumbs:






.... god knows what it's going to turn out like lol
 

Throttleton

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Love the thought and effort going in to the project. Many people will way underestimate the time you have put into this. It's a bit late now as I have seen the thread late but feel free to get in touch for some labour saving materials/techniques for your projects like this.
Looking forward to the finished product.
 

DBnathan

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Love the thought and effort going in to the project. Many people will way underestimate the time you have put into this. It's a bit late now as I have seen the thread late but feel free to get in touch for some labour saving materials/techniques for your projects like this.
Looking forward to the finished product.

Looking great Rose, Throttleton i would be interested ion you labour saving materials/techniques you have mentioned. maybe you could start a thread on here, and if the mods/admin dont mind also yourself. maybe start one on ZXClub - A UK 300ZX Owners Club for Z32 and Z31 • Index page

Thankyou Nathan
 

Mrs HollowPoint

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Love the thought and effort going in to the project. Many people will way underestimate the time you have put into this. It's a bit late now as I have seen the thread late but feel free to get in touch for some labour saving materials/techniques for your projects like this.
Looking forward to the finished product.

I had a look at your website and blimey, you're the one to know how to do it right. Of all people, your probably the one cringing the most lol. Ah, well, bit of entertainment.
How would you have gone about this? The biggest problem was positioning the side arms right for the targas to rest on and then moulding them up around the side/corners. I used the wrong cloth material for fibreglassing too. Of course, my other big failure is my carpentry is terrible!

I've since smoothed it out more, dumped another tin of primer on it, and fitted everything I have to see how it looks now.

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Your not joking when you say it takes a lot of work. Ive had a play in Photoshop to get a rough picture of the end result so far. It helps me carry on with it :)

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Throttleton

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Hi ( Nathan is it? )
No cringing from me, what you are doing is something out of the ordinary with somewhat annoying materials, eg fibreglass.
This material is an engineering nightmare compared to metals/stone etc as the factors which effect it are multiplied immensely when it comes to frp.
Your project involving multiple compound curves matched to staight edges matched again to compound curves is a hard task to pull off. To do this using mdf and filler is admirable to say the least and shows how keen you are to get the end result you are after.
A 'one off ' like yours for production purposes, ie a perfect mould would cost thousands...
As yours is a one off or for a few there are shortcuts, not in quality of finish as that is down to you but in time saving using different materials.
The most basic believe it or not is polysterene. A big block, shape it and trial fit over and over till you get the shape you want. You could do this in a day as it is a piece off p**s to remove the material. You can then cover it in tin foil with a light spray adhesive. Then fibreglass it and tissue which you can then whack loads of hi build primer on and off you go. once the f/g is set turn it over and pour some acetone over the poly and it dissapears leaving your part. I wont go into how dangerous acetone is now so be aware and get some info on the stuff.

A bit more fussy but still loads quicker and you end up with a 'plug' to make a mould off is to do the same but instead off the tin foil use a product called 'jesmonite' this is a realy thick primer for the poly and when it sets you can rub it down and polish up to make a mould.
 

Mrs HollowPoint

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Hi ( Nathan is it? )
No cringing from me, what you are doing is something out of the ordinary with somewhat annoying materials, eg fibreglass.
This material is an engineering nightmare compared to metals/stone etc as the factors which effect it are multiplied immensely when it comes to frp.
Your project involving multiple compound curves matched to staight edges matched again to compound curves is a hard task to pull off. To do this using mdf and filler is admirable to say the least and shows how keen you are to get the end result you are after.
A 'one off ' like yours for production purposes, ie a perfect mould would cost thousands...
As yours is a one off or for a few there are shortcuts, not in quality of finish as that is down to you but in time saving using different materials.
The most basic believe it or not is polysterene. A big block, shape it and trial fit over and over till you get the shape you want. You could do this in a day as it is a piece off p**s to remove the material. You can then cover it in tin foil with a light spray adhesive. Then fibreglass it and tissue which you can then whack loads of hi build primer on and off you go. once the f/g is set turn it over and pour some acetone over the poly and it dissapears leaving your part. I wont go into how dangerous acetone is now so be aware and get some info on the stuff.

A bit more fussy but still loads quicker and you end up with a 'plug' to make a mould off is to do the same but instead off the tin foil use a product called 'jesmonite' this is a realy thick primer for the poly and when it sets you can rub it down and polish up to make a mould.


NathanDB beat me to asking you first ... My name is Rose

Brilliant top tips there. I think I'll be trying the polystyrene trick next to the rear seats. Mid speakers, tweeter, and cup holders for the kids is kinda where I was starting to think about :)
 

DBnathan

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Hi Throttleton

Many thanks for the tips is excellent help, I have done my cars in the past the long hard way so will be trying your advice on the polystyrene and foil.

Cheers Nathan
 
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