just recently uploaded all my car progress photos into jalbum- http://russcollinson.jalbum.net/car/index.html

bit easier to look through the whole thing than the gallery on here, you dont have to remember which photo you clicked last!

ill start adding some descriptions at some point too.
ill also have some more progress to report soon as im cracking on a bit, just been smoothing out the cockpit/doors area so still looks the same at the moment.

What is that?

Thats an upright with geometry modified the Staniforth way.

would a sierra hub not cut it? What the hell are you building, lol

Bloody hell

can't think of anything else to say

bloody hell

Well done

wow... Im finding building an indy hard seriously impressive stuff!

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Originally posted by omega0684
would a sierra hub not cut it? What the hell are you building, lol

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Hi, what did you use to make the buck? Looks like MDF and then foam. Any recommendations greatly accepted.
I can't decide whether to build a front or mid engined car.

hi, its a whole bunch of different stuff! whatever it takes really. mostly it is building foam, some mdf and mostly filler! i was taking the "making it up as you go along" approach so making pretty much the whole plug out of foam was necessary as you can easily remove lots of material untill the shape is where you want it, then a couple of layers of fiberglass to make it rigid and hard, then final shaping and smoothing with car body filler.
fred on here was making an exact replica so he made his plug with mdf ribs which were infilled with foam and so on.

id try to avoid polyeurethane foam ( the spongy stuff), although you can fiberglass straight on to it, the expanding stuff tends to expand a bit more when you glass over it which can be a pain, and it is a bit trickier to shape, especially if using a surform.
i preffer ether foam, this is the stuff that crushes, it is more rigid than poly so when you poke it you will make a hole instead of it bouncing back, it is much easier to shape as a surform will actually cut it, and you can smooth it by just wiping over it with your hands. king span make it as building insulation, it is more expensive but well worth it. it also reacts with resin so needs sealing with pva before you fiber glass over it.

dont be tempted to skip the fiberglassing stage! you really need that hard surface before you start filling and smoothing otherwise you will be peeing into the wind!

looks great