welderman
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| posted on 15/1/13 at 02:24 PM |
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Well countdown to baby is here, baby is due this week some time, unless its late !.
Ive been on and off doing the car with work and family commitments, decorating and getting the house ready for our new arrival.
But ive have managed to spend the odd hour here and there over the last 5 weeks on the car and i think the over all out come has been good.
Searching on the world wide web ive yet to see a scuttle for the car i wanted, so ive ended up making my own !. boy what a task i set myself here.
Long and short of it is, made a mould from the old one after filling in holes etc etc (proper pain in the bum), bought a load of mould making stuff
and heypresto had my first attempt at making a mould from another kit car part.
After quite a few splinters later the mould was made, not the best because the epoxy mix i made while i was laying up the chop strand mat was so
carelessly knocked over my some idiot (ME) and spilt all over the floor and soaked up into the blooming carpet !!!!!!!!!!!!!!! grggrrggrgrgr. So by
the time i had mixed another batch the matting was virtually hard and was beyond using, the pictures say it all lol.
 
scuttle mould.
 
scuttle mould..
 
bad scuttle mould
So, after leaving the mould for a week because i was unable to bring myself to look at it i pulled and prised the mould off the scuttle and to my
amazement it aint half bad inside, yay a shouted. Looking closely there were a few scratches and i filled them in and gave it a good olde polish.
 
splendid inside mould :):):)
Next up is buy some more gel coat, wax release agent matting and materials etc to make the scuttle, had to wait over Christmas for this lot.
Happy New Year and the bits arrive yay, i can start making my scuttle wahooo. Made some templates for it using an old towel and cut the bits of
matting up. Few coats of this that and the other lol and bish bash bosh sctuule has been made. Leave it for a day for it to harded up nice and
proper.
Next day cut my new scuttle out of the mould, give it a reet good polish and it looks blooming fan blooming tastic. Hope you all agree.
 
carbon scuttle.
 
carbon scuttle..
 
carbon scuttle...
 
carbon scuttle....
Thats enough for now, still needs a bit of a trim up and a few little bits to tart up, but as its my first go im very very happy with it.
Catch you later, never know next time i post i could be a DAD again 
Thank's, Joe 
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cerbera
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| posted on 15/1/13 at 02:32 PM |
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Looking good Joe.
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welderman
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| posted on 15/1/13 at 06:26 PM |
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Cheers fella. How's your winter mods coming on
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TimC
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| posted on 15/1/13 at 06:33 PM |
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You flash bu**er!
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cerbera
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| posted on 15/1/13 at 06:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by welderman
Cheers fella. How's your winter mods coming on
Slowly. Hopefully will be giving you a call for some ali welding in the next few weeks
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MsD
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| posted on 15/1/13 at 09:05 PM |
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Nice one Joe. When you starting to make carbon parts for us to buy then?!
Its looking pretty good, im guessing you have no deadline for it to be on the road then?
Just out of interest- how are you attaching the scuttle?
Mark.
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adithorp
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| posted on 15/1/13 at 09:23 PM |
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Nice! I wonder if I can guess who put the idea of making it in carbon in your head?
"A witty saying proves nothing" Voltaire
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welderman
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| posted on 16/1/13 at 10:23 AM |
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I dont think i will be selling any parts, there good enough for me but im sure if i were to re-sell them they would have to be perfect. Im going to
fold some small angle fron ally and stick them too the scuttle then fix the sculltle with rivinuts.
Flash ahahhh, no not really, just a plain one would not match the rest of the car
Hmm Ady i wonder who that might be !
[Edited on 16/1/13 by welderman]
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RK
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| posted on 18/1/13 at 01:29 PM |
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Very inspiring! You, and some of your mates need to come to Canada and show us how it's done.
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welderman
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| posted on 1/7/13 at 10:34 AM |
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Not many updates in a while, but did manage a few hours on it a couple of weeks ago, more panes done and fitted, looks like a car now.
Happy so far, just hope it works lol.
 
nearly there 1
 
nearly there 2
 
nearly there 3
 
nearly there 4
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 2/7/13 at 06:41 PM |
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doesn't look so far away from being done now joe, when do you plan on getting it finished?
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welderman
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| posted on 2/7/13 at 11:24 PM |
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It's not far off. Dash is nearly done, need some softer front springs and I'm waiting for V5 to come back. Then get an mot hopefully
Couple of little bits then
[Edited on 3/7/13 by welderman]
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welderman
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 08:33 AM |
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Well baby Matilda is 6 months old and how time flies
 
hah
She loves motorsport, F1 Matilda
 
F1 matilda
Moto GP Matilda, even taking the corners full tilt holding her feel, hehe. Just to add, I got told off by the Mrs as Matilda nearly fell out of the
bouncer, even though she was strapped in going from side to side. We were nearly wetting ourselves laughing lol.
 
moto gp matilda
oh and just like her Dad, FIRE hohohehehaha
 
Fire hehehehehehe
[Edited on 25/7/13 by welderman]
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mcerd1
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 08:42 AM |
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looks like you've got her on the right track - how long till she can hold a spanner ? 
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welderman
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 08:51 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by mcerd1
looks like you've got her on the right track - how long till she can hold a spanner ?
funny you should say that lol.
We have to put a recording of the F1 gp on if she gets a bit cranky lol, it soon calms her down. She has now started watching Rory the racing car, so
the Mrs tells me in a morning.
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welderman
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 09:23 AM |
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Now the best bit.
Finnished the bonnet, put some louvers in. ( I could probably do these in small sheets of ally if I can get the machine set up to do a few)
 
home made louvers
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welderman
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 09:27 AM |
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Ended up using 3M carbon wrap for the back panel, looks good I think.
 
inside rear panel
Quite easy to do.
 
inside rear panel..
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welderman
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 10:43 AM |
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And finally took the Procomp to infant school for the middle daughters last day show and tell, Kirsty was well made up, her teacher was froughing at
the mouth he was so excited lol.
 
Kirsty school
 
done
 
Done.
 
Done..
 
Done...
 
Done.....
Now a big thanks to you all, Wife and kids for letting me come down to work late at night, My business partner as it takes up room in the work shop .
TommyP, Scootz, Steve H, JhonnyP, LocoR1, Bigfoot, Matt, Andy Bates and all those who gave given me a kick up the arse to get it finished lol, sorry
if ive missed some one out.
Its now got an MOT and insurance, just need to tax it. Appart from a fueling problem its ready to go.
Cheers eveyone
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cerbera
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 11:00 AM |
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Congrats. Good to hear you're back on the road
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bigfoot4616
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 04:24 PM |
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looking good now mate. get the fueling sorted and get it on track
i'd love a passenger ride and see how a turbo BEC goes.
trackaction have a day at oulton in november i'm planning on doing
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welderman
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| posted on 25/7/13 at 09:02 PM |
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Bigger jets will be in tomorrow I hope.
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welderman
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| posted on 9/9/13 at 03:35 PM |
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Not much of an update, got the bigger jets fitted, its rained and time hard to come by with the little un.
Contemplating selling it as car time is very very hard to come by.
Any one make me a reasonable offer its theres. 
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Pat_T
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 posted on 5/10/13 at 05:55 PM |
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very nice build! I imagine a turbo BEC would fit nicely inbetween the rubbish BEC's that have no torque, and the equally rubbish (depending on
who you talk to! ) CEC's that are too heavy!!
One quick question though, how did you get those brakes underneath 13"s? and who makes the discs with bells in that diameter? if you could PM me
some info would be much appreciated.
cheers,
Patrick
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welderman
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| posted on 28/10/13 at 09:28 AM |
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imp paul
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| posted on 28/10/13 at 10:22 AM |
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joe thats a nice build you have done there mate, it looks cool as normal top job pal 
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