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Postby illusionest » Fri May 20, 2011 9:14 pm

HELLO

OK, as most of you know, in canada, we get snow half a year. So half a year i can barely work outside to do the model...

since we last left off here ... back in July 2010:
http://www.ps-garage.com/forum/viewtopi ... 6&start=30

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http://a.imageshack.us/img135/9827/mlaw ... tos012.jpg

what happened was i took the doors from the broken shell and put it over to the good one.
BUT, i realized the doors were way too heavy and my mini hinges couldnt have held them in place.

So what i ended up doing yesterday and today, was making a female mold of ANOTHER shell (just the door area), vacuum forming just that door piece for accurate thickness, and then trim it out again to put on the car.

That way i have a equal thickness throughout the door, and super lightweight.

anyway less words more photos, see below

PRIMER - first coat (so i know whats sanded, whats not)
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the molten plastic over my female mold
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trimmed, sanded, and fitted to the shell!!
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(the white blocks in the back are other plaster molds)
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magical floating hinge!
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...is really just masking tape, for now :P
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Postby ta2man » Fri May 20, 2011 10:19 pm

awesome modeling. you have so many wonderful talents. I have done sculpting in the past but nothing like this. very cool indeed.
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Postby illusionest » Fri May 20, 2011 10:26 pm

Thanks Ta2man.

This project has been going on for quite a while now. If you look back on the older threads you'll see the progress of how the clay sculpture went into casting, into the shell, and now, into individual pieces for further detail.
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Postby White^Stripe » Fri May 20, 2011 11:13 pm

Great Idea :D

Nice workbench! Wouldn't mind having that one too :)
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Postby illusionest » Fri May 20, 2011 11:31 pm

Thanks W^S.

I will post some photos to show you the real "ps-garage" ;)

i have a small workshop in my backyard to do all my model building work.
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Postby illusionest » Sun May 22, 2011 5:06 pm

so today i spent some time working on the molds for my windows.

I had these previously cast in plaster. but they have to be perfectly shiny in order to be vac-formed. Otherwise, i'll be doing a hell a lot of clean up work after.

photos go in order from left to right, top to bottom.

first, the plaster, i was able to polish the plaster mold itself, first time ive tried that. It went from pure matte color to semi-gloss. But, it was still too rough for vac-forming.

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So i clear coated it, but the paint was pretty rough itself lol, so i had to wet sand that coat, and polish it again.

after a couple hours, i was able to read the numbers on my lightbulb.

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Postby zzd4nzz » Sun May 22, 2011 8:03 pm

freaking awesome :shock:
cant wait for the finished version :D
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Postby skymera » Mon May 23, 2011 3:41 am

I shall invent myself a shrinking machine so I can sit in it
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Postby White^Stripe » Mon May 23, 2011 8:25 am

So pretty and glossy :D
I could maybe borrow some of your technics one day ;)
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Postby ta2man » Mon May 23, 2011 10:05 am

Illu should be a hand model. Bonus money!!!!!
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Postby illusionest » Thu Jun 02, 2011 11:57 pm

some updates

with the 2 doors
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yay doors
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this is how it LOOKED like
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so i decided to open up my trunk lol

this was a weird change because i didnt have trunk lines, i had to guess it ... ahh

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pretty much just took a dremel to it and just carved it out!

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now for the floor pan / base plate... i dont know what size will fit, so i measured / taped where the shell is, on the black ABS plastic with green tape. then i went in and cut out (with a saw, of course) the areas i didnt need... and... sanded it down, and fits!

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this is the board that will hold my entire interior. im making it like this because i would like to take apart my shell / interior separately to paint them. if i glued everything together it would be hell to paint them individually.

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so after thats done, back to body work, mostly trunk area now
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and no, the jar at the back is not what you think it is. its contact cement glue. and yes, its white and sticky.

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i also drilled the holes in for the wheel axles.
so i should have some photos of it with the wheels on soon. time for some primer ... again!
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Postby White^Stripe » Fri Jun 03, 2011 1:00 am

That stuff looks nice :D
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Postby Danyutz » Fri Jun 03, 2011 5:41 am

Floor pan! Make it CF
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Postby illusionest » Fri Jun 03, 2011 8:11 pm

so after some work today, repainted in primer ... again

trunk lid is also fitting very well!
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front 3/4
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you can notice that ive fitted the wheels on now too, YAY
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and in some angles, you'll notice that ive lightly painted the inside of the car black....
i was hoping the black would come out better lol, but the inside of my shell is way too disgusting, lumpy and crap...

but anywho
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right now im working on the taillight, and headlight housings. once im done those, i'll vac form the housing, drill some holes, and start wiring the LED lights!

i also need to start shaping my audio system in the back too

more updates to come!
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Postby Danyutz » Sat Jun 04, 2011 6:39 am

2 rims sets! Like! Aqua drifter
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