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Hiya la! - aka hello from the Wirral :)

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By AdeV - 10/15/2014 3:16:57 PM

Hi there - Ade here, from Wallasey, which is near Biirken'ed on the Wirral. Looking forward to learning how to do composite parts for my racing car - a (currently very rusty) Jag XJS V12...

I'd like to jump right in at the deep end & use resin infusion to copy some of the larger panels - bonnet, wings, maybe door skins; but I'm also wondering about making some more complex and more structural parts - e.g. copying the front & rear subframes in a mixture of CF, kevlar maybe with an aluminium frame for additional strength...

The easycomposites videos, btw, are brilliant - it's the "making a bonnet" one that suckered me in, that's the exact technique I'll want to use to make the bonnet of the Jaaag, and the tailgate. The wings I guess I should be able to make a single piece (no inner mould required).

Righto, going for a look around.

Cheers!
Ade.

PS: I'm running a build thread on the Jag here: http://madmodder.net/index.php/topic,9196.0.html - but any CF stuff I'll post up on this forum as well Smile
By AdeV - 10/16/2014 7:15:28 PM

Thanks Smile Yeah, the old tinworm's been busy.... I need to keep the main structure metal (for the regs), but most of the outer panels can be changed. 

LS1? Nah, not enough cylinders.... BigGrin