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My first mould

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By ceebmoj - 2/8/2015 3:03:03 PM

I thought I would post some pictures of the process of making my first mould. The idea is to make the dash and the top of the side pods in a single piece.

http://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/d59e175d-0e28-4d1e-b2f3-6f18.jpg

I started out building in MDF on top of the chassis

http://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/887f3686-09cb-4d63-91ac-4856.jpg

Then I radiused all the corners using a body filler. I have since learnt that I could have done this with plasticine and made life a lot easier. 

http://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/c6116dc0-8172-4917-8462-9f03.jpg


Finally everything has had a coat or two of pattern coat and is now ready for sanding back and polishing. With any luck I will get the time to do this next weekend. If anybody has any hints or tips I would love to hear them 
By ceebmoj - 2/22/2015 10:14:37 PM

Just a quick post to show the part that I made over the weekend, from the mould. Not everything went to plan but I'm very happy with the resulting part and its so light.

http://www.talkcomposites.com/Uploads/Images/fe44df32-838b-49bd-9b65-1425.jpg