View Single Post
  #10  
Old 26th April 2011, 09:13 AM
Wynand's Avatar
Wynand Wynand is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: South Africa
Posts: 173
Default

Just an update on this project....

The mold was made - split mold which split on the bonnet flange and easy to sand off the joint on gelcoat of molding - and the nose cone molding taken off mold.
The nose cone has 3mm CoreMat sandwiched between 450g CSM layers and the nose cone is so stiff, one can stand on it without deforming it! Total weight of the nose cone is 5.1kg

Here are some pictures of the mold taken and the end result. The white gelcoat is streaky and done on purpose. Since yours truly hates gelcoat (repair boats daily and knows its sins) I only used enough to get a smooth finish on the laminate. This will be flatted down and the nose cone painted with some proper epoxy paints that is light years better than GC....
Attached Images
File Type: jpg Lotus Molds 005a.JPG (63.0 KB, 75 views)
File Type: jpg Lotus Molds 007a.JPG (57.4 KB, 63 views)
File Type: jpg Lotus Molds 008a.JPG (59.1 KB, 64 views)
File Type: jpg Lotus Molds 012a.JPG (63.5 KB, 60 views)
File Type: jpg Lotus Molds 016a.JPG (68.5 KB, 80 views)
__________________
Cheers

Wynand
http://5psi.net

Last edited by Wynand : 26th April 2011 at 09:22 AM.
Reply With Quote