Saturn/gillham/ vmax composites bodywork

[alga]

[SteveH]

Well it looks like there's a few of us on here that's had a long wait for bodywork
I've been waiting about four months now for two side panels that I was at told I'd have them end of February which was ok with me, but it's now near end of may and have been told he'd send them to me asap
I've been told my panels have been made as Dave was going to drop them to me when he was going the kit car show, but he never went
So I've asked him to send them down to me instead as the original price included delivery
Now I know we all have problems in our life's but I can't help feeling slightly dismayed at the service and considerable lack of customer service

[vmax1974]

Originally Posted by alga

I am starting to believe it

[rpjg1975]

What is the score with these mounds? Nobody seems to have any luck with them!!

[vmax1974]

I think they were poorly made from day one they are getting old and worn out now but essentially what is produced is expected to be cheap due to the locost ethos if you compare what you would pay for Westfield bodywork then remember they are similar in cost and time to produce you can see where the costs need to be kept to a minimum i could work out of a nice big unit instead of the garage at home but then i would have to double the cost of the kits and with the condition of the moulds i am unwilling to increase the cost of parts

[alga]

What's the big deal with making a new set of moulds? Isn't that just 3 times or so more work than to make a set of panels? Nathan was already lamenting the poor state of moulds and was announcing plans of making a replacement set, but the moulds changed hands two times and each owner just keeps bitching about the crappy moulds.

[vmax1974]

Originally Posted by alga

What's the big deal with making a new set of moulds? Isn't that just 3 times or so more work than to make a set of panels? Nathan was already lamenting the poor state of moulds and was announcing plans of making a replacement set, but the moulds changed hands two times and each owner just keeps bitching about the crappy moulds.

I would have to make a master part then flat and paint then leave it for a few weeks then flat and polish that to perfection then add 15 coats of polish 20 mins apart then add flanges and barrier pieces then tooling gel then 2 layers of mat leave 24hrs another 2 layers then leave for 24hours and repeat 2 more times remove the flanges and barrier pieces then repeat the laminating process for the flange trim the whole mould drill the flanges then attempt to seperate the part leave it for a week then flat and polish the mould surface then 20 coats of polish 15 m8ns aparh then gelcoat add a single layer of mat leave to cure for 24 hours then remove and scrap that part to break the mould in so its not a 5 min job its closer to 10 times more work and a laminating table tied up for about 5 weeks per mould