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1st April 2011, 07:49 PM
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looks awesome mate, how many hours did you put into it?
nathan
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1st April 2011, 08:22 PM
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Sorry guys, some private gossip meant for Shaun eyes only  Nathan, from start to finished plug took total of 56 hours... Thanks for all the compliments chaps - made the effort worthwhile 
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26th April 2011, 09:13 AM
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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.... Last edited by Wynand : 26th April 2011 at 09:22 AM.
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#4
26th April 2011, 09:21 AM
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and here are the final pics of the nose cone made....
Some awkward camera angles causes optical illusions here and there, but all is true and symmetrical
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#5
26th April 2011, 11:15 AM
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top job, roughly how long do you think it has taken you to do the nose cone from the start of making the plug to pulling the part from the mould???
tilly
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26th April 2011, 04:14 PM
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Good job there Wynand, maybe you should start selling them to SA builders
 Cheers Shaun
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26th April 2011, 04:32 PM
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Thanks.
Tilly, the plug was the worst part to do and took me from scratch to complete/polished ready for mold 56 hours. Fitting mold flanges, gelcoat & laminating/reinforcing of mold took about 5 hours and the actual laminating of part in mold 1.5 hours and about half an hour getting mold of plug and part out of mold. IOW, total time from scratch to part = 63 hours excluding curing times. Can now produce a nose cone in 2 hours flat  BTW, the scuttle plug, mold and part is done and currently the bonnet mold is on the plug ready to be taken off and the part produced.
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