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seriously. there comes a point when you have to say "fuck it, these are good enough" which i did a couple days ago. i built up flanges around them with plastalina clay, and folders, everything is covered with packing tape. Paying very close attention to assure they is adequate draft, with no undercuts. follow up with 3 coats of mold wax, then a good coat of PVA.
and BOOM, first layer of tooling gel coat. more to follow.
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DoctoRot wrote: I have been wet-sanding the sidecovers and tail for the last 3 weeks trying to get them close to perfect. sand, wash, spray, repeat. this is the aftermath. notice the dead spot in the grass forming from the amount of time i have spent in front of these tables.
seriously. there comes a point when you have to say "fuck it, these are good enough" which i did a couple days ago. i built up flanges around them with plastalina clay, and folders, everything is covered with packing tape. Paying very close attention to assure they is adequate draft, with no undercuts. follow up with 3 coats of mold wax, then a good coat of PVA.
and BOOM, first layer of tooling gel coat. more to follow.
Crazy shit! Commendable but too much work for me. The fibreglass work and paint has sunk the most time in my build.. Something that is still bugging me.
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I hope that the resin infusion processes becomes as at home in the garage as a welder, I love it so much! haha You get to choose almost any cloth material which also allows for choices in color or pattern and if the part isn't painted than you get to showcase your creative fabric choice. I resin infused a piece of denim...It wasn't very strong but it looked cool
I can't wait to see what this turns into
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Im going to use the plugs I used for the shorty covers as the building blocks for the plugs. I got the carbs back on and the airbox in place and started the long stare. Im a bit confused as to how i should proceed. Since I raised the subframe the cover needs to go much higher, but the airbox is still in its stock position, pretty low. I want them to overlap, but that means im going to have to make the side-cover massive. Now im thinking about just running this set of covers and just letting the airbox sit like that with the frame exposed. I already added some fiberglass to the airbox to extend its shape to help bride the gap over the frame.
also that chunk of foam is just a mockup for the seat so i can have some visual weight when designing the covers.
any suggestions? im stuck on this.
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www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/532476...s-budget-turbo-build
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/532489-74-z-makeover
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Wayne
74 Z1 1075, 29 smoothbores, owned and ridden since 1976
Home built KZ1000 turbo setup
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/532476...s-budget-turbo-build
www.kzrider.com/forum/11-projects/532489-74-z-makeover
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It looks like you are doing some awesome work!
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