nzkiwi1975

I've been running with out gear guard for a bit now, & though its time to cover them up. What to use will decided to try my hand at some Carbon Fibre work.

So here we go.....

First time to make mould

nzkiwi1975

Mould made & now time to start, roll round tomorrow,

nzkiwi1975

Well it’s been an early start this morning but is all finished,

Attempt 01 &

Had a little trouble of getting it out of the mould…..

PAPE

thats really cool, were did you get the materials? What resin did you use? and how did you get all the air bubbles out?

nzkiwi1975

Got stuff from East Coast Fibreglass Supplies.

https://www.ecfibreglasssupplies.co.uk/store/index.php

Carbon Fibre 200g Plain weave
Polyester Gel-Coat (inclusive of catalyst)
Polyester Resin (inclusive of catalyst)
PVA Release Agent - 100ml GLOSS

It's got a couple of air bubbles you just can't see them, they are on the bottom, but it was a lot of hard work to work them out.

borley1863

Nice job i like these home made parts! I have an MCD MT as well the Evo III version!
GUy

nzkiwi1975

Hey Borler1863,

I've got a MCD 4x4 Stadium Truck conversion from Largescalerc (Innovative Hobby Products), its great,

I've been busy making parts, why pay for them.....

greed1

how did you make the mould i would like to make some for my marder
thanks graham

clubin

Very nice work, looks like you need a new outer mold, that must have been a bit of work to make.

nzkiwi1975

Greed1

You need to use plaster-of-Paris or casting plaster to make you mould, work out what you want to make,
Then see how you can cast mould so that you will be able to apply Carbon Fibre weave,
I applied PVA Release Agent first then Gel-Coat, then Carbon Fibre weave & Resin.
It took a bit to get out of mould. You may want to try & make mould in two halves.

Good luck.

greed1

ok thanks for the info i will try it out