Crunch Time! I am setting a goal date of April 19th. I want to have this ready for the Port Aransas ride. Put in 5 hours Wednesday, 5 Thursdays, 9 Saturday, and 14 Sunday. Still so much work left to do…
So this is about where we left off.
Pole area finished and first layer of body filler down for the hood opening.
Hours of sanding later and a high build primer. This part took longer than I had wanted. I raised the sides of the opening.
3/4" plywood will be used as the flange this time. Traced around the top deck and then measured 8" all around for the cut.
Used 2 part foam to adhere the top deck to the plywood. Masked off the finished rails with metallic tape so I could lay the body filler up against it. To seal up the rear, I used XPS cut into sections and wedged in at an angle. 2 part foam as an adhesive for the XPS and to "seal" the XPS so I could lay polyester body filler without it dissolving. Sanded down the XPS and layered body filler all around flange. Having a large compressor allowed me to use a DA sander which cut down the sanding time tremendously. Still, it was a tedious task.
Several hours later it is ready for the surfacing primer. Almost...
I had a very basic design drawn up and some vinyl cut. Just like an imperfection on a plug will transfer to the mold, so will the raised the letters. The finished part will take on the decal if everything goes as planned.
