Thumbs up! the important thing here is materials and methods that are widely applicable to many projects. Also important is the actual doing and that anything is possible, even if this is not a car the majority of us want.
I am building it mainly for the experience of building it and as long as I am happy with the result then the world is a wonderful place. You can count the f*cks I give about the haters opinions on the fingers of one leg ;-)
Cheapest place I could find to get reasonable quality. When mixed with the glass baubles it forms a really nice hard surface you can sand really smooth. Loads of white dust when sanding but hopefully it will be worth it.
@@classiccarclips3292 yeah they have some good products. Good to know🙂 I have not used the glass thickening bubbles before 🤔 I am using the moldless carbon fibre method 👍
Couple of observations, in the spirit of constructive criticism. The DS has a single, almost semi circular curve to the front end, when seen from above. It doesn't have corners. Would you be able to scare up a pair of bumper halves, fit them and then work the shape back from that point? I feel like the hard corners on your car are doing it no favours. I think the DS headlights are more swept back too. You're car has more of an XJS thing going on at present. My 2cents, that you didn't ask for. Feel free to ignore.
Your comments are most welcome and I agree with the points you are making. I am doing the bumpers right now. At the moment they have quite angular corners because they are just 2 straight bits of foam joined at an angle. I plan to round them so the sweep around the corner rather than jut out. You should see those in the next episode. The amount of headlight sweep is partly limited by the Porsche donor but I think once the headlight inners are in place it will look more correct. If you check out Vlog 25 at about 1:35 you can see a genuine DS I went to look at for reference. When you get up close and start measuring things, you realise it is a lot boxier than it appears as it glides by. Thanks again for the comments and please continue to share your thoughts.
I see your useing a lot of celetex sheets of foam there is a company in long melford near Sudbury Suffolk that sell 2nds there a lot cheaper and thay deliver.
@@UKBUILT I will check out what you are building if you have the videos up. I used polyurethane (PU) boards from B&Q rather than polystyrene as I was worried the resin would eat into it. Also PU sands to a nice smooth finish. Only a little more expensive but I hadn't realised how much money this project would eat! Good luck with yours.
@@classiccarclips3292 yeah makes sense, I am using a release film to prevent the foam melting. I am following easy composites guide for moldless carbon fibre parts. Yeah I decided to record this one, I am new to youtube 😎 Yeah they can be costly things to make but you will have your dream ride when it's done 😍 Thank you for your support👍
@@UKBUILT I have watched the video of the sled being made many times and was 50:50 between making bucks and a mold or going for mold free. I decided to make to molds so I could learn the process, this is my first time doing anything like this, and hopefully it will make it easier to go back and repair or modify when things go wrong.
I am really not sure at this moment. The original plan was to change the back end as well but this car is in a lot better condition than I expected to be buying so I don't want to start cutting panels. Having said that, there is still quite a lot of scope for modification by simply removing tyhe rear bumper and replacing the engine cover and spoiler. Did they make a Ducktail DS?
Love your hackjob. Keep on going. btw. ever thought about shortening the front a bit to get the lights at roughly the same position as the original? This would keep the original side silouette of the porsche. (except you like the current state of cause).
If you watch back a few episodes, or the compilations, you will see that I drastically shortened the distance between the front wheels and the front of the car already. If I try to get the lights further back then they will have to go higher, as the originals were, and I will lose the DS nose style that I am aiming for. It is difficult to get a proper side shot to show it properly because it is stuck on my drive and there is limited space. With the camera so close, it distorts the perspective quite a bit. I might try and drive it near to the road and get some better all round photos once the airdam, wings and bumpers are basically done - hopefully next episode.
Thumbs up! the important thing here is materials and methods that are widely applicable to many projects. Also important is the actual doing and that anything is possible, even if this is not a car the majority of us want.
I am building it mainly for the experience of building it and as long as I am happy with the result then the world is a wonderful place. You can count the f*cks I give about the haters opinions on the fingers of one leg ;-)
Looking good Nick, keep pushing forward.
Thanks! Making progress on finishing the bumper, wings are pretty much there. Hopefully get all the buck complete in the next episode.
Looking good well done keep going
Thanks, will do!
Nice work 👍
I am using the same resin from easy composites 😎
Cheapest place I could find to get reasonable quality. When mixed with the glass baubles it forms a really nice hard surface you can sand really smooth. Loads of white dust when sanding but hopefully it will be worth it.
@@classiccarclips3292 yeah they have some good products.
Good to know🙂 I have not used the glass thickening bubbles before 🤔 I am using the moldless carbon fibre method 👍
Couple of observations, in the spirit of constructive criticism. The DS has a single, almost semi circular curve to the front end, when seen from above. It doesn't have corners. Would you be able to scare up a pair of bumper halves, fit them and then work the shape back from that point? I feel like the hard corners on your car are doing it no favours. I think the DS headlights are more swept back too. You're car has more of an XJS thing going on at present. My 2cents, that you didn't ask for. Feel free to ignore.
Your comments are most welcome and I agree with the points you are making. I am doing the bumpers right now. At the moment they have quite angular corners because they are just 2 straight bits of foam joined at an angle. I plan to round them so the sweep around the corner rather than jut out. You should see those in the next episode. The amount of headlight sweep is partly limited by the Porsche donor but I think once the headlight inners are in place it will look more correct. If you check out Vlog 25 at about 1:35 you can see a genuine DS I went to look at for reference. When you get up close and start measuring things, you realise it is a lot boxier than it appears as it glides by. Thanks again for the comments and please continue to share your thoughts.
I see your useing a lot of celetex sheets of foam there is a company in long melford near Sudbury Suffolk that sell 2nds there a lot cheaper and thay deliver.
Thanks for the info but I think (hope) I won't be using much more from now on. Worth knowing in case I do though.
Nice, I am using polystyrene sheets on mine 🤔 was the cheepest stuff I could find since I splashed all the cash on carbon 😂
@@UKBUILT I will check out what you are building if you have the videos up. I used polyurethane (PU) boards from B&Q rather than polystyrene as I was worried the resin would eat into it. Also PU sands to a nice smooth finish. Only a little more expensive but I hadn't realised how much money this project would eat! Good luck with yours.
@@classiccarclips3292 yeah makes sense, I am using a release film to prevent the foam melting. I am following easy composites guide for moldless carbon fibre parts. Yeah I decided to record this one, I am new to youtube 😎
Yeah they can be costly things to make but you will have your dream ride when it's done 😍
Thank you for your support👍
@@UKBUILT I have watched the video of the sled being made many times and was 50:50 between making bucks and a mold or going for mold free. I decided to make to molds so I could learn the process, this is my first time doing anything like this, and hopefully it will make it easier to go back and repair or modify when things go wrong.
Will you do anything to the rear end ?
I am really not sure at this moment. The original plan was to change the back end as well but this car is in a lot better condition than I expected to be buying so I don't want to start cutting panels. Having said that, there is still quite a lot of scope for modification by simply removing tyhe rear bumper and replacing the engine cover and spoiler. Did they make a Ducktail DS?
Love your hackjob. Keep on going. btw. ever thought about shortening the front a bit to get the lights at roughly the same position as the original? This would keep the original side silouette of the porsche. (except you like the current state of cause).
If you watch back a few episodes, or the compilations, you will see that I drastically shortened the distance between the front wheels and the front of the car already. If I try to get the lights further back then they will have to go higher, as the originals were, and I will lose the DS nose style that I am aiming for. It is difficult to get a proper side shot to show it properly because it is stuck on my drive and there is limited space. With the camera so close, it distorts the perspective quite a bit. I might try and drive it near to the road and get some better all round photos once the airdam, wings and bumpers are basically done - hopefully next episode.
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