ya that looked pretty bad at first, now it looks like its coming together nicely tho, keep us posted.

 

Ok guys... primered, waxed and laid up today... tomorrow is popping and a final coat of resin to adhere it to the plastic mold... and maybe some sanding too... bondo resin that i used hardened a lot faster than I expected, and left a lot of runs on the surface (no vacuuming bagging, I don't have the gear) so tomorrow I'll probably hit the resin pools with some 120 grit and clearcoat over the whole thing to give it a nice finish... here are some pics...

 

ok guys, she's all done... the c/f itself weighs all of about 2 or 3 ounces... I popped it off the bondo mold and re resined it to the plastic seat from the passenger seat that I bought... the whole thing probably weights all of 1/2 to 3/4 of a pound... here are some pics of the finished product...

post sanding, pre clear coat

after 4 coats of clearcoat

 

wow, that looks bad ***. NICE JOB [sm=bling.gif]

 

thanks man... I'm pretty please with it.

 

Very nice, it looks great!

 

how do u do real cf wrapping and where do u get cf in that form

 

by the way that looks great

 

Old: you can buy c/f sheet in rolls (bulk) or I think you can just get some smaller sheets on ebay... sites like www.fiberglast.com or mcmastercarr.com will sell it to you but c/f ain't cheap right now... everyone knows there is a world wide industry shortage of the stuff... But anyway, after that you just need a mold, and some polyvinyl resin (also available at fiberglast.com) to harden up the sheets... the cowl is 3 layers of 3k twill carbon... it's a pretty thin sheet that has a special weave that goes around corners really well, it also doesn't soak up a ton of resin so it's pretty light... I just popped it off the mold and then resin'd it to the plastic shell from a spare passenger seat that I bought.

 

Here are some new pictures of my 954 with the seat cowl that I hand made.


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