ps10-mk3_2009-12-06

This weekend I spend a bit more time working on the car, continuing to work on the rear right wheel arch. It is finaly starting to look like something, but it stil needs some work. I am now "studying" if I can use "foam putty" to enhace some parts of the wheel arches as well as some other parts of the car. With this putty, instead of having to glue bits of foam and then give them the desired shape, I hope I can mold the putty in place and then smooth it with sandpaper. I have already seen some DIY guides to make this putty, it might work, just need to find out where can I get Borax: http://reviews.ebay.ie/Homemade-Foam-Modelling-Putty_W0QQugidZ10000000001919153
Sorry about the bad quality pictures, I used my phone to take them...

ps10-mk3_2009-11-15

This weekend I continued the work on enlarging the rear left wheel arch. I glued some more bits of foam in order to make it bigger. On Sunday I tried to start cutting the foam into its last shape, but the glue wasn't completely dried and I had to stop. I have also worked a bit on the fron windshield, I cuted some small bits of foam that I had previously glued to correct some mistakes I did. One of those bits of foam was not well tight, so I had to glue it again so I can cut it on the next time.

ps10-mk3_2009-10-28

Some photos from some work I did about 3 weeks ago and forgot to update the site. In that weekend I worked a bit more on the rear right wheel arch and its starting to take its final shape. I tried to apply some polyurethane foam in order to smooth some parts but that didn't went well, so decided to remove all the polyurethane foam that I had applied. After that, I turned my attention to the other wheel, which had not received any work in order to increase its size. I started to glue some bits of foam, but unfortunately I went out of glue, so I couldn't finishing this initial process to increase the wheel arch. On the next time I will have to glue some more foam, wait for it to dry, and only then remove the excess. If the glue wouldn't have runned out, I could start by sculpting the foam instead right away. Sorry about the bad quality of the pictures, they were taken with the cell phone...

ps10-mk3_2009-08-30

Another hour of work on the car, and the rear wheel arch starts to take shape. I spent about one hour sanding the foam that I had glued previously in order to shape the new rear wheel arch, I though it would be bore dificult, but I guess that I will have to use self expanding foam to cover some holes that were left when I glued that extra bits of foam. Will see how it gets and then think about it. Take a look at the pictures to see the progress.

ps10-mk3_2009-07-26

After some thoughts and talks with some friends, I decided to enlarge the rear wheel arches in order to use bigger wheels on the rear. This weekend I worked a bit on the rear wheel arches, but not as much as I would liked to... I had some things to solve that took the all saturday... I just sepent a couple of hours working on it and gluing small pieces of foam over the current wheel arch so that later I can cut it back to the desired shape. This is still in a very early stage, so dont get scared with the pictures

ps10-mk3_2009-07-05

As promised to the guys of www.fiberglassforums.com , from now on, I will start posting in English. This weekend I cleaned up shed and moved an old salt sink that was on the middle of the shed to a corner under the stairs. After that was all done, I could then take a decent photos of the rear of the car. I had already done a new cardboard wheel the other week, but had not test it as it should be, so, I installed both of them to take some "decent" photos. With the wheels on site, I am almost getting to the conclusion that I will use a slightly smaller wheels and cut the wheel arches just bit all round(about 5mm). Also, I think I will cut the lower center part of the car about 1 or 2 cm so that the front part gets to the level of the central part. In these photos, the first picture is a photo that has been changed in order to see the all car without the pillar on the middle, I took several photos of it and later I composed them, it's not perfect, but it works out :)

ps10-mk3_2009-05-16

Para não variar muito, este fim de semana ainda trabalhei menos do que nos outros, apenas fiz uma sessão de fotografia, mas até que foi produtivo. Foi altura de ver se as cavas das rodas tinham o tamanho certo. Para isso fiz uma roda em cartão com o tamanho 255/40R19, com um diâmetro total de 686mm para ver se esta cabia nas cavas das rodas e se não ficava grande ou pequena demais... A meu ver ficou perfeito, mas o carro pode ainda levar umas pequenas alterações para ficar ainda melhor. Posso cortar um pouco as cavas das rodas(cerca de 1cm) e no meio do carro posso cortar cerca de 2cm para ficar com um pouco mais de distancia ao solo. A parte da frente está um pouco alta demais, mas penso que se cortar os tais 2cm do meio, já fica mais equilibrado, se não, tenho de fazer um acrescento na parte da frente(para baixo) de cerca de 1 ou 2 cm... Entretanto vou fazer outra roda para ver como fica o carro com as duas rodas. Tenho também de arrumar o barracão de outra forma para conseguir ver o carro todo de lado sem ter o pilar no meio a estorvar, a ver vamos....