ps10-mk3_2013-08-25

No, the project is not dead. Although there was no news over more than a year, its not dead. It's moving very very slowly, but not dead. During this period, I didn't manage to make any significant changes, just minor smoothing here and there, which would be imperceptible in the pictures. 

This weekend I managed to do some work(not much) which is more visible: I decided to give some attention to the rear end of the car, which was very rough. So I started by sanding it down, removing the high spots. The rear end has many low spots, so I will have to fill them with dry-mud on the next time I work on it.

As some of you have noticed, I dropped the name ps10.homeip.net and changed it to the free ps10.dyndns.org name. After using this name for a while, DynDNS decided to stop supporting free DNS hosting. After googling for alternatives, I decided to create this blog in Blogger.com, which is much more reliable, simpler to maintain and I will have no problems with names. Still, it has a great integration with Google+ and Google Photos(picasa). Hopefully Google will not kill the service as it did with Google Reader.

So, from now on, any updates on the project will be posted here. Hope you like the new format.

ps10-mk3_2012-07-01

Working on the right side of the car, which is not even closer the aspect of the left side. This time I decided to smooth out some imperfections, mainly the large surfaces of the door.

ps10-mk3_2012-03-24

Some more somoothing...

ps10-mk3_2012-01-29

Another post with a month of delay... Any way, there weren't many updates. I give attention to some details, more precisely, "sharpening" the edges on the left side of the car and making them more uniform. To do so, I used aluminium "rullers" as guides while sanding and applying plaster, therefore getting smoother edges. I also started to smooth the right side of the car, but still with no visible results. Even though, I noticed that I get much faster results while using sandpaper specific for plaster.

ps10-mk3_2011-10-23

The last time I made something in the car was a while ago, and to make things worst, I forgot to make an update.... So, with almost 2 monhts of delay, here goes a samll update. Basically I kept wotking in the same part of the car, the left side, trying to smooth things out as much as possible. This time I decided to spray some parts with a cheap black paint and the light sand the paint to reveal the high and low spots.This revealed a scenario much worst than I thought it was, the surface was much more uneven than I thought. Any way, this helped me to pinpoint the exact locations of where to apply more drywall mud and where to make more sand work. In the pictures it's possible to see how it was in the beginning and in the end, still far from finish. I also give more detail in some corners of the fins and of the side vents, which were really rough and looking bad... Sorry for the quality of the pictures, as some were taken with the cellphone...

ps10-mk3_2011-09-25

Long time without updates... but this weekend managed to work on the car for a couple of hours. Didn’t manage to make any substantially "visible" work. I worked on the right side of the car, basically sanding down the door and it's surroundings, trying to even things out, which hasn't been an easy task. Still, this couple of hours sanding down produced some nice results, and things now start to look smooth, without "low" and "high". Next time will do a major step towards an almost perfect smooth surface on the right door area; spray it with a cheap black paint and the light sand it. Doing this, I can easily find out where are the "low" and "high" spots.

ps10-mk3_2011-07-24

This weekend had a little time to work on the car, though, the results are not very visible. Basically, I kept working on the doors lateral part, mostly on the middle and upper part of the door, which had some nasty low and hi spots... Just adding layers of dry wall mud,sanding them down, and then a new layer, more sanding.... Also worked a bit on the "gills", on the left side I sanded down the dry wall mud and applied a new layer to cover some low spots. On the right side, I simply applied the drywall mud on the "gills", as they were still in its "foam form" Its just a shame that the pictures only bring up the imperfections, not the overall aspect of the car...

ps10-mk3_2011-06-05

This weekend was time to straighten things up, working over the drywall mud applied over the last time. The side parts were never as I wanted them, since they are supposed to be straight, and not curved, so, this weekend was spent over those areas, first using the Stanley Surform tool to remove excess drywall mud, and then apply a new layer of drywall mud to remove some very low spots,which, in some spots, was more than 5mm deep.... In the next morning, after the new drywall mud have dried, it was time to check for low spots, even out things a bit with the Surform tool and getting it ready for the next layer of drywall mud,which will get at about 90% near perfection ;-) Sadly, I only was able prepare the left part of the car to the new layer... Oh, I also applied drywall mud in the left "gills". Take a look at the pictures to see how its going ;-)

ps10-mk3_2011-05-15

Finally, some progress. Started by a rough sand down on some drywall mud that I had already applied, leaving it ready for the next layer of drywall mud to reach a near perfect surface. Then prepared some more drywall and applied it on the left and right side of car, covering almost all the both sides, leaving only the "gills" with out being, since I run out of drywall mud... The first drywall mud that I was using was from "Pladur", but when it run out, I used one from "Robbialac"which was laying around. As it turned out, the one from "Robbialac"is easier to apply, and I think it drys more quickly. Now I don't know which one should I buy, the "Pladur" that is much much cheaper or the "Robbialac"...

ps10-mk3_2011-03-06

This weekend I managed to work a bit more on the car. One again I worked on the rear of the car, smoothing things out. Lots of sanding and "dry-wall mudding".... Started by sanding the drywall applied the last time I worked on it. Then it was time to apply more dry wall to even out some surfaces, wait for it to dray, then sand again. This process was repeated some times, and in the end I left it with some "fresh" dry-wall mud that will have to be smooth next time I work on it. I managed to apply a layer of dry-wall mud on some new part, so next time I work on it, I will have new parts to sand down. Take a look at the pictures, although its hard to see work that has been done.