I think that light is an on coming train


Okay, Now everyone knows that I try real hard to not take this car building thing to serious but now I have too. I really do hate doing body work, but there was no way I was going to make somebody else try to fix my P.O.S. body. So I have been at it for two weeks and I have barely made a dent ( body work humor) in the back third of the car. This has got to be the biggest challenge in "Bondo Sculpture" I have ever attempted. This is a long way from fixing all my friends mid seventies blazers and pickups. You can tell by the way it looks just how far off this glass fits together thank god for reinforced putty. And it doesn't help that when he made the shell he only colored the first coat of gel-coat so it looks like I'm sanding right through the friggin thing. Enough griping, here are the pics.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...385_Small_.jpg
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...388_Small_.jpg http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...387_Small_.jpg
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...386_Small_.jpg
Now I'm going to get out of the dust
Patrick

Looking Good Patrick! Polyester primer is your friend on a fiberglass car...:yes:

I would suggest skim coating the entire body with filler and then sanding it flat. That will just save you time in the end. :thumbsup:

lol - car looks great.

2 years of autobody in High School and 1 year after school taught me that body work and taping drywall is for the guys that do it all the time.

I commend you for doing it.

keep moving forward
 

Well the smear, sand repeat portion of the build continues. Now it may look like I'm recreating this body in bondo ( come to think of it I may), but this is what it is taking to get this thing close to normal. learning a lot of things about the shape of this car. It appears that they must have had the idea when they pounded out the originals, that we can't make any piece strait or we will never reproduce it. This car curves in every direction and is never flat for more than 2 feet. What ever you do do not take a three foot strait edge to any surface you will find that will curve away before that. I never realized that the widest part of the body (not counting fenders and wheel flares) is the lead edge of the doors and it gets narrower as you go back to the fenders, that had me going for a while. here are some pics of the mess I'm in.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...390_Small_.jpg
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...391_Small_.jpg
Later,
Patrick

Keep at it! You do nice work! :thumbsup:

Its looking good Patrick. Keep up the good work, you'll get it.

Body all roughed in
 

Well, we are getting closer. I have smeared and sanded my life away, but I think I have the out side of the car as good as you can get it. At least that's what the guy who is helping me through the paint, not necessarily working but huge on the moral support(I'm my own worst critic) said. I guess I have to crack it all open and finish the insides of all the parts and spray the surfacer and then start blocking it down for paint. Okay I've done all the searching and I still confused about SlickSand or FeatherFill which one should I use, and do I need to Seal/Prime before paint. Also will a cheapo siphon gun work for it. I have one that I use to spray weird stuff with, I will need good gun to shoot paint, I never borrow tools like that, if I could "F" it up I'll buy my own, affordable recommendations please. Here are the pics.
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...397_Small_.jpg
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...395_Small_.jpg
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...398_Small_.jpg
http://www.clubcobra.com/photopost/d...399_Small_.jpg
Keep on sanding
Patrick

seeing a project come together like this is one of the things that inspires me to continue with my day to day business.... You sir are doing a VERY good job and i love the ingenuity of tool usage like your once pipe bender now tubing roller ;)

Patrick its looking good. Did you need to have someone dig you out of all that filler dust? Nice work.

I like the Evercoat Featherfill G2 poly primer for fiberglass. Not expensive compared to a Spies, Upol, Standox, etc poly primer.

I would also recommend not cutting any of the gaps until you have primed and blocked it 1 time. You will be amazed at how "not straight" it is once you start sanding the primer. All the little micro lows will show up, and don't forget the pinholes...:yes: