Fiberglass cladding?

[Maugan_VX]

whew joe.

A single piece mold of the whole front end aint going to be easy.

[Joe_Black]

A single piece mold of the whole front end aint going to be easy.

It shouldn't be too bad. The first plan is to use lighter stiffeners to allow enough flex to clear the fender flanges and such, then for layup clamp on more rigid material to the stiffeners to get the shape. The contingency for that is to omit the flanges and add during layup from flexible flat stock.

I'm always open to suggestions!

[WormGod]

I'm always open to suggestions!

All the other "individual" cladding panels?

[Raque Thomas]

Does anyone have the link to that Mooncraft site, or any of the pictures saved that they could post here?

[Maugan_VX]

Joe,

It would definitely benefit you (IMO) to go ahead and female mold the pieces separately, then once the pieces are mocked up on the VX, bond the pieces together to form your one-piece hood/fender.


Also, what are you planning on using for a molding material?

[transio]

Ok, RE: the Mooncraft kit.

My first reaction is that it looks just stupid. Then, the more I look at it, I think the proportions are nice, but something is off. Then I realize, it's the fender flares. They're too convex, making them look awkward and bubbly, and detached from the body. They need a concave upper curve. I think it's called a reflex curve? Not sure. But anyhow, make it less exaggerated and smooth out of the fenders and that would make a nice-looking wide-body VX.