It will loads to do

Yeah the mazda nose was a bit sore Ha ha ha

Urchfab I said urchfab 😂

OK let's go 🤭😆

Yeah a bit, tryingbto work out how the guy that built it put the top cupboards in to get them out, because now I can see its not properly insulated or vapour barriered. It all needs yo come out now we're this deep in, I don't wantvyo come back to it, hey-ho it is what it is just get on with it

Cheers mate 😊

Not up to your standard, but hey got to start somewhere 😀

Thank you. It was just red glue sticks that came with a pdr kit I bought

@@baldcreations8044 Thanks mate, you did a top job

Not really sure what you mean, it holds the fibres in pace and you can still manipulate the cloth where you want it, is that what you mean?

@@baldcreations8044 - I guess I meant, does it set ?

@herenow2895 hmmmm it sets as in spray it on, let it tack off, lay your cloth on and it holds it, you can pull it back off not sure if it will retack

Cheers mate

Mazda mx5

Thanks mate

Thanks mate not before time

👍 yes

😂

Thanks mate 👍

Sorry mate I don't understand

Thanks mate

Sharp eyes there mate, I swapped the other side over off camera, I noticed when I walked back in the workshop that the spring took off was was the opposite to how i fitted it, so swapped it round, all good now,

Nice one, looks great 👍🏻

Maybe, all in good time 😆

Yeah its an alloy wheel, I'm in the same boat as you mate, your maybe meant to match the filler rod.... 🤔 but I didn't 🤭

@@baldcreations8044 Beautiful, you make me feel so much less "uninformed". Good onya.

Cheers mate

Hi Mate, thanks for you comment, the welder is just a Sealey 180amp, I've since fitted a euro torch and adapter, the standard one kept leaking gas and on constant tacking it would just stop, but welding wise, she's a beaut,

@@baldcreations8044 great thanks I'll have to look into them

I do mate but I don't have wing moulds

@@baldcreations8044 awww. You have a store or something

@@dss199 No mate, all the mazda stuff I make atm goes to Paul Sheard motorsport in cheshire

@@baldcreations8044 ah so you have to go through Paul?

@@dss199 for the parts you see on here yes mate, he owns the moulds, for a one off set of wings the moulding cost is just to much

Hi Sorry mate only just saw this, funny enough yes the guys bought the new front panel now and is eager to get on it again, I just need to find time and space to start again

Got more than it was worth scrap mate

Hi mate welcome, there is a rumour that parts have been ordered and it's coming back, keep your eyes peeled.

Hi mate as in make you one?

@@baldcreations8044 yes I’m looking at having a new skin made for my manta

@@blitz9994 do you use instagram? If so can you find me on there a dm me?

'In the bin' 🤭😆😆 Just absolute rot boxes mate, I think I should be up for a Nobell peace prize for this, 'kindness toward humanity ' no one will have to drive it now

🤭 it's all in the edit mate 😆

It did but I love doing them

@@baldcreations8044 so good

Thanks mate, karma has his address, 😆

@Benny I think I get what you mean, when the roofs on the car it's rigid mate, it does exactly what you said move it 1/4" one side the other moves exactly the same, I'm happy to chat it through with you if you need help

@@baldcreations8044 Thanks, appreciate the offer! I've a little way to go before I get to the side panels, but the general idea is to make a 3.0m x 0.4m aluminium frame using light guage 20mm square aluminium. A layer of 20mm thick sheet of EPS foam will fill the void in the rectangular frame. I then carve "V" slots into the EPS every .3 to .4 m to a depth of around 10mm across the panel along a with single V groove along the lengthin the middle making a crosshatch carving into the foam. After layering both sides with a couple of layers of fibreglass/resin binding the foam and aluminium into a single structure I will start to fill and reinforce these V slots with lengths of fibreglass and epoxy essentially filling the slots. I figure this mimics a torsion box construction. I figure if I can keep each panel to 5kg or less then each side wall comprising of two of these panels hinged along its long side using the aluminium surround for anchoring the hinges, hopefully will weigh less than 15kg each. These side panels and the extra rigid front and rear panels will need to support upto 150kg of passive roof weight along with wind forces when the structure is raised to the living height.

@@MiniLuv-1984 keep your eye on the resin mate that's where you weight will be, you could go infusion that would give you the optimum resin to cloth/Matt ratio

@@baldcreations8044 Infusion, you mean put it in a vacuum bag and feed the resin in under the force of the vacuum and gravity? I think I can do that. I just did some reading following your suggestion and like you point out infusion makes for stronger parts with less weight (less resin). I'm sold! Thanks!! I need to do some research...I'm relatively new to fibre glassing, let alone infusion process. I wonder if I can dispense with the aluminium frame - I think I will do some small trials a/ get some practise with the process and b/ do some strength tests of the EPS infused with epoxy and cloth. Ideas are popping into my head already! Thanks again!

@@MiniLuv-1984 yes mate there's a video of me doing it on my channel. Where are you in the country?

Ok that's good enough for me 😆👍🏻

Thank you mate 😊 that's very kind, fingers crossed back at it next week.

Thank mate you have a good one too,

Cheers buddy and same to you and you family

Welcome along mate

Thanks mate, give me a shout if I can help out at all.

Sorry mate, do you mean to load?

@@baldcreations8044 yeah its drowning you out mate

Thanks mate I'll take a listen tomorrow see if I can address it

Yes mate but not through me, you need Paul Sheard motorsport,

@@baldcreations8044 thank you! I used to work in composites, boatbuilding, from ribs to super yachts. Almost always larger scale stuff than this, really admire handiwork on more complicated smaller forms.

@@yt2663 thanks mate I appreciate that.

Wow mate that is so kind? Thank you

Thanks mate 👍🏻

Thanks mate