Bailey Blade Car Design | Building forms body buck - Part 1

[Scorpion85629]

Can't wait to see the glassing portion of the project.

[coolkid5199]

how did you make thouse plywood peises, i mean how did you cut them, and how did you know where to cut them?

[BaileyBlade]

@coolkid5199 Check out video 23 i go over how i made all the forms in later videos.

[Palozotube]

So Guy, tell me: where did you find the car drawings?

What technique did you use to print the drawings?

Did you use a commom printer or a plotter printer?

About molds: Did you use a CNC router or chainsaws?

Are wood molds, foam molds or plastic/polymer molds?

Please let me know more about your work, that is great! Congratulations!

[Starqa1]

Forrest Gump is faster :D

[89chevypower]

hi, I'm just wondering how are you getting the wooden pieces measured and cut to the exact size? CNC machine?

[Kyrazlan]

@89chevypower Yes, they take the cad design (3DsMax) and they take 'Slivers' of the car (kind of like frames of an aircraft if you have ever seen that) Then they take each section and plug the dimensions into the CNC machine and it gives them their cutout. They space those 4-6inches according to what they did with the cad (4 inches on the front for more detail and 6 in elsewhere i believe) Then they put certain thickness foam between then and lay fiberglass over it.

[MrHeavysteel]

@Kyrazlan You say that they cut these "ribs" on CNC machine. Then you put foam in between ?

[BaileyBlade]

@MrHeavysteel Yep thats what we did... you can use anything to cut the ribs though. Then you add the foam and cut the foam down using the ribs as a guide to get the right profile.

[Kyrazlan]

@MrHeavysteel Yep you could get away with a laser cutter too but i think they use a wood cutting cnc router.

[CCruzr22]

Hi, i would like to know what sort of place are you going to that makes the molds for you. I have been trying to find a place locally for a project that I am working on but don't know what types of businesses to look at or search. Hopefully you can point me in the right direction. Thank you!

[BaileyBlade]

We will probably do our own molds internally at first, but there are a few places around that will do them for us. The one that comes to mind is called Fiberglass Plus. Not sure where you are located but this one is local to us.

[jesusislordtv]

nice work man, can u also build the body using cardboard?

[BaileyBlade]

@jesusislordtv

Yeah I definitely would not recommend using cardboard its not very strong and would not give you accurate results.

[jesusislordtv]

aight man, many thanks for the tip, im a beginner man jus learning, and when you build cars like this with foam and fiberglass, is that the final product, i mean this is the final body right ?

[BaileyBlade]

@jesusislordtv Yeah no problem This is not the final body, its only what is called a body buck. After this is finished we will make molds from the body buck and then produce the actual final body panels for the chassis. Make sure you check out the rest of our videos to see the whole process. There is a lot to it.

[jesusislordtv]

oh ok, i subscribed, will definately checkout the future vids, thanks

[kouchpotato1]

your videos are an inspiration and fascinating - I have thought long and hard about doing this myself and I think the set of clips have just given me the courage to persue my own project. Cant wait to see the finished article. would love some tips if you have the time!

[BaileyBlade]

Hey thats great, thats my goal is to inspire. Fill free to ask any questions.

[clay75501]

What program did you use todraw up and print out the templates for the plywood ribs?

[BaileyBlade]

Open Source Blender and 3D Studio Max

[DanFrederiksen]

very nice but how are the sheets fixed together in that skeleton construction?

and how do you cut them in the right shape?

[RB30BMW]

convertible chassies are pritty unstable at the best of times let alone replace 60% of the car with frp. Must be a lot of chassie work yet to come.

[jjludemann]

How do you print out the templates for the plywood ribs? Also, how do you make sure you have exactly the right spacing between the ribs so the foam fits properly?

[rigorous69]

wow! i really wish i could make a really sick lookin car by scatch like you. u have a really great skill! make more! more like bagatti's and lambos. :)

[perslover]

This car is gonna be great man shame we wont get it in the UK

[BaileyBlade]

Oh yes you will... a UK version is also being built.

[DIABLAconcept]

Great video! 5 stars :)