work on small areas at a time, use small syringes to measure the 2 parts of the epoxy mix, apply, and keep moving, laying it down as you go when you done you can add more if its not smooth, if you do it properly you dont have to sand it, if you do sand it wear a mask with a rubber seal not a paper one. Polystyrene is great to shape as its so soft you can cut off bits with an art knife and then sand it into final shape with fine sand paper - build a small thing first, to learn how to do it.
Depends where you are, but polystyrene roofing insulation sheets are about $20 Epoxy $35 Fiberglass $7 a sq meter look through my favorites to see how its done. I use medical gloves to keep my hands clean, you don't need to vacuum bag just use a fast setting epoxy 5-10 min (buy in bulk not tubes) rub on the epoxy add fiberglass mat more epoxy rub it in and you done make sure its smooth - hand does a good job - mix small amounts - mix well or it never sets up count 50 rotations with a stick
the cheapest fiberglass mat has 60% of the strength of Carbon Fiber so two layers of Fiberglass is as strong as one layer of Carbon Fiber which is light enough for what we do.
You can use either river sand or beach sand on the leading edges or places that get bashed, its just about the hardest stuff on the planet , its silica compressive stress some thing like 2000 Mpa vs Steel at only around 240 Mpa - rub on epoxy, add sand when its sticky - 1 layer- more epoxy then fiberglass, done
If you make it out of polystyrene board glued together with epoxy resin and then cover it in fiberglass and epoxy resin it will become real i.e strong enough to ride around in.
thanks! hah i wish i could. ive been trying for 5 years to make a big car like this and the mazda and i have no idea how to make another one. 1:1 scale would be so epic.
you should make one drivable imagine how peeps would look I plan on making a gt-500 1967 out of cardbourd and making it authentic in every little detail
work on small areas at a time, use small syringes to measure the 2 parts of the epoxy mix, apply, and keep moving, laying it down as you go when you done you can add more if its not smooth, if you do it properly you dont have to sand it, if you do sand it wear a mask with a rubber seal not a paper one. Polystyrene is great to shape as its so soft you can cut off bits with an art knife and then sand it into final shape with fine sand paper - build a small thing first, to learn how to do it.
EVZebra 9 months ago
Depends where you are, but polystyrene roofing insulation sheets are about $20 Epoxy $35 Fiberglass $7 a sq meter look through my favorites to see how its done. I use medical gloves to keep my hands clean, you don't need to vacuum bag just use a fast setting epoxy 5-10 min (buy in bulk not tubes) rub on the epoxy add fiberglass mat more epoxy rub it in and you done make sure its smooth - hand does a good job - mix small amounts - mix well or it never sets up count 50 rotations with a stick
EVZebra 9 months ago
@EVZebra wow, sounds pretty good, mabey i should look into this lol. if i was rich, i would just get carbon fiber and epoxy and go crazy
ThePaperCreator 9 months ago
the cheapest fiberglass mat has 60% of the strength of Carbon Fiber so two layers of Fiberglass is as strong as one layer of Carbon Fiber which is light enough for what we do.
You can use either river sand or beach sand on the leading edges or places that get bashed, its just about the hardest stuff on the planet , its silica compressive stress some thing like 2000 Mpa vs Steel at only around 240 Mpa - rub on epoxy, add sand when its sticky - 1 layer- more epoxy then fiberglass, done
EVZebra 9 months ago
@EVZebra cool thanks man, i feel like i took a course on epoxy and fiberglass lol
ThePaperCreator 9 months ago
If you make it out of polystyrene board glued together with epoxy resin and then cover it in fiberglass and epoxy resin it will become real i.e strong enough to ride around in.
EVZebra 9 months ago
@EVZebra how much would the materials cost approx.?
ThePaperCreator 9 months ago
can you sit in it
zpapesca 1 year ago
I got an Idea which I might do, get the cardboard color and w/e then put it un a golf cart. (DRIVABLE)!
TheAgentbrady101 1 year ago
thats is cool
CB7TUNER1991 2 years ago
That's pretty awesome. You should make 1:1 scale ones.
Digipatd 2 years ago
thanks! hah i wish i could. ive been trying for 5 years to make a big car like this and the mazda and i have no idea how to make another one. 1:1 scale would be so epic.
ThePaperCreator 2 years ago
Where do you put the gas
fladave99 2 years ago
haha there is no gas is not drivable
ThePaperCreator 2 years ago
you should make one drivable imagine how peeps would look I plan on making a gt-500 1967 out of cardbourd and making it authentic in every little detail
69Cabeast 2 years ago
Pretty cool.
n00bSLicer 2 years ago 5
how can i make 1 of those ?
kartracer876 2 years ago
wow
killermania123 3 years ago
its great
patko1610 3 years ago
No life much?...
Bobsucks34 3 years ago
wow, nice! i bet that took a while
kaneECWchamp1 3 years ago
wow it may not be real but it great for if you dont have one nice
BoyRacer224 3 years ago
lol exactly the point for making it
ThePaperCreator 3 years ago
dude, soo much detail. good job.
brandondeepwell 3 years ago 6
way cool man, i like the creativity.
iancosta 3 years ago 3