kb58
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 02:38 PM |
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Sure is quiet
Maybe it's the season, kids out of school, people on vacation, or us hard at work on projects?
I've run into a psychological project stopper, body work. I've discovered I don't like doing it - at all. I have new-found
appreciation and respect for the guys here who can work through months and months of sanding and filling. Me, I dislike it so much I've
stopped, and am working on other parts of the car, anything to avoid it. That doesn't help project completion at all!
I'm going to take part of the shell to a bodyshop in an effort to get myself past this "builder's block." Not only do I not
like doing body work, I don't do it very well. Time to cast off the ego and get some help, assuming they don't charge too much...
[Edited on 7/18/05 by kb58]
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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Alan B
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 03:18 PM |
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Totally agree....bodywork sucks....BIG TIME....
That is one my excuses for slow progress, weather is another as is other stuff going on......but I am progressing albeit a little slowly...
Keep going KB, you'll get there...
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ned
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 03:19 PM |
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i find that its just too hot in the garage at the moment, ibit like a greenhouse. I am having a builders block too, complete lack of motivation as it
just seems to be taking an eternity to do anything on the car. I've got other jobs that need doing on the normal car which are taking up
spannering time at the moment too.
Ned.
beware, I've got yellow skin
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 03:33 PM |
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At least you're putting it off by doing other bits of work on the car - that means that even though you feel like you're just
procrastinating, you are actually progressing! Hope you can find some motivation from somewhere
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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Andrew+dad
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 05:58 PM |
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yeah i hate doing bodywork
at the moment i am meant to be filling then sanding down my landrover because i already have the paint to paint it with and a brush  but i just cant
be bothered its the most boring job ive had to do so far ...
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scoobyis2cool
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 06:17 PM |
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Can you paint bodywork with a brush?!
Pete
It's not that I'm lazy, it's that I just don't care...
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bigandy
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 07:27 PM |
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I know how you feel! I've ran into a few problems getting the right bits for my car, and to be honest, I have been more interested in doing
other things!
It's good to have a break though, and come back to it with a renewed enthusiasm. It's either that or plod on, get even more fed up, and
sell the thing as an unfinished project!
Cheers
Andy
Dammit! Too many decisions....
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sgraber
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 07:44 PM |
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I think taking a bit of a break can be a good thing. Let's me re-focus on the items in my life that are more important than (gasp) car
building....
I feel your pain Kurt, yours too Alan! I have an estimated 10 hours of finish sanding left before I wax down for molds...
Steve Graber
http://www.grabercars.com/
"Quickness through lightness"
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Peteff
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 07:56 PM |
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Can you paint bodywork with a brush?!
It's a Landrover, nuff said . Why bother rubbing down, my mate George didn't even clean his before he painted it and it was still an
improvement. A litre of gloss with half an inch of white spirit on top, stir well and it runs its own brushmarks out.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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JC
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 08:40 PM |
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I've just started from scratch again as the person who was building my chassis is ill and I can't retrieve it. Will post photos soon!!
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robinbastd
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 09:25 PM |
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Soon........or that's what I keep telling myself! So far this year I have remodelled my gift shop,farted around with my webshop till the cows
came home (and died of old age) Now I'm in the midst of rebuilding an old mobile home which has been named "Downward Leigh"
Then I can evict the tractor and build the garage of my dreams.......and then I can start my car build. Hopefully there will still be petrol by the
time I finish.
Upside? I've lost 4 stone so far this year!
Ian
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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Triton
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 09:39 PM |
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Too many cornish pasties mate........ thought you were supposed to leave a bit for them there pixie blokes not eat it all yourself
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robinbastd
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 09:58 PM |
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Cornish pasty fact # 1: The test of a good pasty was to drop it down a mine shaft,if it didn't break it's a good'un.
Fact # 2: Miners would use the crust as a handle and throw that bit away so the the piskies died from arsenic poisoning and not them.
Anyway Mark,if you lost 4 stone you'd have ceased to exist!
Slim
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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MrFluffy
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| posted on 18/7/05 at 10:03 PM |
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Solution, just use someone elses cover 
Ive actually sliced and diced my car ready for the new (unbuilt) chassis...
And next month hopefully Ill be getting a new workshop...
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jonbeedle
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| posted on 19/7/05 at 12:55 AM |
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Yesterday I was leaning on my roll bar gazing down at my newly installed fuel tank and I dozed off standing up!
It was just too hot to work so I put my feet up and had a beer and decided that tomorrow was another day!
Sometimes it pays to admit defeat!
Cheers
Jon
"Everyone is entitled to an opinion however stupid!"
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kb58
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| posted on 19/7/05 at 03:55 AM |
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That happens to me too, leaning back in the chair in the garage just thinking about things and a nap happens.
Regarding my project in general, I think I'm a bit burnt out. That and knowing it's effectively done, that everything else is just for
show, or some nagging little part for something or other. Hard to press on with things. With the heat building it's all to easy to just sit
inside and play Battlefield 2...
Mid-engine Locost - http://www.midlana.com
And the book - http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/midlana/paperback/product-21330662.html
Kimini - a tube-frame, carbon shell, Honda Prelude VTEC mid-engine Mini: http://www.kimini.com
And its book -
http://www.lulu.com/shop/kurt-bilinski/kimini-how-to-design-and-build-a-mid-engine-sports-car-from-scratch/paperback/product-4858803.html
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RazMan
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| posted on 19/7/05 at 08:39 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by robinbastd
Upside? I've lost 4 stone so far this year!
Ian
I was sweating buckets outside my garage in the sun over the weekend (chassis is inside you see) It was damned hot but it is my only playtime coz I
work late during the week so I persevered, sanding, filling, blending, swearing etc.
When I weighed myself the next morning I found that I had lost 4 pounds!!
I have now calculated that by the time I finish the bodywork I will weigh 4 stone!!!
The wife found out and wants to build a car of her own now! Now I just need to calculate the cost difference between a new kit and a Weight Watchers
membership
Cheers,
Raz
When thinking outside the box doesn't work any more, it's time to build a new box
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Schrodinger
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 05:42 PM |
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Mr Fluffy
That looks like a Nova body that you're using or something similar, I had thought of using that myself!
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Mave
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 06:28 PM |
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Ah, fellow-bodybuilders!
I totally know the feeling. I totally had it last week(s). Making bodywork for a Seven is terrible, but for a full body car it must be even worse.
So I made a decision, to bring my stuff to a professional, to let him make a quotation for sanding it smooth, and spray-painting it. I decided that if
it was above a certain amount, I would admit defeat, and buy MK Indy's bodywork.
I was very suprised when he told me the quotation! It was much LOWER than I had expected!
So now I'm all motivated to get all my bodywork ready for him to start his work! I want to see it finished!!!!!
So remember, there's always light at the end of the tunnel. And I'm really looking forward to seeing your cars finished. So go out, and
build!
Marcel
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tadltd
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 09:13 PM |
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HEAT?
What heat?
It's the middle of bloody July here, and it's barely in double figures, blowing a gale, and pi$$ing down! 
Anyone in a hot country got room for an LMP or 2?!
Best Regards,
Steve.
www.turnerautosport.com
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robinbastd
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| posted on 20/7/05 at 09:19 PM |
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Anyone in a hot country got room for an LMP or 2?
Try England!
Failing that try Cornwall,which according to some of the more inbred/closely related locals is a separate country. It was 70(in old money) something
again here today.
Ian
Only a dead fish swims with the tide.
http://smuttygifts.com/
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kreb
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| posted on 21/7/05 at 10:16 PM |
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quote:
Anyone in a hot country got room for an LMP or 2?!
It's hovering around 70 degrees here in Northern California.(21 Celsius) Tell you what. I'll trade you a Stalker for a LMP and put you to
work in my shop! Hell, if you know any journeymen sheet metal workers that want to immigrate to the colonies I'll put them to work too. Not
enough good tradespeople here!
https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1966_FiatAbarth_1000SP1.jpg
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suparuss
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| posted on 22/7/05 at 05:32 AM |
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need any chippy's? i can weld too though!  i would love to get out of this country.
ive just about finished getting my garage sorted, 2 sheds later and it looks like a shanty town in me backyard but the garage is clear! also remote
plumbed my compressor cos its bloody noisy. my garage is shaded by a small forest though so the asbestos roof doesnt get much direct sunlight and
dosnt get that hot!
i learned most my joinery skills working in a mold making workshop so cant wait to start my body work cos itll be all second nature to me, getting
things smooth is a right pain tho.
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turbo time
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| posted on 22/7/05 at 06:55 AM |
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I should be working on finishing those last simple bits on the murderer, and yet, it sits in the garage, and I've already got my next project on
tap: http://www.freewebs.com/supersprite
D'oh, I'll get it completely done eventually, really!
[Edited on 22/7/05 by turbo time]
The Projects: www.absurdcars.com
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Peteff
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| posted on 22/7/05 at 09:04 AM |
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If that's a frogeye I want it. I love those cars.
yours, Pete
I went into the RSPCA office the other day. It was so small you could hardly swing a cat in there.
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