Showing posts with label body kit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label body kit. Show all posts

Tuesday, 24 December 2013

Update | Handmade glass fiber body

Last weeks I have been working on the handmade glass fiber body for the MTD café racer. With the valuable help of Antony, one of my Spark design & innovation colleagues! Check our website http://www.sparkdesign.nl/

After two layers of white gel coat, the glass fibers have been positioned in the mold and soaked in epoxy resin. Lot of small clamps kept the fibers in place while adding the peel-ply and all the foils and vacuum plastics layers.

After the epoxy resin hardened the mold was opened and made super happy! The body is super clean and fitting on the frame perfectly! The coming period the body will be sanded and painted. Keep posted for the latest developments.

Saturday, 28 September 2013

Update | First mold ready

Last week the first of the 3 mold pieces have been made. The glass fiber fabrics have been laminated with the polyester resin. The mold you see in this blog post is the center one; the top of the fuel tank. The other 2 HD PU plugs are now being prepared for the final mold making.

Once these molds are finished the first body kit can be made for the custom MTD Ducati café racer. If you have interest in this body kit send an email to info@maartentimmer.com