Falcata

Hi Marzman I have been working on a possible sponsorship for a YouTube channel I would love to do that , but one of my biggest problems is time !!! so if a company wants to help me out with products i need or tools to help speed up the process , i would be all over it , helping them promote and showcase their tools or composites and how to apply them , I am just a regular guy doing this build on my own , it's tough enough , it takes time to film and edit , post etc . I did a few tech tip vids all my buddies like them , but it takes time away from the build . Even the time it takes to update the 3 sites I have this build on sometimes is a struggle to squeeze it in. It's awesome you think it's worthy , nice to know I am not the only one that likes it . And I would like to thank everyone again for all the positive feedback , it really helps !!

Hi everyone Back with another update , been busy , seems there aren't enough hours in the day . I bought a 3D printer a Creality CR10 V3 , extremely cool printer a few little things to get it setup . going to use it to make the molds for the front signal lights and a few other things , the more i see what it can do the more things i know I can make for the car . I have to relearn CAD .....been almost twenty years at least . also got the trunk lid glassed and off the back of the car and rough trimmed . glassed the louvers cut the opening lines on the back and using wedges to carefully bust it out got it free now it needs to be trimmed , remove and clean up the temporary structure this is the lid upside down for trimming the edges back on the car for a look this gives you an idea of what it will look open this shows the lines of the opening Stay tuned in and stay safe !!

Thanks I appreciate that . A small update on the front fenders The top of the fender have so much shape , this was really difficult to get them the same . Making sure things stay symmetrical This is the top of the hood line , it will step up to hide the wipers ... you will see soon . Here you can see the shape at the top , this will give me room for the door to open and have the fender vent protruding down into the fender , as well as looking hot !! and the passenger side Really starting to come together . i am going to buy a 3D printer this week and make some parts to take molds off , hopefully this will save me some time , if I am not to retarded to learn how to use it lol . Thanks again for following along

and some more on the front fenders , they are shaping up nicely . There will be a vent here at the top to let the air from the front splitter escape that get trapped in the wheel well . Making the pattern You will be able to see it from inside the car also Stay interested Stay Safe Stay tuned

Hi Back with another update , more pic's and progress on the rear deck lid . Getting the foam shaped and filled Glassing , a couple of layers of mat to give it some strength Sanding and a quick fill and sand . I just noticed in this pic check out the front hood !!!!

Hi everyone I have an update , I jumped back on the front of the car , been busy with everything really . So I built a system for measuring the front fenders , so I have been tuning up the fenders to get them equal in height , width and inside angle . So next will be dialing in the rest of the front and painting it with Rondo then fiberglass it , then put the bottom part of the hood back on and finish the edges of it so I can make the top part of the hood . Stay tuned

Thanks everyone for the excellent positive feedback !! Yes GT500 class racer for the street was exactly what I was going for , only meaner . Some more on the the rear deck lid . After clamping down the back and a coat of Rondo on the deck area , I discovered a bump on both sides where it should be dipping down .in the deck , there is no way to hold it down , so I came up with a way to hold it in place . Then a couple of layers of fiberglass mat . I used the laser to make sure it was even on both sides , the two inner boards are shorter to help make the contour I was looking for . I call my helper Dave .........maybe I have been in the forest too long lol Here you can see the shape is looking sweet Another coat of Rondo , helps to hold and seal the foam . Next is to fill the rises in the hips of the quarters . Here you see two pieces of foam laying on the louvers , they will get glued down and shaped to fill the low spot . with calibration posts I made for the front of the car , I am double checking the height of the fender bucks with the laser to insure they are level Here you see the foam glued down and a coat of rondo , this will get some filler and shaped . next will be laying out the cut lines for the opening of the trunk lid . Stay tuned Cheers

So Porsche had the Whale tail , the Falcata has the Lobster tail lol Everyone seems to really like it . Fist couple of pics finishing the foam at the top and filling in the gaps . I tried this for the first time yesterday , it's known as Rondo a mixture of Fiberglass Resin and body filler Bondo , blend and you get Rondo . It helps to seal the foam for easier fairing ,sanding , filling and fiber glassing . Seemed to go well , will know later today . I set the roof scoop on and hung up the wing to see how it was coming together oh boy I can't wait to see this all finished !!!

Hi thanks for your interest in the build , it's very much appreciated to hear positive feedback , it's been a long road to get this far . The rear is 5 1/4 wider per side , so total of 10 1/2 inches . The front is 3 1/4 wider per side , so total of 6 1/2 inches

Hi Everyone Well I didn't like the bars going down the middle , and it would be a nightmare to sand . So I came up with an idea to make my original idea work , of course I had to make all new pieces .... It's getting there , the plan is to lay up a few thin layers of fiberglass mat and then cut the part where the trunk lid opens . then I can finish the trunk lid off the car with the mock up rear body part I made for that purpose , I know it's all a bit confusing . So hang in there !!! This is how many times I tried different ratios of height and length to get what I thought was right , just like CAD ( computer assisted drawing ) only WAD wood assisted drawing LOL LOL Just the top to sort out and then filler and fiberglass

Hi Everyone Been busy it seems to me , I know I built a mock up trunk to build the trunk and make it function off the car but it's hard to know if it looks right off the car , so I have been doing some mock up stuff . My original plan was to make each louver in one piece , it is too difficult , so this is what I am thinking . This was the original idea ...... Made up some parts And a couple of stringers to lay the louvers on It requires a stringer for the center louvers and a second one for outside the divider at a different scale because they are thinner , thinner to be able to have some contour . The center going in , this is just a mock up , if I don't like it i will change it . So you have to have some imagination here to see this all body worked .

Hi I am back with an update , I have been working on a few things . The roof scoop frame that will be the mounting point and will be part of the roof . This was a tricky piece to make ......like everything else was easy lol . The part that covers the top of the windscreen will be made with the whole roof and cut off after , so the roof scoop frame will need to be cut also , and the nose of the frame will be attached to the part that goes over the glass , for easy removal for windscreen replacement .

Hi I finally got my turn signals , they are really cool , they have low beam ( DLR ) day time lights , high beam DLR and Amber sequential signals , I ordered a few sets and the shipping company lost them !!!! Had to order again ....... So I will be working on there spot in the front Dam , this should be a right pain to make also ... but worth the effort . They are aftermarket up grade for the new Honda Civic Type R So they go in and you only see the raised part of the light .

Hi guys & gals Been a while , must be getting old almost forgot how to post stuff on here lol . I have missed some time from the car ( obliviously ) you know the usual stuff in the forest on an Island , power outages from wind storms and freak snow storms , life etc . So I have been plugging away at the rear deck lid fake vents and prepping the roof scoop mounting . the roof will have a small foam frame that will be part of the roof to position and fasten the scoop . I will try to post more this weekend Cheers

Thanks Sim for the kind words Sounds like you have some nice toys !! We had another winter friggin storm here ,Thursday wind and power outages and then over a foot of snow at the shop , started on Friday afternoon , the road in is .5 of a kilometre long , so there is no way to shovel it , also narrow with lots of bush so no place for the snow to be plowed , if you could find someone to do it !! here are the last pics I took .

Hi everyone Thanks for the kind words , really appreciate that , it helps a lot with motivation . I only got over to the other shop for a couple of hours today , hopefully tomorrow will be almost a full day . So just some more filling and sanding on the rear deck vents .

Seems like everyone lost interest ............ Well been busy looking after my wife , probably a couple more days before I get to my other shop , I have been doing some stuff for the build at my home shop on the milling machine making a mold out of aluminum for the front turn signals . Here is the last pic's of the vent foamed and roughed in

Ok got some stuff done on the car , crazy week , my wife is having a knee replacement tomorrow , so been super busy getting thing ready for her recovery . So I think I mentioned the way I will be attaching the rear clamshell . Originally I was going to use the original hatch hinges , but thought that would be too difficult to access . Now I am going to use the rear strut mounting holes , and would like to disguise them by creating a foe vent . So next will be to fill these with foam and contour to the yellow tape

Sorry these are now out of order , I couldn't find these , I have a computer in the office at home and one at the shop and three cameras and a phone , busy life its hard to find time to sort them out into folders . I have with out a doubt spent 2 months all together measuring and remeasuring this car its has so many compound curves . So I rack my brain trying to figure ways to keep this thing on track , every change to the body complicates that .

Hi and thanks again for the positive feedback More work on the bottom half of the hood , got one unit of glass on it and a skim of Rage Gold filler . Still more to add the this part , the sides where it meets the fenders and the top at the windscreen , I would like ti to hide the wipers .

Hi I am almost caught up on posting where I am at , hoping to have it done by late spring or mid summer . Thanks for your interest .

This is the bottom half of the hood , makes lots of room for goodies , I plan to buy another Zed later and build a beast with a supercharged LS3 6 or 7 hundred horsepower , full cage , bare minimum , so I want some room for stuff , this new hood design will allow room for twin turbos or LS style air intake . So I had to build this with the blue foam , so happy to done with the blue foam , it's truly a pain in the butt ,having to seal it up with foil and tape . now remember is is the bottom half .....so the top will be a lot different

Should have a look at the hood . I mocked this up with the blue foam , was a long time ago now , this was the original plan for the hood , Vintage Maserati kind of style . The two outside petals were going to cold air intake slots underneath were the air box's are . but as time goes zooming by and the amount of work to build molds for all these parts is just unrealistic , it's been over 2 years now working every day . The other thing is it doesn't make any extra room underneath for extra goodies . But I really liked it !!!

So All the parts I made with the blue foam has to be replaced with the new foam , lucky for me I saved all the patterns and jigs for the router table . Here I am remaking new foam parts that go on the roof , I call them the batman humps , there purpose is to make the roof stronger and provide some more height around the trunk area . First pic is the 1/4 inch plywood pattern Running the foam through the thickness planner

So this is how I make patters sometimes with thin door skin wood , rip it into strips about an inch to one and a half and glue gun the pieces where you need the shape . Then trace it out on paper then transfer that onto the material your using . This is to make the pattern for over the tail lights , and you use the same one for both side ( of coarse )