It’s always a coin toss whether my posts get taken down here but every time they stay up you guys seem to like em.
Anyway, haven’t shared this project in a while so thought I’d drop these fenders I just finished up. Really happy with how they came out.
This is part of my custom real life cyberpunk show car build. Basically I’ve been treating this car like a movie prop or full sized model kit and I’m trying to make it look like something that came straight out of a cross between the bladerunner / akira / mad max / fast and furious universe. Heavy cyberpunk styling but with a little bit of tuner / wasteland thrown in as well.
My inspiration for these was the JGTC Rx7s from the late 90’s / early 00’s, I really love that boxy look and will be moving in that sort of direction with this build, much more sharp, angular elements and aero.
The process was pretty straightforward, I mocked up the Rx7 bonnet and bumper where I wanted them, then boxed up the fenders and poured 2 part expanding polyurethane foam and carved it down to blend the two cars together. After shaping the foam I coated it with resin, then a layer of tape on the foam buck, followed by mould release wax and a couple coats of PVA release agent. Then threw down 1 layer of 225gsm chopped strand fiberglass matt, followed by 2 layers of 450gsm and finally a top layer of 30gsm surface veil for a nice smooth finish.
After curing the part was demoulded, trimmed and test fitted. Still got a couple changes to make before it gets a skim coat of filler and some high build primer but I’m really happy with the shape.
If anyone wants to watch the process, theres a video up on my channel covering the whole thing in detail with no annoying talking to camera crap, just pure workshop asmr.
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It’s always a coin toss whether my posts get taken down here but every time they stay up you guys seem to like em.
Anyway, haven’t shared this project in a while so thought I’d drop these fenders I just finished up. Really happy with how they came out.
This is part of my custom real life cyberpunk show car build. Basically I’ve been treating this car like a movie prop or full sized model kit and I’m trying to make it look like something that came straight out of a cross between the bladerunner / akira / mad max / fast and furious universe. Heavy cyberpunk styling but with a little bit of tuner / wasteland thrown in as well.
My inspiration for these was the JGTC Rx7s from the late 90’s / early 00’s, I really love that boxy look and will be moving in that sort of direction with this build, much more sharp, angular elements and aero.
The process was pretty straightforward, I mocked up the Rx7 bonnet and bumper where I wanted them, then boxed up the fenders and poured 2 part expanding polyurethane foam and carved it down to blend the two cars together. After shaping the foam I coated it with resin, then a layer of tape on the foam buck, followed by mould release wax and a couple coats of PVA release agent. Then threw down 1 layer of 225gsm chopped strand fiberglass matt, followed by 2 layers of 450gsm and finally a top layer of 30gsm surface veil for a nice smooth finish.
After curing the part was demoulded, trimmed and test fitted. Still got a couple changes to make before it gets a skim coat of filler and some high build primer but I’m really happy with the shape.
If anyone wants to watch the process, theres a video up on my channel covering the whole thing in detail with no annoying talking to camera crap, just pure workshop asmr.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJ_01b2J1c](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRJ_01b2J1c)