Love seeing a new video drop. As I mentioned before, I've been there/done that with FRP buck and mold making. Really enjoyable to watch you work and can't wait to see the final result (as I am SURE you are, too).
I know I'm definitely super excited to start seeing what other people do with these kits once they go up for sale. I'll have to put a video up one day showcasing everyone else's builds!
The bit that came off in one piece is going to sit up on a wall somewhere in the shop, I've still got chunks from my original Mx5 widebody lying around somewhere. Very tempted to put all the pieces from that smashed one into a box as a jigsaw puzzle for someone haha
Hahah, always one of my favorite bits. The part I like the most is now I can finally stop getting those "That's too much body filler, it's gonna crack in 3 weeks" comments lol 😂
Well done, quite scary when you removed the foams, I will start on GFK wings, I hope I can save them. Great video, thanks for sharing, your work has inspired me for my project !
Legendary. Literally showing how it's done. When you hung the parts-car rear door, the Stagea gave me ProBox vibes. Meh, I'm weird. Dude, sweet-arse-vid
Seeing the prep work smashed al up, whas like damn that hurt my feelings a little bit and it aint even mine. 😅. But damn i love watching your craftsmanship everytime, cant get enough of it. This is Pure enjoyment every single Time.
Good stuff now I see how u were talking about a 2 part rear mold n last video. Now I understand more how u meant and how to do it. Can't wait for next episode
It's a sign that I'm slowly learning haha. In my early days I definitely would have tried a single piece mould. It's doable, but I know now that trying to get the finished parts out of those shapes really sucks haha
Удивительное терпение. Плюс, недоумеваю с того, что почти всё время идут дожди- значит влажность, а открытый металл обрезанной задней арки, который три недели был под слепком формы расширителя, не имеет даже и намёка на ржавчину.
Wow man, blows my mind... youre attention to detail is immaculate .. i only wonder why you sand all your domed parts whith an obrbital sander or a hand block.. most domed spots/parts will come out mutch better by hand.. love your work, just my 2 cents
hola, la ¿pintura roja es el gel coat? saludos, te felicito como trabajas, y tenes todo lo mejor posible limpio. con mi papá hacíamos replicas de armas cuando era pequeño, diferente trabajo, hace poco, fui a verlo, y estaba reparando moldes de piscinas, lo que haces vos. con los paneles de los autos, con fibra de vidrio y resina. fascinante el trabajo, quisiera hacerlo algun momento
Just a thought - If i'm not mistaken the nitrocellulose thinner coresilin can dissolves foam so it can save you some foam scratching. BUT it can damage paint, lacker etc.
@@TofuAutoWorks im sure about acetone dissolving styrofoam but try some piece with the foam that you use cuz I dont know what it is. Also forgot to mention that acetone damages primer but that you probably already know.
Cheers! Oh mate, I've already started printing off the other side (gonna take a couple weeks to print off the whole thing) and seeing it all as a computer model is so sick!
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but what about the other side. Don’t tell me he has to start from scratch again. Or is there some fancy 3D scanning that happens for the opposite side trims?
Correct. In Ep 19 I went over the scanning, and started 3D printing. Once the other side has been printed I'll fit it to the car and make the matching moulds for that side.
Dans l'épisode 19, j'ai montré que nous scannions la voiture pour en faire un modèle informatique que nous pouvons retourner pour imprimer en 3D l'autre côté.
I had my volume turned down to 0 because I was playing a mobile game . I started to turn it up for this video , then I remembered there's nothing to hear anyways 😂
Dude, the new mold release is next level, love this stuff. I wont be using infusion on mine, but you see I've designed the flanges to allow for infusion (potentially carbon fiber) for when I send a duplicate set of plugs over to the US to have this kit produced there as well. PS, sorry for adding the bolt hole recesses, I know you didn't want me to 😅
You've already done the hard part of making good solid molds with nice flanges on them so I'd recommend giving it a shot eventually, at least to experiment. The difference in weight and strength, even with fiberglass, is night and day, plus you'll be able to more consistently estimate the amount of materials each part is going to consume. Anyway it looks so clean thus far that I think I can just about forgive the bolt recesses 😆
@@kenecchi @reallyanti The thing with epoxy infusion is typically you want to use a different gelcoat designed for epoxies. This vinyl ester tooling gelcoat that I do all my molds in works mint for polyester layups, but I hear even with really good release agents, apparently you can sometimes get sticking when you try and do epoxy layups. Either way, at least for the immediate future it looks like vacuum infusion is a little outside the scope and my budget given the nature of my work and my goals with these parts that I sell. I'm not like these other TH-camrs who have sponsors on every video and can go buy a new supercar every weekend. 😂
I almost exclusively make epoxy parts on what I believe is the same red-brown VE tooling gelcoat you're using; epoxy isn't a solvent-based material and would only want to bond mechanically with a keyed surface. Molds as shiny as yours would have no chance of sticking, and with chemical release agent would probably pre-release as you're taking the bagging materials off. Because of the resin I use, I also heat parts in-mold to around 80*C and the gelcoat doesn't break down at all. You'd only need to go to a novolac gelcoat at prepreg curing temperatures. Understand your feeling though, it's a deep rabbit hole and a little bit of an investment, but with the way your channel and all is growing, it'll make sense to get into pretty soon.@@TofuAutoWorks
Nice to see a master at work. Loving the polished molds!!!
Thanks mate!
Seeing those finished and polished molds must have been so satisfying after all those months of work. They were sure satisfying to see in this video!!
its so satisfying seeing how nice those molds came out and finally getting all that body filler off the stagea. Awesome vid!
Love seeing a new video drop. As I mentioned before, I've been there/done that with FRP buck and mold making. Really enjoyable to watch you work and can't wait to see the final result (as I am SURE you are, too).
Your work is very thorough! Be careful of the glass thorns. From Japan.
It's so special to see the remove of the hard work on this kit, nice job as always!
Not sure what I'm more excited for. To see the finished project on those wideboi Kiwami's, or to buy a kit for my own NM35.
🔥 Aotearoa Hard! 🤘😎
I know I'm definitely super excited to start seeing what other people do with these kits once they go up for sale. I'll have to put a video up one day showcasing everyone else's builds!
🔥HECTIC! 🤘😎
Bro is making 10x better job than Liberty Walk 💪🏼🔥
New sub here. Always loved these cars. This is a pleasure to watch. No waffle or BS, just straight to the point.
I mean I knew it was coming but it still hurt to watch all that work chipped away
The bit that came off in one piece is going to sit up on a wall somewhere in the shop, I've still got chunks from my original Mx5 widebody lying around somewhere. Very tempted to put all the pieces from that smashed one into a box as a jigsaw puzzle for someone haha
@@TofuAutoWorks I was going to ask you to put that piece up as well, lol
One of my favourite sanding channels
watching you smash 3 months of work was very satisfying and another great episode
Hahah, always one of my favorite bits. The part I like the most is now I can finally stop getting those "That's too much body filler, it's gonna crack in 3 weeks" comments lol 😂
Massive binge watching session today. Unreal progress. Can't wait to see more videos
When you smash the parts im feel heart breaking and tears , because that is 3 months art of handcraft perfect work 😅😢❤
Well done, quite scary when you removed the foams, I will start on GFK wings, I hope I can save them.
Great video, thanks for sharing, your work has inspired me for my project !
Another great Sunday morning ☕😎
Sunday evening in N.Z. 😎
Legendary. Literally showing how it's done. When you hung the parts-car rear door, the Stagea gave me ProBox vibes. Meh, I'm weird. Dude, sweet-arse-vid
Haha, thanks Dan. ProBox build when I come to Japan you reckon? 😂
Joooo new tofu video
Best meals when I'm watching your art
Greetings from germany
Seeing the prep work smashed al up, whas like damn that hurt my feelings a little bit and it aint even mine. 😅. But damn i love watching your craftsmanship everytime, cant get enough of it. This is Pure enjoyment every single Time.
Good stuff now I see how u were talking about a 2 part rear mold n last video. Now I understand more how u meant and how to do it. Can't wait for next episode
That first mold coming out nicely was so good!
Good idea on just reusing the donor car's spares instead of the tedium of fixing up the dented door lol
Oooh boy I'm early. I like to watch these while planning the widebody build for my car.
Yes, let the intrusive thoughts win haha
I think it's a great job.
I'm rooting for you from Japan.
Ahhhh, I was wondering what approach you were gonna take to the door shut area! Multi part mould makes a lot of sense.
It's a sign that I'm slowly learning haha. In my early days I definitely would have tried a single piece mould. It's doable, but I know now that trying to get the finished parts out of those shapes really sucks haha
Your work is neat tidy and precise...kudos
The weather there sounds north Waikato like 😅😅
Love the progression with this. Superb skills at play
Classic kiwi weather eh, just waits for me to set the camera up and then starts pissing down on that tin roof haha. Cheers mate. 🤙
@@TofuAutoWorks absolutely
My favorite part of the process🎉
Smashie smash! 😅 so good. Then buff buff etc 😎
Amaze Balls! 🤘😎
お疲れ様でした。
段々とジージア(G-GEA)も形になってきましたね。
毎回飽きの来ない動画をありがとうございます。
次の動画も楽しみにしてます。
ありがとうございます！
ジージアという名前は、オディヴィアやシルエイティと同じように、より理にかなっている。名前を変えないといけないかもしれないね。ww
量産化するわけじゃないよね？
こんな古い車の誰が買うの？
@@TofuAutoWorks
そうですそうです！
Those moulds came out ah-mazing. Going to be awesome to see the results of the first layup come to life and then get fitted. ^.^
Очень крутая работа👍
Много терпения, много сил - но полученный результат думаю стоил этих сил.
Мужик ты крут, успехов тебе и терпения.
Brother nice professional work love all your videos thanks for all 👍 God bless 🙏
favourite youtube channel by far
This hurt and was so cathartic. Beautiful
Super exciting to see this coming along so wel
Kiwi as 😎
Just making something Better.
Tofu touch 🙏
Я не перестаю поражаться твоему усердию!👍 так держать Братишка🤝
Wow!!..it feels like a very short video..didn't realize it was over..haha..😅. Waiting for next episode..exciting..best..
Soooo great to see your work, thank you for sharing!!!!!!
This build series ❤️ always a treat
The awesomeness continues.
Удивительное терпение. Плюс, недоумеваю с того, что почти всё время идут дожди- значит влажность, а открытый металл обрезанной задней арки, который три недели был под слепком формы расширителя, не имеет даже и намёка на ржавчину.
Очень приятно смотреть как работает Киану Ривз
Я приму это как комплимент, 🤣
Always found using a little bit of dish soap worked wonders when wet sanding
This is a work of art👌👍
Why 80% watcher dont subscribe for him ???. It so good 👍👍
Love the way this build goes!! Good jub
polishing the mould!! great idea
These molds came out awesome!!
Impeccable Quality!
So brilliant mirrors😍
「なんで壊してるの！？」
サムネイルが衝撃的すぎてなかなか見る勇気がなかったです
Wow man, blows my mind... youre attention to detail is immaculate .. i only wonder why you sand all your domed parts whith an obrbital sander or a hand block.. most domed spots/parts will come out mutch better by hand.. love your work, just my 2 cents
Awesome work!
🎉🎉🎉Im first ! Waiting for this. .. watching all episodes .. greetings from phillipines 🇵🇭
Fiirst means nothing. Congrats,no prize for ya.😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
3rd 😊
ah man this episode was so hard to watch but incredibly satisfying 🤣
hola, la ¿pintura roja es el gel coat? saludos, te felicito como trabajas, y tenes todo lo mejor posible limpio. con mi papá hacíamos replicas de armas cuando era pequeño, diferente trabajo, hace poco, fui a verlo, y estaba reparando moldes de piscinas, lo que haces vos. con los paneles de los autos, con fibra de vidrio y resina. fascinante el trabajo, quisiera hacerlo algun momento
ахринеть какой ты крутой!! молодец парень! я тоже люблю идеальную поверхность деталей ❤😍
Will you redesign the taillights too? These are iconic.
Just a thought - If i'm not mistaken the nitrocellulose thinner coresilin can dissolves foam so it can save you some foam scratching. BUT it can damage paint, lacker etc.
This is a really cool tip, I'll have to give this a try in the future! Thanks!
@@TofuAutoWorks im sure about acetone dissolving styrofoam but try some piece with the foam that you use cuz I dont know what it is. Also forgot to mention that acetone damages primer but that you probably already know.
ever consider using compressed air to release moulds? i've seen some guys do that
日本から見ていますが、とても素晴らしいgtr35が作れそうですね！この動画にとても感激し、チャンネル登録をし、これからも頑張って欲しいと思います！
well done, good work
Are you a panel beater by trade? Or what do you do for work otherwise?
When I'm not working on cars I actually help out as a farmer and a builder, so a bit all over the place 😂
Orsum job👍Can't wait to see/compare the 3D versions🤔That rear end is getting closer😅
Cheers! Oh mate, I've already started printing off the other side (gonna take a couple weeks to print off the whole thing) and seeing it all as a computer model is so sick!
@@TofuAutoWorks Oh man, so thats still a couple episodes away. Oh well enjoy watching regardless. Cheers👍
Good work ❤
Very impressive 👌🏻
毎回、丁寧で素晴らしい作業工程に見惚れております。
下地が全てを決めますが、ここまでメス型を丁寧に作成されるとは恐れ入ります。
12:39の角や段差にフィラーミックスを入れておられますが、私はグラスロープを入れて段差を少なくしております。
フィラーミックスでもクラックは入り難いでしょうか？
ありがとう！
フィラーミックスなら、薄く塗る限り割れることはない。厚く塗りすぎると、固まったときに収縮してモールドに影響します。
ビデオではフィラーをたくさん塗っているように見えますが、気泡を取り除くためにローラーを使うと、フィラーも広がって薄くなります。
@@TofuAutoWorks 御回答頂けるとは光栄です。
なるほど、ローラーをかけた際に伸ばしているのですね。
たしかに気泡も入り難くくクロスが密着し易いですね。
勉強になります、ありがとうございました。
Good job 👍
Yer
🏆
nice
high quality body kit
Forgive me if this is a dumb question, but what about the other side. Don’t tell me he has to start from scratch again. Or is there some fancy 3D scanning that happens for the opposite side trims?
Wow keren banget🎉❤
embrace the itch!
Making me itch just watching...old boat builder blue's
Tu travailles merveilleusement bien 😊
Это самые лучшие матрицы, которые я видел на всём ютюбе! 🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍
como se le llama el liquido color crema, que pones entre capa y capa de fribra, gracias
👌
The mould looks really good. What color did you have in mind for the car?
Thanks mate, still deciding on a colour but I've narrowed it down to 3 choices now. Will wait until the final unveil to show it though.
Baddassery
How do you make both sides of the widebody parts have the same size?
a bodykit made with dedication and knowledge
Prior-Design: Hold my beer
satisfying
you still have to do all plug work for opposite side of the vehcile?
Correct. In Ep 19 I went over the scanning, and started 3D printing. Once the other side has been printed I'll fit it to the car and make the matching moulds for that side.
Super travail, ptite question, tu va faire comment pour avoir la même chose de l’autre côté ?
Dans l'épisode 19, j'ai montré que nous scannions la voiture pour en faire un modèle informatique que nous pouvons retourner pour imprimer en 3D l'autre côté.
Watch the paint work mate!😂
Next part please!
Im somewhat new to this channel and i thooght those fender flares were permanent lol
Congratulation, welcome 20k usd ~ per set 😉
I don't know much about this, why did he break it?
Any more buffing and it'll reflect your inner thoughts.
Is the red finish gel coat?
Good job Guy ;oP
Are you going, in the end, to offer the kit for purchase?
Yes, the whole conversion kit minus the bumper, bonnet, and headlights, will all be for sale.
I had my volume turned down to 0 because I was playing a mobile game . I started to turn it up for this video , then I remembered there's nothing to hear anyways 😂
Did you do the other side? 🤔 this is a question I ask myself every time 😅
In episode 19 I go over the 3D scanning of this side to mirror it and 3D print for the other side.
Oooh ok
Is this thing going to Sema
Chemical release agent FTW. Gorgeous molds, are you going to use infusion to make the final parts?
Dude, the new mold release is next level, love this stuff. I wont be using infusion on mine, but you see I've designed the flanges to allow for infusion (potentially carbon fiber) for when I send a duplicate set of plugs over to the US to have this kit produced there as well.
PS, sorry for adding the bolt hole recesses, I know you didn't want me to 😅
You've already done the hard part of making good solid molds with nice flanges on them so I'd recommend giving it a shot eventually, at least to experiment. The difference in weight and strength, even with fiberglass, is night and day, plus you'll be able to more consistently estimate the amount of materials each part is going to consume. Anyway it looks so clean thus far that I think I can just about forgive the bolt recesses 😆
@@TofuAutoWorks infusion is 1000 percent worth it man. It's so much nicer.
@@kenecchi @reallyanti The thing with epoxy infusion is typically you want to use a different gelcoat designed for epoxies. This vinyl ester tooling gelcoat that I do all my molds in works mint for polyester layups, but I hear even with really good release agents, apparently you can sometimes get sticking when you try and do epoxy layups.
Either way, at least for the immediate future it looks like vacuum infusion is a little outside the scope and my budget given the nature of my work and my goals with these parts that I sell. I'm not like these other TH-camrs who have sponsors on every video and can go buy a new supercar every weekend. 😂
I almost exclusively make epoxy parts on what I believe is the same red-brown VE tooling gelcoat you're using; epoxy isn't a solvent-based material and would only want to bond mechanically with a keyed surface. Molds as shiny as yours would have no chance of sticking, and with chemical release agent would probably pre-release as you're taking the bagging materials off. Because of the resin I use, I also heat parts in-mold to around 80*C and the gelcoat doesn't break down at all. You'd only need to go to a novolac gelcoat at prepreg curing temperatures.
Understand your feeling though, it's a deep rabbit hole and a little bit of an investment, but with the way your channel and all is growing, it'll make sense to get into pretty soon.@@TofuAutoWorks
i knew you had 2 stageas, i was just paranoid if im seeing correctly
Хотелось бы увидеть такую же работу с мотоциклом