3 years of work comes crumbling down...

JamesG · January 23, 2004, 05:52:37 AM

sigh...

Peeled the master for my race upper off a frame that is on its way to a better life. Tried to get it off in one peice, but after the first cracks it was too late.

john · January 23, 2004, 06:40:57 AM

Well that sucks

JeffD · January 23, 2004, 07:28:34 AM

Sorry man.

Have a beer

cozy · January 23, 2004, 07:31:49 AM

Ed Roth could fix it! Actually i read that at an auto show one time the frame failed on his fiberglass "air car" and it's propellor went shooting in to the crowd, producing several injuries. Sorry to see hard work for naught.

JamesG · January 23, 2004, 07:40:11 AM

No its served its purpose. I still have the molds from it. But it was just tough to tear up something I must have put a thousand hours into...

JohNLA · January 23, 2004, 10:16:00 AM

That sucks man. :x I remember in High School, I made this weird ceramic foot. I had the base glaze done and was putting on the china paint on top of that when the thing busted in three peices. I started kiking chairs and being all dramatic. It looks like you handled your loss with a lot more maturity than me. Now, I try to be all intelectual and learn from what I did wrong but it does help to kick a gabage can or punch a pillow. :guns:
Thanks for the pics

Those are some big molds

GRU · January 23, 2004, 11:19:19 AM

man that sucks...what are you gonna do now?

mwdbruno · January 23, 2004, 12:04:05 PM

Quote from: JeffDSorry man.

Have a beer

I'd make it a beer or ten...sorry bro.

JamesG · January 23, 2004, 12:04:14 PM

Try really hard not to screw up the one and only mold for it.

dgyver · January 23, 2004, 05:54:02 PM

Man that sucks! Good thing it wasn't the lower master.

yamahonkawazuki · January 23, 2004, 11:08:43 PM

major ouch-age :x , btw what was that made out of?, just curious

JamesG · January 24, 2004, 09:08:52 AM

polystyrene foam for the most part, and about a zillion layers of epoxy, plaster, bondo, and paint.

I'll probably keep the peieces. Putting it back together would still be easier than re-doing it from scratch again.

Rich500 · January 24, 2004, 11:41:25 AM

Slip into the darkness and take one human life. That always makes me feel alot better when something unsavory hapens.

JamesG · January 24, 2004, 02:42:53 PM

yamahonkawazuki · January 24, 2004, 11:58:13 PM

thats what i was goin to suggest, (putting it back together), but youve already considered that. as long as you can find some decent adhesive :mrgreen: or duct tape

Maniac · January 25, 2004, 12:13:19 AM

Duct Tape! The handyman's secret weapon! :mrgreen:

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