Mopar Muscle Association UK

Dave its a second hand Ender 3




The plan is once the plugs are finished build molds and create carbon parts.

As i want a Clear glass carbon finished the plugs have to be a mirror finish





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Next up I’m using a special high build pattern coat primer which will allow me to build up a thick layer and sand back.


This is supposed to be applied with a special cup gun as its so thick but there expensive. So I just applied it with a brush like I was fixing a roof leak on grandma shed ...

I was really struggling with low spot so decided to paint everything with a white primer to use as a guide coat.

This will basically be my Bananarama! stop sanding coat as I found in some area I was starting to sand into the 3D printed PLA plastic







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Body filler sand

Body filler sand

Sand some more ….







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Not as much texture as I wanted but I have enough hours in now, I can live with it. Decals to add as a finishing touch.




UPOL raptor truck bed liner works a treat !

You can get a white version you can tint any colour

When i was young and stupid i painted a complete car in it. :reindeer ...

Looks like nothing I have ever seen



I hope the computer simulation is correct about this airflow ….

The vacuum then sucks all the excess resin out the part in to the cloth and pulls any air out the resin leaving a better surface finish/better layup




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Then poor man’s vacuum chamber !!!


4x for £10 :D and I have used the same bag over and over


Make no mistake these bags pull so much vacuum with a standard house hold vacuum cleaner they would crush a pint glass and are on par with commercial setups.


My first test part basically imploded it ...

Then wrap in a breather cloth which allows the vacuum to surround the part.

Then wrap in a release film

This has tiny holes in it that allow the resin to be pulled out

Layered up fibreglass and resin

I decided to try and reinforce these with fibreglass and then filler and sand back. While they only have to last once We want them strong.





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While these cost around £20 in material there are very flimsy and worried the molding process could deform them.

Ideally I should reprint but after 2 weeks of printing I’m committed now lol


Remember these are just the plugs.

Moulds Will be taken from these and then from the moulds real duct ...

Using a cheap £250 tiny 3D printer we split the ducting up in parts that would fit in the printer and using cheap PLA plastic printed plugs





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So next up is to try and make the radiator ducting a reality ….






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