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It’s not quite as blank as you think. I didn’t intentionally try and fill everything up. I didn’t intend to move anything. Holes were filled by reinforcing the inside because I taped the holes up.

I also drew a coupler cover in solidworks, then 3D printed it. This will probably be made out of carbon fiber at some point.

I milled on the handlepole bracket yesterday. No matter what I gotta trim the nose piece which means there will be an edge showing fiberglass and not carbon. Bummer to say the least.

Thanks it’s Porsche Miami blue

Picked up some billet stuff from my local shop (Pelican Performance). Had to get a preview of it as soon as I got home. Once the paint has more time to cure I’ll layup my rear corner pieces.started looking at the pole bracket with the nose piece. Using the same geometry at my Squarenose...

Busy weekend! Good news is I shot clear over my carbon parts and they don’t have the blue hue that I was worried about. Bad news is I’m a terrible painter so I gotta color sand and buff the ski.

Last week I sanded the epoxy on the carbon nose piece and then focused on getting more layers on my sponson mold. I took the weekend off from working on the ski really. This afternoon I popped the sponson mold, trimmed the edges, sanded the edges and washed all the parting wax off them. These...

I got a nose piece from @waterfreak and it had an issue. Sent it back and he sent me another one that was better. Thanks.

This afternoon I scuffed the black paint on the nose piece, shot it with spray adhesive and wrapped it with carbon fiber. Idk if this piece will be visual carbon when I get the paint all done but just in case I wanted to wrap it and resin it. Once I spread out the resin it went into a vacuum...

Got the bottom of the ski all blocked down and shot single stage black on it today. Yesterday I got my new nose piece and shot it black in preparation to cover it in visual carbon.

Whipped up a batch of surf strap plates

Finally was able to make it out to my supplier for another quart of tooling gel. Sprayed another coat on my sponsons and then laid the first layer of mat.

Started to block out the primer last weekend and then I hit a bit of a rut. I ordered a lowered nose piece and it didn’t work out. So I started working on my nose piece that I shaped out of foam and was chasing pinholes. Got it all sanded down and when I went to clean it with acetone, it went...

I like my RN box I put in my square. Did the exhaust tube from rad dudes as well

Yesterday I laid up a foothold in my mold. I also put another carbon layer on my front bumper because I didn’t like how the twill looked after I got it out of the bag. Then I did more epoxy fairing in the tray area and on the dash. Today I got all that sanded down and shot a coat of primer. I am...

I got my side molding in because I don’t like turfed rails. I cut a couple chunks of it and stuck it to the rails where the front bumper will end in preparation for my carbon bumper. Not wanting to make a mold for a one off part I sprayed the front end with PVA. I laid multiple layers of 7oz...

Friday I spent the whole day cleaning up the garage. Saturday it rained all day. Sunday I got carbon laid on the other side or the engine bay. I’m laying this fairly dry and once it kicks I’m doing a wet coat. I don’t care about the few extra ounces of resin, I do care about carbon splinters and...

Went to my local glass supply to pick up some carbon fiber for parts I want to make. Decided to change it up and I did carbon fiber reinforcement in the engine compartment. I still gotta do the bottom and the other side that I did black. I’m happy with it for my first time working with it. I did...

For what it’s worth, a nice 15 min soak at 450° the sleeves come right out without pressing. Getting them back in is the same but requires a press as well

The Metton material flexes and bows especially with heat. I have a square that was on fire at one point and it’s all bowed and dimpled. That bow looks like it’s in line with the bulkhead. I wouldn’t worry about it as it’s not delamination