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Building my custom tank

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Well I started to build my custom tank to night and decied I would post up some pics while I eat my dinner.

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The red line is where I'm planning on making the cut. I think I need to add some more were the spark plug wires are but will make that descision after I start forming.
 
I will be watching this thread with great interest.

Good luck.
 
I was hoping to post some more progress pics tonight but the only other thing I got done was gluing the foam blocks together. But hopefully by tomorrow I will beable to actually get it closer to looking like a tank.
 
I know this came up when someone posted that tank build from another forum. Tell us a little about how you plan to lay it up. Are you making a female mold or will you be disolving(sp?) the foam after you lay up over it? Inquiring minds want to know. I can't work on my stuff until I finish the bathroom remodel. It's killing me. Oh yeah lot's of pics. Maybe if we get enough composites projects we can start DIY archive. Good luck.
 
Here'sthat taml build from the other form.
http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=145975

I'm going to do it pretty similar to how he did it. The foam will get covered in fiberglass so I can make a strong plug that I can get nice and smooth. Then I will pull a mold of that. I had actually thought about just dissolving the foam away but if you do it that way it makes it hard to make another part if it ever becomes necessary,
 
I just sat on the couch and read that whole thread. It was just too interesting. I wish I had a garage...I'd be building stuff like that left and right...or at least attempting to build haha.
 
Well I didn't make to much progress to day but I did get to start shaping the foam.

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The little extra I add under the tank will probally not hold any gas but will make the tank look a little better.
 
n1elkyfan said:
Well I didn't make to much progress to day but I did get to start shaping the foam.

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The little extra I add under the tank will probally not hold any gas but will make the tank look a little better.
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I started cutting out the foam on my center console/speaker box/amp rack in my Ford pickup today with a fillet knife and think that with as much as I got done it would be much easier with an electric carving knife. I'm not talking bad about your progress but just wonder what you've actually done and how you did it. If you use that electric knife and a power sander then you can make that foam look exactly how you want it to look. If you ever cut too much away from the existing foam then you just spray it with canned foam and cut that away.
 
I've been using just a regular bread knife and it actually cuts real easy when it gets time to start sanding I will probally just do it by hand that way I have more control.
 
Yea I've worked on it a little bit. I'm eating dinner right now then I'll be back out there. Pics to come later
 
sweet! Ive fumigated the house tonight...aka painted my frame. Its turning out pretty good tho. I may have brain damage however. The price to pay i suppose.
 
Actually...i dont think i like it to tell the truth. I think i liked black better. The paint isnt as dark as it looked on the can. Almost a metal flake gold...lil too much bling i think.
 
Well I got one side mostly shaped.

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I did all of my shaping with a serrated knife
 
I was also thinking about adding air intakes to the sides but I don't really like it

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So what do you guys think.
 
TheCafeKid said:
sweet! Ive fumigated the house tonight...aka painted my frame. Its turning out pretty good tho. I may have brain damage however. The price to pay i suppose.
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I don't want to highjack; but Dude, you gotta be careful. Painting in the basement? Furnace?? Water heater?? No open flames down there right?
 
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