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Step 2Jigging the basic shape
Remember that while Styrofoam can be hot wired, you must use epoxy resin as polyester will dissolve it. The floor was made of denser 3/8" urethane that cannot be hot wired.
After the skis were covered with fiberglass the vertical portions of the legs were glued on. The outer legs are set farther out than the front legs, somewhere I think I was picturing the curves of some sports car. The body and head were sculpted of foam and shaped as the skis. Fiberglass was applied once the desired shape was achieved. The leg cores were then added to the skis and the ski /leg sides jigged to the center vertical and horizontal planes of the body.
Additional layers of fiberglass were going onto the lower legs, so rather than trim the excess fiberglass from the first layup foam spacer blocks were glued onto the bottoms to allow the skis to sit parallel to the floor during jigging.
After the skis were covered with fiberglass the vertical portions of the legs were glued on. The outer legs are set farther out than the front legs, somewhere I think I was picturing the curves of some sports car. The body and head were sculpted of foam and shaped as the skis. Fiberglass was applied once the desired shape was achieved. The leg cores were then added to the skis and the ski /leg sides jigged to the center vertical and horizontal planes of the body.
Additional layers of fiberglass were going onto the lower legs, so rather than trim the excess fiberglass from the first layup foam spacer blocks were glued onto the bottoms to allow the skis to sit parallel to the floor during jigging.
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