Sanding and More Glassing

The 1st layer of glass on the instrument panel set up nicely, once it was sanded we decided to apply another layer and after I sanded that I am going to "mud" the panel with cab and then sand it out for the final. I also applied some glass to the flooring panels in the transom areas in order to seal it off completely. Those set up nicely too..



and we got to start running some of the cables:

Instrument Panel Construction

The project is back underway now and we started 06' with some work on the console. It is pretty basic, 1 piece of luon (sp?) that we cut to fit over top of the original console section and throttle cutout. We braced that with a 1 x, and cut it at a generous angle in order to slope the panel.
We layered 6 strips of tape across the panel (3 in each direction) and put some cab in the seams to cheat on the transitions. We also had to make some plugs for the old steering wheel cutout and tilt/trim and ignition cutouts. After a solid hour and half of sanding this evening I am thinking that a vacuum bagging setup would have been a worthwile investment...oh well. Next trip I will snap a few of the sanded product, we are planning on reapplying some additional glass in order to stiffen the panel a little more.
Here are some shots of the wetted out console:

the bow side of the console is going to require some significant sanding

we had some left over cab and epoxy mixed up so we put a few tabs on the gunnel/sidewall supports:

A little too cold lately

Work on the formula has all but halted as of late. My brother and I are both in the process of building new homes and it has been a lil too cold to lay that last little bit of glass that we need to.

So, we are in management mode, planning. Hopefully it will begin to pick back up soon and we can post some new pics of the wiring and maybe some other pieces that we may be able to produce in the garage.