Cleetus comes by the shop to shoot the first Leroy body himself! We also answer the age old question - HOW MUCH DOES IT WEIGH!!??? Starr Creations: www.starrcreati... US Body: www.starrcreati...
@@StarrCreationsyou guys are doing stuff basically no one else is doing I don't see you guy's having any trouble growing skilled traders like you're guy's are hard to find.
@JamesTK not in my experience. Chopped glass is very easy compared to woven technology and carbon fibre, even the resins used are different for carbon. Hand laying instead of vacuuming or pressure forming carbon fibre is pointless and a waste of its cost and properties.
Finding the balance between a fun place to work and out of control is not an easy task. It looks like you have found the balance based on the final product. Well done!
🤣🤣🤣 sure cus he wudnt have them do it already if they were capable of it. carbon is similar to fiberglass but its not the same. especially not spray chopped fiberglass. they would need a huge autoclave. idk if they have it but i suspect we would have seen it before now if they did.
I mean, it's not the biggest leap in the world for a shop like this, especially if this opens up a new door for them to make racecar parts. It might be worth the investment and an oven would be a lot cheaper than an autoclave and would do the job just as well with a bit more work @@TheJomoe1
Everytime I see that thing it gets better lookin....I swear that is one of the most beautiful, badass, car bodies I've ever seen. It will be one of the best looking cars ever built.....period. great job and great work guys
Is this the same amount of effort for all the monster truck bodies? Like huge amount of time up front to build Molds and then you can pump out the bodies fairly quickly afterwards…
Plug wise 90% yes. Mold body wise…probably less. Monster truck body’s need to be basic level strength and not so refined. They can be more bumpy so to speak, not for aerodynamic use and there guaranteed to be destroyed quickly lol no point in making it perfect just to be destroyed in possibly 7 days time frame and have to get another 1 layed up.
I've worked blue collar jobs all my life in shipyards and steel mills as an industrial electrician. The comradery and general guy shenanigans that go on while building awesome stuff is probably the single best part of this kind of work. You guys have an awesome team that seems like it does daily "team building exercises" that office nerds could only dream of 😂😂.
That was amazing guys! You cleared up all of the questions I've had about the Monster truck bodies. And it is nice to see the Cleetus body from start to finish. Cool. 😎
You guys know a lot more about this than I do, but it seems like you'd want to put the mold, on the plug and build a steel frame around it to make sure it doesn't change shape
WOW!!!👍👍Iguessed 125lbs... Impressive . Lots of variables now , Lexan windows, Structural metal, But the H.P. vs Aero will definately show up on the timeslip. Be interesting to see how the Aero will overcome the previous drag CO, & release the Horsepower . Should slice like BUTTER!!!!🤙🤙🏁🏁🇺🇸🇺🇸
Use to assist in making boat hard tops, fiberglass sucks, amazing the molds we made and some of jetskis we did also. You guys doing from imagination is awesome.
Possible but technicians do not like it when you request any thing to be made in the same colour as the molds. It is harder to achieve correct and even thickness of the gelcoat.....Tooling gelcoat is normally a color a customer will not request their finished gelcoat in... we even used a horrible green and customer said "oh that's a nice color, can I have my article in that" 😢
Cleet is about to have a busy end of the year. Leeroy is going to need a lot of testing and dealing in, and eagle will be rolling in October sometime. Going to be exciting
New subscriber here but I’ve been watching this build. You guys do incredible work and it’s cool to see the process and effort it takes to do what the guys do. I’ve definitely been learning some things I didn’t know I wanted to learn, lol. Great job fellas.
Are these bodies vacuum bagged at all? Seems like a significant weight to strength advantage could be added by pulling out extra resin from the body. Looks beautiful, nice job!
What an amazing video the step-by-step process was badass I tip my hat to Star Creations in the whole crew you guys rock I can't wait to see Leroy going down the track with the new body hell yeah brother
Congratulations on such a clean fiberglass shop. I've been in some shops where the floor is 6" thick and looks like the surface of the moon. Great job!
Wow , the amount of hours this takes is immense. The development cost must be very high. Beautiful job , it looks awesome. Great explanation video. Many thanks.
Loving seeing this process, I am nerding out on how something appears easy but just ain't. So many processes, people, and abilities involved. Nice work boys
Been following the whole time and I just can't get excited about this. The go kart look is one of the best things about Leroy. The only upside is that Leroy should be faster other that that I don't like the look of the front, the back, or the sides. But not my car so let's hope it looks good in the end.
Wouldn't a selective use of uni-directional or bi-directional fiberglass be stronger for the same weight? It seems like the loads at 200 mph will be high enough for this to be a consideration.
So probably a dumb question, but why the primer on this mold? Does it hold the foam together along with the screws? Or? Just curious! I know nothing about what yall do, butnit sure is interesting and cool to see! Glad yall are posting cleetus’ stuff! Get to watch how it’s all done by professionals!
Awesome job on getting this whole project nearly done! I'm genuinely curious as to how much this completed mould costs $ all in... I have a similar project car in the works right now. Thanks for taking the time to film and share this whole process.
I have to admit I was confused on the process, is that the body or the mold? but man it did turn out better than I thought it would. I thought it was going to be bigger, toy like and not as tight and aerodynamic. Leroy is going to be kicking! I think it's safe to say you'd better start making another body right now. 🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁🏁