Started on another mold, this is a revamp of the mk1 rear parcel shelf, my original mold was fine except the part was best covered on fabric, not now cause it's got texture like original. Decided to use white 2pk this time , same result for the mold

Also got some more done on the rear door cards so that the speaker mesh covers will fit tightly , they will be glued in place once the trims are tidied up


I'm also working on a mk2 dash pad , I happen to have a whole dash panel to bolt it to so the shape is correct, this shows how wide a sedan crash pad is to a van dash panel

I marked out where the best places are to cut the heater cover so it sits better on the bulkhead. Testing it on the original mk2 , I put small fglass squares on the back to act as glue , I'll see how I went with it tomorrow. You can see where I marked it to be cut

I am constantly impressed by the results and at the same time also terrified by the amount of work that goes into fiberglass. 

The fact that your first mold got you nearly there is seriously impressive considering the part you molded off is flexible.
 
The original part has a bit of thickness to it, I wonder how your part would fit if you put 5-10mm of insulating foam behind it?

Thanks Mark, yeah fglass is an art form but once the tips and tricks are known it's like riding a bike but messy!

If I could've fitted the original to a car while laying fglass on wouldn't been the best way, but since the original was cracked and my 'repair for mold' fixes could break I just took an uneducated guess at the shape. I'll be out there soon to check how my cut n shut worked.

The original part has a full foam (soft foam) with plastic lined outer, it was thick in places but I suggest to just use a handful of foam pads in places to keep it from scratching or rattling.

A big chunk of today was getting the cover to rest on the bulkhead, a few extra cuts and flexes plus using fibrefill filler as a solid adhesive and filler. My last ditch effort was to put more fglass on the back over the cut areas and place it back in the car for a day or so

Clamps hold it in place while it's curing , now it's sits close to the bulkhead so any minor flex can be taken up when it's pinned on the car.


Late rvo I put gel coat on the rear shelf to be molded, had a little spare so brushed out on a pair of mk2 front bumpers

Nothing happening on the heater cover this week, I've started on a different part.
The dash top for mk2, a long time coming so thought to make a start while I'm in the mood of fglass jobs . The dash top I bought from a guy interstate cheap but he'd skinned it and used spanda foam to fill cracks etc. My first part is to to brush resin over the whole top and glass on a layer of thin woven material similar to surfboard matting
This pic is from a week ago

And now it's been flat sanded with a few layers of filler to bring back the shape closer to original

Having a spare metal dash panel really helps keep things in check.
One thing I'll need to do to make the part come out the mold is I can't have any part of the dash exceed 180deg hook or I'll need to make a separate bolt on edge like the heater panel has .

Plenty of filler to flat back and radius the shapes, the tin of filler I have was getting a bit hard so I done the American trick of adding a bit of polyester resin and mix it through, as both filler and resin needs mekp to start the setting process off, it's totally fine and added resin actually strengthens the filler..

Nice one, looks like you have a lot of sanding in your future too .  

Unfortunately yes!

Yesterday was a epic fail, my mate came in the morning so we can go get a 4ltr can of paint from the local auto paints place for the rally pack, on arrival the shop was closed so that's stuffed things up. Maybe I should've called first ! However, across the road is wreckers yard which my mate was looking for a super space saver wheel for his escort, luckily there was a mk6 fiesta with one still in the back, $50 and we're good 👍

On a better note, my mate arrived with a pair of black Recaro chairs he offered for $50 or a few old Classic Ford mags which I have got every one since Ford Heritage mag days but I stopped getting them back in 2017 as they seem to be the same stories on different cars that do the same mods, yawn 🥱 .
Next to the black ones is a pair of brown Recaro seats which someone done a bad recover job on . As I haven't played Singer since home ec in school, there's no better chair to practice on ! Deano has been giving lessons over email plus watching 100s of vids on this stuff. Best part is I can't make them any worse looking !!
Not being a hoarder but I now have 3x pairs of these now , 1 set is trimmed and in my blue mk1 van, plus these on the ute.
I've bought black leatherette with foam backing but don't know what to put in the centre yet, I've seen that quilted stuff from Ali and it's CNC stitched. Or the plaid pattern like in golf GTI which also has foam backing , I'm thinking more to this as it's not a ' go out of fashion' style, there's 1 with orange lines which I might get.
They'll be for the next van which is also orange . Buying from the origin country where it's made rather than local will be cheaper and quality can't be any different.

https://a.aliexpress.com/_mrQBeA1

The GTI fabric is timeless IMO, it will always look good. It will be interesting to see how you go with your own apolstry work - plus jealous you have so many sets of these seats .

Yeah I reckon I'll go the Golf style with the orange strips.
Going to make a sewing table this week , might use up an old house door as nicely flat and smooth, will cut to about 1mtr should be ok.
The sewing machine will be better set down below so it's stitch plate is level, Deano will know what I mean, he's got years of threading behind him.

bargain! same chairs as mine, just way better nick!
orange? then you are lucky to be able to go the recaro fade option too;
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/254577480115?chn=ps&_ul=AU&mkevt=1&mkcid=28&google_free_listing_action=view_item&srsltid=AfmBOoroVIPpij-ZoxpTw3wR0ODo8EKsX8kekySjeGN9ZuCim65VHkAlRTo 
 
oops, I just read your post, and you mentioned it.
i would have really liked going the orange or then grey, to match with orange stripe or grey bodywork, but in the end, Im wimping out and going to go a less shouty option for a while at least.