Category Archives: Project: Miata Roof Wing

Project: Miata Roof Wing – Mold Complete

Steve completed the mold today, and began wet sanding any imperfections in the gelcoat. Upper Half: Lower Half:

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Fiberglass

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Gelcoat

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Mold Release

Applying the PVA (Mold Release) to the Plug, prevents the mold from sticking.

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Building the mold

Both sides of our wing will be finished, so we will need to create a closed mold. Which means there will be two half’s, the first step to create the top half of the mold is to define a parting … Continue reading

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Plug Complete

After hours of Sanding, priming and more sanding the plug is finally complete. The next step will be making the mold and producing the final product.

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Underside & Mounting

Steve finalized the overall look of the wing. And began working on the underside, and mounting area.

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Adding Some Flare

‘The Master’ (Steve) at work! We decided to add a up-turn to the lip of the wing to give it a more aggressive “Flared” Look.

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Marglass

After achieving a rough shape with the foam, Steve applied a layer of ‘Marglass’ to add structure to the wing. Sanding and more sanding!

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Project: Miata Roof Wing – Foam and Shaping

Today Steve pored the foam and started shaping the wing.

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