yeah its hinged at the base and opens out.. ill take some pics.. yeah iv finished one side of filling and sanding and id say that took prob 15 or so hours sanding. but the finish will pay off.. im painting it in a 2pak gloss black. i made speakers last year the same.. you can see yourself in them which isnt bad for something made out of chipboard.. the idea was so you cant see any joints.. anyway im crapping on.. due im not sure its not long but its not the 1st of september or what yours is.. its a lil longer i think my teacher said.. then again my mums taking the textiles DT class and her students work isnt due till week or so into next term. all depends. the folios an absolute pain in the ass though arrr i hate it!! anyway man your bed its looking the nuts keep it up.
Thanks man, good luck with yours 👍
Simon
Well have to have it at the school on display this coming Friday and it is due for marking on the following Monday the 1st🤪
Figured out how the wheels will be mounted to the body. It may seem a bit dodgy but since the wheels will only be there for looks it wont really matter. A piece of rope will be looped around the leg and tied off at the wheel. Also got the wiring done on the cd player and lava lamp. Still have to tidy it up. Unfortunatly found a flaw in the 240v to 12v convertor i found laying around under the house. It is only 1 Amp so if you turn the cd player up really loud, the power cuts out. Hopefully the markers don't like loud music 😁
Was originally going to use the Minilight rims off my bro's mini but needed to cover the rope so will be using these hubcaps. Still gotta clean em up a bit, do a bit of painting and finish my folio then I should be set.
Simon
Cleaned up the wheels and got em attached today. Also cleaned up the wiring with some zip ties. Only 3 days till I gotta hand it in 😵
Simon
You might want to get the holes in the floor pan welded up.
The dream police might book ya for unbedworthyness!😀😁
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
Those small pinholes? They should buff out 😂
Simon
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Nice work Simon, you've done a great job!
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dude you have to ditch the pillow, it looks too feminine otherwise THAT IS SWEET!
hows the folio going?
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Racing stripes on a Mini bed, cool as. Top job mate
I dream of a day when a chicken can cross a road without being asked for it's motive!
Thanks people 😀
Haha yeh I told mum I didn't like the pillow, but she insisted. Now I have proof that its girly.
Not going out at all this weekend so I can work on and finish off my folio 🥲
Simon
so you should stay in all weekend! i wasn't allowed out of the house for like a week before my major project was due! (I may be exaggerating a little)
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That would have sucked. I'm just happy that this is my last assignment thingy (I think). It's gunna be good as not having school work to do on the weekends, although I prob should be studying for the HSC.....nah 😂
Simon
Well finally have finished! Got the carpet on the boot lid. Will screw the flares on once I get it to the school cause they are only plastic and I don't wanna break em.
Well took the bed into school yesturday and was up until 1am last night finishing off my folio 🤓
Ended up with around 50 pages plus another 20 page diary and about 100 photos, so I'm pretty happy with how I did.
Got some pictures of some of the projects but camera ran out before I could get em all.
Thanks to everyone who made suggestions along the way 👍
Will post up rest of the projects once I get some shots
Simon
Heres the last of the pictures 😀
The Mini BBQ is the front of the Mini I used.
Remind me not to park my EK Holden anywhere your school!!🤪
Some pretty damn fine projects there. Nice bed BTW. Great job.😉
- Adam
If you can't fix it with a hammer,
you have an electrical problem....
😂 He did that car a favour. It was like his uncles or somthing rotting away in a paddock. The boot was pretty much the only thing not completely gone. Also helps that his dad is a fibreglasser.
Cheers, I'm just glad that its in and marked. Still can't wait to sleep on it for the first time 😂
Only 2 weeks untill I'm finishe school! 🤪
Simon
wow your class had 4 half car turn it into something else projects
what is this?
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Thats my mates. He designed a car. Using different softwares and programs. As you can tell from the name, he drives a Honda.
Simon
i'm meant to be able to tell from the name he drives a honda?
and your bed looks pretty sweet, bet you can't wait to get it home!
AND GO STUDY FOR THE HSC!!!!!!!!!
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GTEC= VTEC= Honda engine 😉
Whats HSC? hehe
Simon
oh...
and you were complaining about staying up until 1 to do your folio, now that I started thinking about mine I remembered that I didn't sleep the friday, saturday and sunday nights before the folio was due on monday. It was hideous, I distinctly remember finishing 7am monday morning (even though we are meant to stop work at midnight), taking all my shit into school then heading straight back home to sleep
ooooohhhhhhh the memories, gotta love highschool 😍
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Haha I went straight to the pub after I handed it in on Monday morning 😂
Simon
Thats amazing Tricky. Great job. So what were your marks?
Thanks 🙂
Unfortunately, they combine your project mark with your mark from the whole year, so you never really find out.
Prob could have done a better job on the folio though 😂
