I made a change to the floor of the Borealis V3. My V3 has an occasional squeak I haven't been able to track down. Brock thinks he found the source so I ended up adding some more clearance around the frame. The Sprint has a couple of welded on bits to better manage the cable housings that weren't on previous models. There is some clearance now but it is not a lot. Below you can see the cut outs in the mould with chunks of the modified plug in place. I will gel coat the areas then laminate some material over the gel coat. Once that is hard remove the plugs, sand and then polish. The sanding is a bit tedious but lots less work than building a whole new mould.
The other oops has to do with the rain gutter in the Milan. I made the second side which was a bit different in shape to the first side. I ended up liking the second shape better so I am now changing the first one. Same process as above but a lot smaller mould.
The beige coloured material in the cut out is the change in the shape. I straightened out the shape so it more closely matches the shape of the hatch opening. Not a lot of change but right and left sides were different enough to bug me.
The Milan has been sitting outside in the rain for a few days and the rain gutters work as planned. I did end up adding some drain holes in the floor so any other water that gets in can drain away.
Good to see the Borealis V 3 is still getting some love. Yet to decide which way to jump but the Borealis is on my short list of two.
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