Making molds of a part or 2
That thing is sweet.. Have you made the rear panel tops yet? One of mine is ugly :)
I want to get the passengers side kick panel mold done and making parts before I move on to the thin stuff. believe or or not the thin stuff is WAYYYYY harder to do then the thicker stuff. I found out that the thinner the plastic the better I have to make the mold, every flaw that I think I can feel shows up in .030 and .060 isn't much better. so it's got to be sanded to 400-600 grit sandpaper for sure. The .125 can be puled at a sanded 220 grit paper. so for thin stuff I treat it like final blocking with guide coat. whew lotsa work there.
I have picked up the .060 white styrene plastic for a test run.
the rear top panel molds need to be mounted for easy pull offs (they tend to crush real fast if I don't.) and made super smooth to stop any flaws showing.
that will take a little more time. but it WILL get done. heck mine were so brittle that after I made the molds from them they disintegrated. so I have to make em:oops: it's amazing how much bondo filler you can go through to get a mold to the final shape. I think that I have used over 6 gallons of body filler working these different molds into shape. Thank goodness there are swap meets that have the cheapie stuff (not bondo brand it's to darn soft!& expensive)
now that I have finished the homebuilt CNC and Vacuformer I have lot's of irons in the fire and I am slowly working through them.
so right now the priority Vacuum forming list is:
1. 63-66 kick panels with 5.25 speaker pods in them (.125 hair cell ABS)
50% done need to make the second mold and test. fit looks good. I will remove my seats and install an old carpet to test final fit, but so far they look great!
2. 63-66 rear top side panel plastics (.060 white styrene smooth) black will come in as I find it.(at a reasonable shipping cost)
molds made, not mounted yet
3. 63-66 molded glove box (.125 ABS hair cell ABS black)
mold made,
not mounted yet
4. 66 dart splash shields FRONT (.125 ABS hair cell black)
molds made, not mounted yet. mounting and shaping to original bends need to be made
5. 63-66 splash shields (rear by the front door hinges)
molds made, not mounted yet . mounting and shaping to original bends need to be madE
So I'm getting there.