Testing a new part out for my convertible early A

since I finished the 5.25 speaker in kick panels and test fitted them to my car and a couple of others(looks good! I though it was time to make some more parts. well I just made another part. even though it needs a few tweaks and size changes it does look promising as a convertible only part.
it's the top rear side panel trim plastic .. so far so good. I have to resize it up about 3 millimeters to get the trim line into correct position. and I have already stretched the back portion to make up for the fit difference (due to me not taking in the shrinkage factor (duh moment)

building the molds
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finished mold and pulled part for convertible trim panel
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pulled the part to test fit
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hmm came up short(forgot to take account of the shrinkage..oops) gotta fix that
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even the original came up short??????
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shrinkage is going to haunt me!!!! trim doesn't fit right. I'll have to adjust the mold for that.
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not too bad on the top fitment. the huge undercut need to be solved by extra help in the bending and forming stage to curl it in like the original.
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you can see how much I have to adjust and rework the mold BUT it's getting there!:rambo:
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even with the fit being off so bad for me it's still a better part than
I had. now for the fixes.

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the easy part of the fix for sizing is now on!
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as you can see it still needs work but I AM getting there.
hopefully another couple weekends and it'll be ready to go. :cheers:
1 more part down!!