Testing a new part out for my convertible early A
Nice fabbing work there! Ya got waaayyyy more patience then me.
thanks! making the molds are the hardest part. THEN finding your mistakes is the next hardest. Every mold or pattern maker I know still has to make changes,I just make a LOT more than they do. even using the computer to size the parts correctly does not take into account for humidity or cold.
BUT I really like the way they are coming out too!
HAH there is NO patience here. I get frustrated ALL the time. But I can't see paying an outrageous amount of money, well that and I'm broke most of the time:D (one guy on ebay wanted 400.00 for these 40+ year old plastic pieces, and they are hard to find in good shape) and I liked the option of making something myself that no one repops. I email'd one guy and he asked the same or close to it. He told me it was a "sellers market so ya gotta pay to play". NOT!!! I could see if it was a 1 of 1 rare car part but not a "it came on every convertible part" now they can EAT those 400 buck parts. I'll sell new ones of non brittle plastic. all day long at way less than half of their price just to make em eat those words and parts. plus mine will be made by ME and new!
I have just made an adjustment to the trim side of the mold to make that fit a lot closer to take up for the shrinkage(my bad , I just plain forgot I'm working with styrene instead of ABS plastic). so as soon as the mold cures a day or so I should be able to pull another test piece to check fit for our early A's.
