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Building a new body for my zip zap
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:36 pm
by Ecca
Currently I am thinking about Bondo or Kitty hair fiberglass bondo.
Was wondering if anyone could think of a better thing to build it out of.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:50 pm
by sg219
You should try the Goku mod on it first!!
You could try to take pencil shavings from a pencil sharpener and mix them with powered milk and gatorade for color to form a paste for sculpting.
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 7:56 pm
by Ecca
Any serious responses?
Posted: Fri Apr 27, 2007 10:40 pm
by ibjamn
If you are going to drive it around, bondo may be too brittle to work withat a small scale. kitty hair is a pain to work with in small detail.......
I'm being too negative? aren't I?
If you want to try something like that, you can get casting and mold kits at places like Hobby lobby and such.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:57 am
by betty.k
make yourself a vacum forming bench
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:17 am
by Ecca
ibjamn wrote:If you are going to drive it around, bondo may be too brittle to work withat a small scale. kitty hair is a pain to work with in small detail.......
I'm being too negative? aren't I?
If you want to try something like that, you can get casting and mold kits at places like Hobby lobby and such.
No perfect reply. I was thinking about making the body out of the kitty hair and then sanding it into a rectangle and making the rest out of bondo.
I'm going to look into the molding kits right now thanks for the good reply.
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 2:51 pm
by Nasphere
betty.k wrote:make yourself a vacum forming bench
Damn straight! I'm workin on a vacuum table right now!
Posted: Sat Apr 28, 2007 6:01 pm
by Ecca
Nasphere wrote:betty.k wrote:make yourself a vacum forming bench
Damn straight! I'm workin on a vacuum table right now!
Yeah, I think I am going to go that route. Currently carving the car out of wood for a male mold.
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 8:44 am
by Dangerous Dave
vac forming is sweet once set up - I've been doing it for years making bodies for AFX (HO) slot cars.
Clear PVC is also a cheaper option (and easier to find) than polycarbonate (Lexan). Needs less heat to form too
Posted: Sun May 13, 2007 11:13 pm
by hogjowlz
one day my dream of a 100% jbweld bit will be a reality
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 12:27 am
by payaso
hogjowlz wrote:one day my dream of a 100% jbweld bit will be a reality
Holy Shit......
You live dude. Where ya been ya slack bastard?
silla
Posted: Mon May 14, 2007 7:48 am
by crazydave
hogjowlz wrote:one day my dream of a 100% jbweld bit will be a reality
You haven't done that yet? What the hell have you been doing?
What's up man?
