molding your own bodykit, is it wothwhile? Options

[CelicaB]

well i've got this crazy idea, and i kinda wanna make it happen i like the look of veilside, but without the lil flair things on the side and maybe a lil vis mixed in soooo....
would it be possible to make my own kit if i started with something like autoCAD made somethin up then had say a block of wood and clay, and shaped it to what i wanted, then added say ceran (sp??) wrap w/vasaline as a release agent then laid fiberglass over it??
i think this would be awsome just to point and say i made that and u'ed have a better feeling then buying the 1500 veilside "that never fit right anyway!" so has anyone ever done this before?? and since i have all the time in the world (well minus homework and my job) would this be possible i mean somebody has had to do it right?? so if u can help let me know thanks!

[Akimbo]

Doggy made his kit. You can make your kit from foam I think. I read a how-to on it once. Don't remember if it was here or on celica.net. But I know nothing about it.

[CelicaB]

Bump anyone with ne ideas?? thanks

[kuya1284]

[CelicaB]

somethin small by like an r/c car u mean? lol yea i've done that already auto bodyclass...yea im helping may dad rebuild a 37 imperial right now and i've helped my grandpa fiberglass a boat..
granted i know im not the best but i've done a few things before,not to metion my work on the milling machine...
soo if anyone has ne ideas to get me started on design / materials to use, ect. please let me know thanks

This post has been edited by CelicaB: Nov 18, 2003 - 8:00 PM

[kuya1284]

[Cormudgen]

if you have that much body expericne already you probly know if it is pheasilbe(sp?) more than us. it not something would try at all but it sounds like you are a LOT more experieneced than me.

cormudgen

[CelicaB]

well i figure with a wooden clay chicken wire styrofoam mold and enough fiberglass (any ideas on what type of fiberglass??) to lay down a good first layer to see if i like what i see and enough resin and all that it'll prolly come to about 150 bucks at the most so after i pull the engine out of my dads truck and get it out of the way i might have some room to work on this crazy thing, and also i fiugure if i make a litle model first about a foot wide and build on it first cause that'll save me alot of headaches
ne way if anyone knows what type of fiberglass or resin i should use(??) thanks again for the replies