Too ambitious?, Want to make my own body kit. Options

[CAMAricer]

I guess the first thing to do is make molds of my existing parts to use as a template...

Does anyone know what kind of material I need (or will need) to do this? What's the cheapest practice material I can use to learn how to do this? Thin aluminum sheets? Foam boards? Paper mache?

And where is best place for me to shop for fiberglass, carbon fiber sheets, etc?

Just last week, I used bondo for the first time and it seems to me that with enough practice (and money), anyone could create their very own body kit out of these materials.

[D-Man]

also, i like Bondo Brand fiberglass; its just easy to work with IMO.

material to create a skeleton can be anything. you can use empty beer boxes or your boxers; hell you could use your **** if you wanted!!

are you a first time fiberglasser? because if you are; or litely experienced, let me tell you the seceret to fiberglass work; "The hardest part about fiberglass, is staying sober as its drying."

i know some memembers are tired of seeing that, but i cant stress it enough; and when you get that resin all over the place; and it starts seeping into your mask and things start changing colors; you'll dehydrate and grab that beer for nurishment.... thats' cool, but after 20 min of drying time; your going to be trashed. Even if your not drinking, the fumes still f- with your head.

Brings me to my next point; SPEND THE MONEY AND BUY A FREAKING HIGH QUALITY MASK

i wish i had a gas-mask... i promise, you can never Never NEVER have too good of a mask.

This post has been edited by D-Man: Apr 15, 2008 - 10:52 AM