August, 25 2008
Well, my body shop that was doing these, the owner packed up and left back to Ireland after a bad spat with his wife, I'm out $550 I guess.
But since I still want a scoop, here's what I've got so far. I'm going to stick with the original price of $110 plus shipping. Even though I dont have any of the tools and had to buy em to make my own scoop. I've made fiberglass things before, please bear with me though, I've not done a lot and this will be the most complex thing I've ever made. I am a good sculpter, so the plug wont be hard, the making a mold re usable might be..
So it may take a bit. I ran out of body filler, hehe, so I figured this would make a good stopping point for some primer and pics to see how close it is. Normally the primer is a last covering, but since the plug is just to make the mold, it doesn't matter. *bondo on top of paint/primer will pop off in time.. so dont do it to stuff you want to keep*It's kinda funny and sad that I did more on a Sunday afternoon than a body shop with a year's worth of time.
Inital shape in molding foam.
A bit of body filler later....
With a few more hours of sanding and a shot of primer, it's nearly looking like a scoop. I still need to complete the front edge and bottom, but it's definitely gone much faster at my hands...
