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Dare I sculpt?
Hi Bob,
I'd doing the body work on my car and have a question about the door openings. The finished car is my buddy Jerry's, see how his sort of has a consistent width? http://www.chuckbrandt.com/jerrydoor.jpg http://www.chuckbrandt.com/mydoor.jpg If I want to get from mine to his, it looks like I'd need to cut back a little on the left near the bend, is this okay structurally? And I'd need to add some to the right, do I need to do that in glass or can I just build it up out of bondo? I realize you probably aren't a paint guy but was concerned that I would do something cute and have it crack or something later. Thank you, Chuck |
Chuck,
I hear that there's some new meds for this type of obsessive behavior. :rolleyes: I would extend the edge with a little glass before adding filler. It would be embarrassing if the corner fell off when someone accidentally hit it. |
What about thinning the bend?
Okay with you to thin the portion in the bend?
Thanks, Chuck |
Re: What about thinning the bend?
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I know it's a long shot(I'm kinda quirky like that:p ) but a section on bodywork pointers for your cars on the ERA site would be a big help. Could be dreaming?
So far my body work has been pretty straight forward but every now & then I get to a point where I stop & wonder what would be the best way approach to a piece that I'm working on or wonder how it should be finished. I find my self at that point going through many pictures on the internet trying to find how it should look or trying to get good answers through club cobra. Not a major pain but time consuming at times for those of us who don't have access to a good model to study :) |
No one in their right mind...
But no one in their right mind would paint their own car! In their garage no less! Just plain crazy :)
Call me crazy, Chuck |
I don't have the room in my garage to get around the car with a paint gun or I would! I plan to just do the bodywork, possibly primer it & have it ready to go for the paint shop. Hopefully this way I can save some dough & get a nice paint job to boot.:cool:
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