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Old 06-17-2009, 05:53 PM
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Not sure why the urge hit me, but a couple weeks ago I was watching a youtube vid about Thermoforming and thought it looked cool. Convinced my wife it was for something else and ordered about 50 sheets of plexi. Here's my first attempt today at making a buggy body.....


Here's the original body.......
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taped up the body and filled with plaster ......
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This is my vacuum box ......
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a pic of the frame in the oven on 350 for about a minute then placed the plastic on the plaster mold......
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turn on the shop vac..... about 10 seconds later.... the form is finished...
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Its not perfect by anymeans...... the paint job was a rush just to see how good it turned out..... compaired to the proline its not bad for under a dollar.
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Bring one of those oven fresh bodies on Saturday. I gotta check that out Randy.

How thick is the lexan you used?
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Thats too cool! Time to start reproducing old bodies!
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Very COOL I'll buy one. Can give you my spare to make a mold of.
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Originally Posted by ShaunMac
Bring one of those oven fresh bodies on Saturday. I gotta check that out Randy.

How thick is the lexan you used?
That one is .20 plexi but I have .30 which is what I'll probably use from now on. The 20 works but its just a little more flexible than the proline. I think 30 is just about the same.
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Originally Posted by kikcaffine
Thats too cool! Time to start reproducing old bodies!

If anyone has a old body thats not in too bad of shape I can probably copy it. Another thought I have is my body for my academy is a little tight, thinking of making a mod or two. Oh yeah and a hood scoop needs to be added
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I can see it now


black market buggy bodys.. they'll be all over.. Id buy that for a dollar
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the plaster worked great, set up in 15 minutes, but just before it was solid I could mold it. If you notice the body I used had a cutout for a fan made a nasty mold, but I was able to file it down pretty easy. I'm planning on making a bigger vacuum box now that I know its not that hard, and order some 18" plastic so I can do a TC body.
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You can make some lightweight off-road bodies Randy.

You gotta make Gene a body for his X-6 that truly looks like a Turtle Shell!!
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Originally Posted by LMRacing
I can see it now


black market buggy bodys.. they'll be all over.. Id buy that for a dollar
I think the best part of it is, that from putting the plastic on the frame, until I was finished painting was 30 mins. That mold I made of my old body will last probably forever, so now I can pop out some bodies anything I need one.
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