Hello again.
Was the design free made or sketched out prior to cutting?
The design was originally a Photoshop I did and a really bad one at that. The idea came for a lot of places. An Audi style indent in the front, a little bit of the new GTR and some creative design. But that was the “original” plan. You kind of have to start somewhere and my big thing was the top grill. The original is much smaller and opens up the other way. Once I knew how I wanted that to look everything else kind of fell into place.
What material will the final product be made from?
Polycarbonate. That’s right, it can be clear if you wanted. Polycarbonate in short is a mix between Lexan and Plastic. It is cheap and VERY durable. It usually comes in Grey, Black, White and Clear (like Lexan).
How many hours have been put into this so far?
Good question but if I had to guess I would say around 160 hours, so far. It would be done by now but we have so many other projects on the go it’s hard to make time. This weekend will be the end of the foam molding.
I’ll post pictures of the final mold this weekend before it gets measured up for the CNC machine.
- J-R
Mettetech Automotive