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OK folks, a TON of people I know have asked for this and today while I was at Shanman's I was able to get a good look at an original. I was surprised to see it was made from polystyrene. Not that this is a bad thing, but the people that made the originals didnt properly form it so that the sides were buckling and cracking due to the side walls being WAY too thin. So, after I saw it I was able to determine that the dash is made from .090 Styrene and I will be using HIPS. This is a stronger version that was not available in the 1980's. The silver was painted onto the dash and the clear coated. Simple to do.
That said I would like to know feedback from people before I start if I should offer other colors or make it an order-the-color-you-want project. Yes I could do ABS and then paint it silver and give it the same look as a car dash with the hair-cel texture too. The possibilities are endless. The mold will be done in a week or so. Possibly sooner if I get some good weather.
So what do you all think? Should we do a list?
PF
That said I would like to know feedback from people before I start if I should offer other colors or make it an order-the-color-you-want project. Yes I could do ABS and then paint it silver and give it the same look as a car dash with the hair-cel texture too. The possibilities are endless. The mold will be done in a week or so. Possibly sooner if I get some good weather.
So what do you all think? Should we do a list?
PF


