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Beach Buggy Help Zone => Beach Buggy General Help => Topic started by: Weazel on July 25, 2014, 09:31:46 AM

Title: What came first the buggy or the mold ?
Post by: Weazel on July 25, 2014, 09:31:46 AM
Ok I know it must have been the buggy to make the mold but when some one makes a new buggy design and it's all rounded and curves and swerves how the hell do they make the first one to make a mold from? What do you use?
Title: Re: What came first the buggy or the mold ?
Post by: snoopy on July 25, 2014, 01:05:15 PM
Chad's Doon buggy design and build is what you need to read it was in vw ultra mag a bit ago but must be on the web somewhere. No doubt Chad will point you in the right direction.
Title: Re: What came first the buggy or the mold ?
Post by: Weazel on July 25, 2014, 01:18:40 PM
Thanx, I don't want to make one I'm just wondering how it's done, I will look for chads doon and see what I find.
Title: Re: What came first the buggy or the mold ?
Post by: Team Acme on July 25, 2014, 01:27:26 PM
The original shape is just a "buck"
This can be made of virtually anything that will hold the shape while the mould is being made.

I like to use wooden skeleton and then flesh it out with foam - easy to create a symmetrical shape.

Over this you can skin it with plaster or body filler .

(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd431/retroroadster/retroroadster/roadster002-1.jpg) (http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/retroroadster/media/retroroadster/roadster002-1.jpg.html)

becomes

(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd431/retroroadster/Facebook/Timeline%20Photos/1009185_559031474139407_1317246440_o.jpg) (http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/retroroadster/media/Facebook/Timeline%20Photos/1009185_559031474139407_1317246440_o.jpg.html)

(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd431/retroroadster/Facebook/June%202013/1008875_559853134057241_1088681549_o.jpg) (http://s1219.photobucket.com/user/retroroadster/media/Facebook/June%202013/1008875_559853134057241_1088681549_o.jpg.html)


im not very good but its ok
Title: Re: What came first the buggy or the mold ?
Post by: Sprint54 on July 25, 2014, 06:52:46 PM
Mazda MX5 mk1? :-)Geek
Title: Re: What came first the buggy or the mold ?
Post by: Team Acme on July 25, 2014, 07:00:31 PM
yup  ;-)up
Title: Re: What came first the buggy or the mold ?
Post by: Steve on July 26, 2014, 11:25:29 AM
 8)

(http://i1219.photobucket.com/albums/dd431/retroroadster/Facebook/June%202013/1008875_559853134057241_1088681549_o.jpg)