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Re: Making your own flares
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Thanks Chris, sounds like you have the tools to make the pattern. Get the shape you want and then unwrap it. If you can print it off you can glue the paper pattern to the steel and cut around it. If it's close enough you can panel beat the last bit.

I cut it by hand and marked the points out by hand, wish I'd taken some photos of the making to show you. Before cutting up the steel I made some paper models, printer paper's a fair bit cheaper than big sheets of galv steel.

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Any vk commodores over there?? that's what I used for the cherry bombs front flares. cut the front guards out and put them on the Cherry. KB laser guards where cut for the rear flares.

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Re: Making your own flares
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Negative Troy, no holdens over here. Will perhaps make the prototype and then use that as the mould for some glassing.

The other alternative of course is to go straight for a wooden mould. Will see how it pans out.

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Cherry looks bloody fantastic by the way, well done!!

Posted on: 2013/5/21 23:44
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Re: Making your own flares
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The model worked and so did the unwrap but the forms are very intense requiring some tedious welding, so that's that one in the bin.

Had a go using some steel framework to build the shape then used cardboard to get the final form. Much more successful, pictures when the results are worthy!

Posted on: 2013/7/8 11:20
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clyons you could use foam [builders] and f/glass --- acetone will remove the foam --bit of goo mess ---you can mould the foam once dry --- check out the old fiat 500 with bike engine on you tube --complete build. this is more or less the way racetech done his and his mate used vw arches.I also used foam[lots of dust]but was in too much of a hurry.I was thinking of the subaru style.cut arch [like bridge] another flat sheet cut out semi for wheel.check a few Banzai or japanese - motor mags all about jap cars

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