Post by rocketeer on Jul 31, 2010 13:10:54 GMT -6
Long ago, I posted this little trick, but I thought it would fit well in this forum, so here it is again:
On my old Auburn Speedster project, to make things easier when aligning the hood and body parts, I filed off the bodyside molding, figuring to replace it later. And when I got around to replacing it, I had a problem.
Although I've used Evergreen styrene strip before to replace bodyside moldings, I've always had a problem with getting a nice even taper on the ends--and that was a special problem on the Auburn, which has a very gradual taper. i knew I'd have trouble getting the left and right-side moldings the same, too.
So one day I had an inspiration, and ended up building a jig out of various sizes of styrene strip. And here it is:
I hope it's fairly clear. Not a particularly complex idea, but sure worked like a charm.
On my old Auburn Speedster project, to make things easier when aligning the hood and body parts, I filed off the bodyside molding, figuring to replace it later. And when I got around to replacing it, I had a problem.
Although I've used Evergreen styrene strip before to replace bodyside moldings, I've always had a problem with getting a nice even taper on the ends--and that was a special problem on the Auburn, which has a very gradual taper. i knew I'd have trouble getting the left and right-side moldings the same, too.
So one day I had an inspiration, and ended up building a jig out of various sizes of styrene strip. And here it is:
I hope it's fairly clear. Not a particularly complex idea, but sure worked like a charm.