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Post by highball9x on Oct 8, 2009 20:38:04 GMT -5
Anybody have any tips on making a car look pre-run. I can't figure out how to make the dents look more realistic. Mine are too rounded.
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Post by white5trash7racing on Oct 10, 2009 22:32:29 GMT -5
i bend mine, than i cut the eages that look to rounded i havent had to do it on all the bends yet but im sure it would work to get ride of the roundness
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Post by highball9x on Oct 14, 2009 14:10:26 GMT -5
Thanks Mike I'll try it
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Post by outlaw72x on Nov 28, 2009 22:36:51 GMT -5
i light a candle then you hold the flame to the spot you want then take a metal rod and push to make the dent how you want it
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Post by highball9x on Nov 30, 2009 21:49:29 GMT -5
Thats not a bad idea either. Thanks
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Post by outlaw72x on Dec 5, 2009 12:07:30 GMT -5
no prob
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Post by greatsack69 on Dec 8, 2009 10:56:33 GMT -5
i use my finger nails and scissors
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Post by jacobgoodnight on Dec 8, 2009 15:06:59 GMT -5
I use a knife or a carpenters knife to make the dents
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Post by highball9x on Dec 9, 2009 0:57:00 GMT -5
What do you use for a heat source?? I always use a lighter but it gets too hot in too big of a spot. Any ideas are greatly appreciated.
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Post by banditmotorsports on Dec 9, 2009 13:58:58 GMT -5
i tend to use either a "wind resistint" or butaine ligher that has mostly just a small blue flame and does a small area at a time
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Post by highball9x on Dec 9, 2009 22:21:55 GMT -5
I've also heard matches. Anybody use them??
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Post by white5trash7racing on Dec 10, 2009 18:23:16 GMT -5
i hate maches for bending them, takes to many and tends to leave the black color like if you use a candle. i use a bic lighter set on low, to med. depending on what you are going at, for pass side doors i use more heat to bend the hole thing in at wonce, then us low heat to shape it. the ass end i use low but alot of it to get it to bend evenly at first, again i then go over it to refine the smaller dents.
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Post by highball9x on Dec 25, 2009 0:09:46 GMT -5
I'm findin out more and more that alot of it the plastic your workin with. The bubble vics have to be the thickest plastic of any car I've worked on.
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Post by banditmotorsports on Dec 25, 2009 23:35:12 GMT -5
caddy rears are really thick
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Post by bigblocker on Jul 6, 2010 5:39:36 GMT -5
i may get mage fun of but i cut the doors out and the front fenders and rear quarters and stuff out so its like a skeleton and i use the heavy duty thick aluminum foil fold it about 4 times so its kinda thick but u can still see the bodylines when u press it down and it rips like real sheetmetal on a derby car and it looks great but put the shiny side in or u cant paint it very well itll take alotta practice but its well worth it if u do it right so jus be really creative and u can even make a front end and back end out of 60/40 solder and cover it and ip bends up real nice and realistic  |
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Post by insane691 on Jul 6, 2010 8:27:40 GMT -5
hmmm, can you get pictures? i like the idea
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Post by 8up Motorsports on Feb 28, 2011 22:42:29 GMT -5
I use wax paper and a heat gun for the big spots and a bic for the small
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