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I have seen people use such forms with chicken wire to make fiberrglass bodies, but never hammered steel. Thats why I found it so interesting! I would absolutly love to find the dimensions of a 1:1 1929 Ford closed cab to hammer out my own body! Thanks for the message!

There is a fellow named Marcel out in SoCal, that hand makes bodies that way...I think he built the body for Boyds "Whathehey" he did a while back

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I used to work in a boat factory and helped build the molds used for the various parts, it was a lot like the pic, build up with wood as close as possible then bondo and primer to the design specs. Lots of work that ended up in the trash after the mold was pulled from the plug. I remember spending hours and hours sanding on the molds to get them to production quality.

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The metal panels are not formed nor hammered on the wooden bucks. The parts are formed elsewhere, then placed on the wooden buck to see how close they match, then removed.

There used to be a 1/43 scale kit just like the first pix for a Shelby Daytona coupe.

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