Any resin casters interested in this?

[Johnny Racer]

I am going to be doing a master of this style nose for Street Stock type Monte Carlo's. I was wondering once it was completed, would any resin casters interested in casting it? I will be filling in the headlights, grill, and lower parking lights while leaving a slight recessed look as seen here. I am also toying with the idea of reshaping it to be correct as everyone that is familiar with Street Stock Monte's knows, the hood lines do not carry into the front bumpers no matter who the manufacture is. No Idea why the heck they never figured out it was over looked. Also was toying with the idea of splitting it in half (left and right halves) as the real ones on the market are sold. Not sure if I can achieve the look of the two being separated.

Just a thought... if interested, please let me know. Thanks.

Edited July 24, 2012 by Johnny Racer

[kevin]

Mike...how many do you need personally & who else woudl like one or some...i would be happy to discuss this with you

thanks

Kevin

[Terry Sumner]

I would like one because I want to build a model of my Buddy's Monte that he races is the Super X class at my local track! My son and I kinda help out on the pit crew and we do a lot of the work on the car in my garage!

[FatManScaleDesigns]

I would buy one depending what the price would be on them!

[kevin]

i do't have a price in mind yet...i dont know how big the item really is & how much rubber & resin it would take to cast.

[Johnny Racer]

I would take about 10 of em or so for now. I started work on my first attempt last night. Here is where I stand now...

Edited July 25, 2012 by Johnny Racer

[Johnny Racer]

I gotta figure out how to recess the parking light area once I fill it in with Bondo. I dont want to cut them out from the back side and fill them in with plastic cause the shape is wrong as it starts way wide and then narrows are it heads back into the bumper (funnel effect) like a brake duct would. Also, it has factory chassis tabs to keep the body and chassis as one piece which I would like to keep. Sooooooo, I have to figure out how to fill those parking light ducts flush, then etch out the recessed areas so they resemble the 1:1 nose. Not sure if I am going to sand the top of this entire piece flat as the 1:1 nose cause the overall look (although 100% correct if I did that) would look "mismatched" and/or "unfinished."

Please keep in mind this is just a chassis/body I have laying around. If this is something that someone wants to cast for resale, I will start over with a brand new piece which will most likely include a filled in grill area as well leaving you the choice of cutting it out in any shape you want or putting a decal over it. There are a couple areas on this nose I am on thrilled with so I guess you can say I am "working out the bugs" right now. I also started work on the rest of the body to make it more "street stock" like. I removed some material around the b pillar, a pillar, and door tops (passenger side only), shaved off the rear window tabs, rounded the wheel wells and opened them up more, and will start work on the rear bumper to better replicate the 1:1 Five Star Bodies styled street stock bumper cover as well as fill in the lower body lines forward the front wheel openings and add a new body line further up as a 1:1 Monte street stock would have it.

Edited July 25, 2012 by Johnny Racer

[kevin]

please send me a pm

[Johnny Racer]

K.