Fibergalss Moulding - Breyton - Mtech II

[TANK]

Does anyone know the cost to have an item moulded by a fiberglass company or by hand... say a Breyton front bumper or Breyton full kit.
And make fiberglass repos of the breyton Bumper/kit?
Would it be profitable to have a mould made and sell the repos?

Would anybody buy the Breyton or Mtech II kit Repos if they were reasonably priced and readily aviable stateside?

I say fiberglass for the cost of moulding compaired to ABS plastic.
Just curious? (for now)

[Jordan]

The Breyton and M-Technic II kits are already reproduced in fiberglass.

There is no money to be made making yet more shitty knockoffs.

[CarsSuck]

I was given the advice that if one were to purchase a shitty kit an improvement could be made by adding more fiberglass onto the back. Know this would fix the shittyness of the fiberglass, but would fix the shittyness of it being made of fiberglass. If you know what i mean...;)

[Jordan]

There is nothing wrong with fiberglass body parts... and thicker is rarely better. Thicker it is the more prone it is to exploding.

You shouldn't take advice from whom ever is giving it to you. They are speaking out of thier ass.

[CarsSuck]

Well im not taking advice, im just repeating it. That was told to be by that ausie guy Glen. He seems to know his stuff. And Im not saying make it and inch thick, just make the eggshell thin shitkits a bit stronger.

[Digitalwave]

Well im not taking advice, im just repeating it. That was told to be by that ausie guy Glen. He seems to know his stuff. And Im not saying make it and inch thick, just make the eggshell thin shitkits a bit stronger.

Adding fiberglass to the back of a kit won't make it looks any less wavy or crappy though, thats the problem.

[OLD323]

There is nothing wrong with fiberglass body parts... and thicker is rarely better. Thicker it is the more prone it is to exploding.

You shouldn't take advice from whom ever is giving it to you. They are speaking out of thier ass.

Twas me Jordan, if you think that egg shell thin parts are the go then so be it.
As for speaking out of my ass, I was only offering advice to a question in an area that I feel I am more than qualifed to make comments on.
Bit like me telling you about mechanicals hey :giggle:

[OLD323]

Adding fiberglass to the back of a kit won't make it looks any less wavy or crappy though, thats the problem.

Right you are.
My way of "fixing" up crappy replicas is to give them a little more thickness from the inside so that you can then block them back enough to make them straight.
If its egg shell thin and you block the crap out of it then it is only going to get thinner, would you agree?
I have done it before, reinforce them a little, block back the outer section trying not to eat through the gelcoat, then prime/highfill (not sure of US terminology) them and block them again.
Anyhow, just my 2c