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Originally Posted by bmwmech1
You may have hit on an avenue worth pursuing... although milling a body would not be my first choice, I might contact them about CNC milling me a scale wood buck... then I could use that to hammer out a metal body(s). I don't know that aluminum would be my first choice, since TIG'ing that thin of aluminum might be dicey, but a copper body could be done with relative ease and soldered together, then filed and finished as per usual. This is something worth looking into... I must say thanks for the idea! I'll keep everybody posted... 
Garey |
The other thing you could do, if you have a plastic model that is the correct size, is make a plastic or silicone mold/splash of that body. This will then serve as a mold for you to pour an epoxy or similar hard plastic to make a hard buck to use.
Take a look at the "Plastic Casting > Urethane" video in the following link:
http://www.acucast.com/multimedia/
I have never used these guys in the link above but they have a good video of how a rapid prototype part is made, from the SLA process of taking a CAD file and making an initial part through how they can make functional plastic parts for prototypes at a fraction of the cost of an injection mold tool.
I have used these guys in the link below and the cost is extremely reasonable, just no fancy videos on their web site.
http://theprototyper.com/