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Topic #84110 70 posts Started by smkr3w
smkr3w
#1
So I've loved the OLD Toyota "TEQ" logo since I first seen it but wasn't sure if it would fit with the celica.
When I seen a sticker verion of it on Jon's (808celica) car I liked it even more.
But couldn't find any available for purchase and didn't want a sticker, though I considered it.
Finally decided to create one, but kept putting it of, but seeing as I've had free time recently I'm going to try to make one.

Found some triangular dowels, cut the to make the lettering and found a perfect sized ring.



Hopefully Monday-Wednesday I will be attempting to vacuum form and cast a resin/plastic mold of it..
I'm pretty excited to see how it comes together. And I'll post the results.

Thanks for reading thumbsup.gif
Let me know what you think

This post has been edited by smkr3w: Nov 10, 2012 - 4:14 PM
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CrimsonSTX
#2
I like it dude, it's different.

This post has been edited by CrimsonSTX: Jun 1, 2012 - 7:00 PM
CAcelica29
#3
id love to see the final product! if its good ill be down to buy some

This post has been edited by CAcelica29: Jun 1, 2012 - 11:00 PM
kurt95gt
#4
Iwant one
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Spider77
#5
It seems you might have something going here....workmanship is outstanding. Its been a long time since ive vac molded, but seems the "details" might get lost. Pull it off though and put me down for one.
kurt95gt
#6
Actually if you pull it off ill take 3 as long as i can afford it lol
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Tigawoods
#7
i think this would look good without the ring too!
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smkr3w
#8
Wow! Thanks for the positive feedback thumbsup.gif

Just got my thermo-form sheets which is mainly for another upcoming project wink.gif
Thought it'd work but the sheets are a little too thick for this application. I might head out this and find some molding clay, as it should hold the details much better.

And of course I'll share if it works out good enough biggrin.gif
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smkr3w
#10
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QUOTE (CAcelica29 @ Jun 21, 2012 - 12:22 AM) *
>so how is it coming?

Sorry for lack of updates!

I've been caught up with my headlight project that this got put aside..
Last Wednesday I tried making a mold with some liquid mold builder which sets to make a soft rubber form but had a mishap and the mold pretty much fell apart frown.gif so next Monday ill try something else and hopefully get a good mold.
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CAcelica29
#11
cool cool, those headlights are so nice too!
smkr3w
#12
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QUOTE (CAcelica29 @ Jun 21, 2012 - 1:26 AM) *
>cool cool, those headlights are so nice too!

Thanks smile.gif
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Tigawoods
#13
hey mr. lazy. what have ya been up to with this project?
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smkr3w
#14
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QUOTE (Tigawoods @ Jul 12, 2012 - 2:03 PM) *
>hey mr. lazy. what have ya been up to with this project?

LOL :sigh: not much, I re-did the letters a couple weeks ago as a couple of em broke when some stuff got shuffled around. Found some plastic rods online that might work nice but cant find the right size. I'm going to try to get moving on this project, which I did forget about abit.
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kurt95gt
#15
Hurry up!! I need these for my cars thumbsup.gif
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Lil-Joe101
#16
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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Jul 12, 2012 - 1:26 PM) *
>Hurry up!! I need these for my cars thumbsup.gif


Settle down buddy, ur getting over excited again. biggrin.gif
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kurt95gt
#17
I'm sorry frown.gif
I'll be good now rolleyes.gif
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smkr3w
#18
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QUOTE (Lil-Joe101 @ Jul 12, 2012 - 1:50 PM) *
>>
QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Jul 12, 2012 - 1:26 PM) *
>Hurry up!! I need these for my cars thumbsup.gif


Settle down buddy, ur getting over excited again. biggrin.gif



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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Jul 12, 2012 - 1:58 PM) *
>I'm sorry frown.gif
I'll be good now rolleyes.gif


laugh.gif lmao, okay mold attempt #1 is currently hardening, well see how this goes biggrin.gif
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kurt95gt
#19
Sweet!!)
Fingers crossedv
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smkr3w
#20
here's the cured (reusable) casting putty:


poured in the casting resin and popped this out:


it's not done though, the mold held VERY GOOD detail, so well that the cast has wood grain in it rolleyes.gif
so once the resin fully hardens i can sand it smooth and fix any imperfections and cast it once more for a (hopefully) final product

will also add some small connectors between the letters so that it can be applied in one piece instead of individually.
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CAcelica29
#21
so far so good!!!! this is looking nice!
kurt95gt
#22
Love it
Ill teke 5 lol
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Lil-Joe101
#23
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QUOTE (kurt95gt @ Jul 12, 2012 - 6:18 PM) *
>Love it
Ill teke 5 lol


Down boy!!!!
FromJapantoTexasmy st202 follows me.Being different from every angle of the word, leading the Revolution (TOYOTA NATION)The RHD st202 that made it from Japan check it out.http://www.6gc.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=78103
kurt95gt
#24
Geez Joe take the fun outa everything laugh.gif
It does look sweet tho
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Lil-Joe101
#25
Yeah it does look pretty sick.
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kurt95gt
#26
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QUOTE (Lil-Joe101 @ Jul 12, 2012 - 7:40 PM) *
>Yeah it does look pretty sick.

Look even better on your st202 lol
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Box
#27
Looking good so far. thumbsup.gif
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smkr3w
#28
This is where I am at now:


The plan as of now is touch up the lines and details. Order some (super thin) thermoform sheets and vacuum form the emblems. This way I can lose some of the super-fine detail that the putty/clay picks up. As well as make it easier to "mass produce" and make more than one at a time; because so far each cast I do takes about 30 minutes minus touch up time.
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smkr3w
#29
To help visualize, compared to stock front emblem size:
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kurt95gt
#30
Pretty.
Looking better each time
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