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maybe try popping into your local college / uni. See if they can scan said object for you in return for a charitable donation of their choice. Ya never know. Or take some accurate measurements of the critical lenghts / diameters and take good photos and see if someone can model it up for you in 3d. You might have to adjust the 3d print to suit / fit though. What is it you need doing ?

I saw that one, one of the only ones I have seen.

I don't know if they say anything in the credits like they do with other shows. When I was at uni we had one many years ago, the waiting list to get on it was chronically long!

I am not familiar with the item you're wanting to produce, if it already exists could it not be replicated with a fibreglass mould?

Something that big will be hugely expensive to 3d print. Might be cheaper to get one cnc milled, but again, you'll need a 3D cad file.

If you're on Twitter you could tweet Fuzz because someone tweeted him once about where they get the soft tops made and he replied saying Aldridge Trimming.

If you have one, you could make a mould out of fibreglass and make a new one using fibreglass and pu foam.

I know our uni can 3d scan just about anything and turn it into a cad file.

I can't watch it right now but there's a catchup version of the show on the Dailymotion site if you want to revisit and see if the company gets a namecheck



To get the file you usually need to get the part (you need one to make more ) 3d scanned so it can then be replicated.


Just my experience around this sort of thing:

I've used a company called 'Shapeways' in the Netherlands before to get a few small bike parts made - it is relatively expensive as cost is measured in terms of potential volume - ie a cube based around the x y z dimensions of the object rather than the actual volume taken up by the part. But printing in plastic is a lot cheaper than metal.

Shapeways don't do scanning though, so the parts I made were done with the free Google 3D app, www.sketchup.com/download which is tricky to learn, but potentially good for things like hubcaps if you're measuring off an original with a proper vernier caliper. Getting accurate detail like a manufacturer logo on a centre-cap definitely a more 'pro' skills thing.