There has been an aspect of the panel layout that has been bugging me. Now seems as good of a time as any to see if there is anything I can do about it. The problem area is where the panel extends slightly onto the hood.
There is a small part of the trim (represented by the tape) that is on the hood. It just seems a bit off – like an oversight. I need to either make it smaller and not extend onto the hood or make it larger so it looks like it is supposed to be there. I’m going with the second option.
I have my template for this part of the car.
I need to extend the template further onto the hood. If you look closely you can see the pencil lines for the new trim shape.
Now I’ll make a template showing the shape of the trim and one for the old trim shape.
I like the new one better.
Now I need to extend my forms to support the longer hood trim. The trim is quite a bit longer.
I can get by with a 2x4 for support.
I added 3 “mini-forms” to guide the curve and twist of the trim. Unlike all the careful measurements of the initial form design, this is more of an educated guess.
Now with the trim blank extended I can get back to trimming around the fenders.
