Custom console-materials? Plastics?

[astroracer]

I am doing a small scale "console" for my '56 wagon. Actually just adding cupholders to the B&M shifter console. Using some 3" dia. PVC connectors I got at Lowe's for .95 cents each and some 1/8th inch ABS sheet. I used manilla file folders to make templates and cut the ABS on the scroll saw. Using the heat gun side of my soldering station to heat and bend the ABS. Haven't finished them because my back is out... I can post some pics if you want to see a partial process.
Mark

[switchblade327]

I am doing a small scale "console" for my '56 wagon. Actually just adding cupholders to the B&M shifter console. Using some 3" dia. PVC connectors I got at Lowe's for .95 cents each and some 1/8th inch ABS sheet. I used manilla file folders to make templates and cut the ABS on the scroll saw. Using the heat gun side of my soldering station to heat and bend the ABS. Haven't finished them because my back is out... I can post some pics if you want to see a partial process.
Mark

Sure, a couple of pics might be helpful. Thanks!

Part of what impressed me after watching some instructional videos is how easy it seems plastic is to shape. The sheets can be cut like wood but easily bent with a heat gun and still glued and/or screwed together. Especially if the console is going to be upholstered, it seems like it might be a more straightforward process than fiberglass, if the console isn't going to be too curvy (also, I live in an apartment and fiberglass is messy). I've already made a cardboard mockup and ordered sample plastics so I'm fairly confident I can build it, as long as it doesn't melt!