[Modges'66]

Things have been a little boring around here on the paint scene so in the meantime I have decided to focus on some other details to avoid boredom.
I ordered some misc. parts from LMC last week. One of the items was an ashtray handle as mine looked as if it were smiling.
When I received the new one, I was slightly disappointed with the appearance.
It didn't look at all like the OEM piece. I then decided that I would use a heat-gun to try to re-shape the original to not have the smiling syndrome.
It worked pretty good. I heated it up bent it back into shape for the most part, sanded it flat, & took scotchbrite to it, then re-painted the letters. All in all it looked pretty good, but I wasn't buying it, so I decided to build a billet one.
So here are a few pics of my ashtray handle fabrication!
I took a piece of aluminum and drilled & tapped it with what would end up being the mounting hole locations, & screwed it to a piece of aluminum plate & began carving it away in the Bridgeport, and here are some pics of the process & what I came up with.