Dan-
you can make that!!!!
Do you have access to: an electric drill, a file, some epoxy putty, a sanding stick and some way of drawing circles?
Just so we are talking about the same items;
(FYI-----I have just demonstrated the limit of my CAD skills). MS Paint is the outer limit for me.
I would look at this as two separate parts- because each has to be made using a different technique.
Mantlet 1- just chuck a bit of plastic rod into a drill and shape it with a file as the drill turns. It is symmetrical so you can turn that as you would in a lathe.
Mantlet 2 is tougher- but not tough:
Mantlet 2 is asymmetrical- but you can easily make it by hand,
Take another chunk of the plastic rod and glue it to a circle of styrene- off center. Then you can build the open space up using epoxy putty and sand it to shape using the rod and disc of styrene as sanding guides.
Then glue the two bits together - texture them up using Mr. Surfacer.
As an alternative to epoxy putty - you could also stack up progressively smaller styrene disks.
Steve
