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Figured this is as good a place to start looking.
** Apologies that it's not gaming related, and possibly in the wrong forum.

I have an older Motorcycle that had a piece of the fairing break break off and I'm having trouble finding a replacement part. I believe it's small enough to be 3D printed and put back on the Bike. I'm curious if anyone has any skill, or knows someone who has the ability to do this well. I know nothing about 3D Modelling/Sculpting but the idea popped in my head when I saw the thread.

I have most of the broken part and can glue it back together. I can even send this piece to the Modeller/Sculptor if they are in the States.

Just putting feelers out there.
Any help would be appreciated.

Do you mean a model motorcyle or a real one?
If the latter you might find some luck at https://www.reddit.com/r/3Drequests/ I see car parts requests there every now an then.

It’s definitely possible - to get dimensional accuracy it’s generally necessary to have the original part to model from.

I have modeled parts for a number of different motorcycles - mostly old Hondas - it’s very satisfying successfully replicating an unobtainable part!

I’m not in the States but there will undoubtedly be people near you who can assist.

@PondaNagura Thanks for the link, I'll check it out. It's for a real Motorcyle that I ride, not a model. It's a small enough piece that detaches from the larger Fairing.

@angrygriffin Having the piece is the main reason I'd prefer someone in the States.. If it doesn't pan out, I might hit you up.

You want a CAD modeler more than a sculptor. Post a pic with a ruler right next to it. I could try and draw something up. The nice thing about CAD if you need any modifications it's very simple to go back and adjust that specific issue. Should be able to get within 5% tolerance of original part just from good photos.

If you have that detail, then you can simply make a copy from the mold form and some tough curable resin

 Freakazoitt wrote:
If you have that detail, then you can simply make a copy from the mold form and some tough curable resin

Yeah, especially if the part might be prone to breaking again in the future you should consider other manufacturing options, like making a mould, casting it with a tough 2 part resin, maybe even doing some fibreglass reinforcing. Especially since you say it's on a bike, I assume it's going to be out in the sun. Prolonged UV exposure and the associated elevated temperatures isn't great for a lot of plastics, let alone 3D printable plastics.

When it comes to vehicular stuff, 3D printing can sometimes be more useful from the perspective of making a mould rather than the original part.

Also if you have the original part and can glue it back together, you could just get it scanned. I have no idea how much it'd cost to get something scanned, but there's places around that can do that, might be cheaper than paying someone to do the CAD to remake it (though if a friend brought me a relatively simple part I'd probably just CAD it for them for free).