CarbsAndCylinders
Careful With That Axe Eugene
Re: KLR You Experienced? Err, kinda not really.
Really enjoy your sense of humour as well as your builds
Really enjoy your sense of humour as well as your builds
advCo said:You gonna make it Jimbo?
Keep it bare metal to match your 7fifdyThe Jimbonaut said:Tank cleaned up great. That Metal Rescue has one job to do and it does it with aplomb. Gave the thing a rinse out, got the wife's blow drier in there and once the inside was hot and dry as Gandhi's flip flop I swilled some WD 40 around. Job's a good'un.
Now the fun part. Goodbye purple...
and hello brushed steel -
Trying to work with the lines of the fairing so it's slow going on the sanding, but liking how it's starting out.
Heat up the ss bits with a torch and press them onto the panels, they'll hotglue themselves solid on there!The Jimbonaut said:You're not wrong Tim, that's a frightening thought. I've got a few ideas on how I can try to flush the panels with the fairings but I've never tried metal-shaping before. The panels would need to be contoured perfectly - then I'd run a bead of silicon around the edges and bolt them down. Idea being the silicon would form something of a buffer all around the edges of the panels. Kinda hard to explain but it works in my head. Mind you, so does quantum theory - but I'm blagging that as well.
The vinyl is a good idea - I've looked for some "brushed steel" vinyl and 3M make a decent wrap. Think I can get die cut vinyl panels made? Something to look into.
datadavid said:Heat up the ss bits with a torch and press them onto the panels, they'll hotglue themselves solid on there!
Sounds great!The Jimbonaut said:Good plan, until they fly off and turn into 140kmph ninja stars on the highway...shudder...
The Jimbonaut said:You're not wrong Tim, that's a frightening thought. I've got a few ideas on how I can try to flush the panels with the fairings but I've never tried metal-shaping before. The panels would need to be contoured perfectly - then I'd run a bead of silicon around the edges and bolt them down. Idea being the silicon would form something of a buffer all around the edges of the panels. Kinda hard to explain but it works in my head. Mind you, so does quantum theory - but I'm blagging that as well.
The vinyl is a good idea - I've looked for some "brushed steel" vinyl and 3M make a decent wrap. Think I can get die cut vinyl panels made? Something to look into.
The Jimbonaut said:I asked him about an air pump for yours and he thinks he has an original one knocking about somewhere. I told him if he could find it to let me know what he wants for it - I'll let you know what he says.