Honestly, I don't know if I'm that good with the sprayguns lol - need practice before I start messing with fades I think. Might have a go tho - got enough of each colour to do 3 or 4 complete casesQuote:
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Honestly, I don't know if I'm that good with the sprayguns lol - need practice before I start messing with fades I think. Might have a go tho - got enough of each colour to do 3 or 4 complete casesQuote:
Originally Posted by Oneslowz28
Do a few tests to see what you think would look the best ie. base coat grey then blue over that, experiment with grey w/ blue highlights and vice versa. IMO, grey, possibly with blue accents/highlights.
Ok well - this is more of an "This is still going, honest" than a real update but there's been some progress heh...
So it's perspex time...
Sheet 1...
Made the first cut, using a Jigsaw with a fine-tooth metal cutting blade...
...and the offcut is just the right size to almost cover the front panel...
Second cut, and forunately (measured about 4 times to be certain before I went anywhere near it with the Jigsaw) it perfectly covers the window...
Sheet 2 marked up and ready for cutting, clamped securely - I'm being way more careful that normal heh...
And a bit more cutting gives me the piece of perspex which will be going into the opposite side panel...
I then cut that first big offcut in half (well almost half) and pulled off the protective covers - and got my first real look at it - I like this a lot - a really nice level of tint, but not overpowering...
And time for some bending (first time I've ever tried bending perspex).
First try was the "gravity method" - supported on both sides and then used a heatgun - see how much of a sag I could get...
Basically, not enough...
So tried supporting the centre of the perspex, applying weight to the outside edges and more heat...
The result - it moved further, but predicably, it folded more than it curved which isn't going to work...
So I gave up for the day as I was out of ideas, and when I got home, decided to try the oven method... Turned on the oven and set it to 170c - I'd read people getting it to work at 150 and warnings not to go over 200 so I figured that was a sensible average...
And in next to no time, the sheet went from this...
... to this ...
So in a whole day, other than the cutting, I managed to go from having a nice flat shiny piece of tinted perspex to.... a nice flat shiny piece of tinted perspex with some deformations in the surface because the foil I used to seperate the perspex from the cookie tray wasn't smoothed out properly...
I did try a final bend while the perspex was nice and hot (and it was HOT) and got something closer, but I may try heating it again to see if those deformations come out - if not, I'll re-bend it the opposite way so the deformations are on the side I'm planning to frost. I don't have a pic of the bent piece cos I'm at work but I'll get one when I get in.... (if I remember)
Good luck with the plexi. Last time I tried to bend it... well let's just say it didn't go so well.
And I do hereby vote you TBCS' Most Well Dressed Modder :up: ;)
LOL - cheers
Never done it myself, but I hear making a mold, then putting the mold in the oven with the plexi on top of it works wonderfully.
yeah but getting the curve just right on the mold is probably just as awkward as getting the curve right lol - I'll figure something out
Ok as promised - the pics of the curve which I managed to get when the perspex was scary hot....
And as good a pic as I could get of the surface imperfections...
These pics were taken with my phone as I can't seem to find my bloody camera, so sorry if they're less than perfect!
nice work i think the gray would go better with the mod but that blue is sweeeet . IMHO
nice bending, you could try polishing the imperfections out, i've heard of people doing it
