I think I'm bordering on blind after this much decalling. I'm building the Carrera gt and after looking at the SMS templated CF set for it I realized that the weave direction on the real thing is so distinct that the templates just wouldn't do. I sat down with my digi pics I took at the porsche dealer of a pre-delivery GT and started to make an attempt to replicate the cf as faithfully as possible. I used pewter over black high definition decal from sms and will be finishing it off with a tint of X19 smoke to tone it down. Then I will be clearing and polishing the entire structure to bring a realistic depth and shine as close as I can get to the real one...

These pics are just after laying down the initial decals without X19 or clear. Hundreds and I mean hundreds of cut pieces...I can't see straight:rofl:
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Beautiful job, but why on Earth didn't Porsche just re-invent the 550 Spyder properly?

Beautiful job, but why on Earth didn't Porsche just re-invent the 550 Spyder properly?

No kidding, I thought I was the only one who thought that?!? I even made reference to one of the tech's at porsche and he didn't really know what a 550 was....what are they teaching them at school!?!!

Beautiful job, but why on Earth didn't Porsche just re-invent the 550 Spyder properly?

Welllll...they certainly did a nice job re-inventing the 904 and calling it the Cayman. And lemme tell you...I spent a day driving my friend's new Cayman in the mountains on some of the best roads and the car is amazing. The handling is telepathic. I can see why some say it's the most pure Porsche made today. I hated my Miata for the first 5 minutes of driving it after 5 hours in the Cayman. In 10 minutes I had recovered and was happy again :lol:

Oh, and I think the Carrera GT is a neat car but butt-ugly :icon16:

Nice job on this model, of course. The C/F would drive me nuts.

I'm making one w/the roof section from a Porsche GT1. Looks much, much better :wink:

That's not even close to too much carbon fibre! :)

Excellent work, although according to my references I think you have a few of the weaves running the wrong way. No big deal I'm sure I messed mine up in some areas as well. Think I'll take a pic of mine mocked up and post it. :)

EDIT: Wrong forum too, I'll move it where it belongs.
EDIT2: Too slow Ray beat me to it. :)

wow looks stunning. I would have pulled my hear out doing that.lol

nice!

I have enough problems trying to CF a flat hood. I would die trying to do that kind of work. It looks awesome. I love how good quality the pictures are too, what camera are you using?

Ya, some spots on it had to be a compromise due to space and angles. My primary concern is the backbone of the frame in the engine bay. It has a pretty distinct pattern from left to right and I didn't want to lose it!

As far as my camera, I have a sony 3.1 megapixel (I think!) I just tried to provide as much natural light as possible and a steady hand. My wife's the photographer in the family, not me!!

Theres no such thing as too much carbon :) i love the stuff on my cars.
looks great mate!!!

Theres no such thing as too much carbon :) i love the stuff on my cars.
looks great mate!!!

thanks alot!! well, to do it right I still have about 1/3rd of the car to go in the wretched stuff!!

Holy crud it looks cool though!! I'll post pics after smoke and clear coats...

wreched is right! decaling is one thing i have not yet mastered. you on the other hand, have done an awesome job. looks great!

I tryed to do this with my carrera gt. It was my first try with carbon decals and I should have chosen a more simple subject, so I ripped it all off and painted it black...

great work ...

too much CF!

i'm in heaven. :D

I use lots of microsol and set and I use a variety of brushes. Most of the brushes are soft so I won't damage the decal while I move it and work air bubbles out...lather rinse repeat!!

Bring on the CF!!!