Rossi in faith - M1 2005 Sepang

[joeyko2000]

Like the one on '04 M1, the clutch cover was a little far from the real one. So I have made a move to fix it a bit.


I've spent a night painting the engine and the stuffs around.


And the ceramic brake discs were also painted.

[joeyko2000]

A little more update for the clutch cover.
I have used 3 kinds of metal tuned screws for the details

[joelwideqvist]

Clutch looks fabulous, have you made the screws yourself or have you bought them?
/Joel

[Roca46]

Nice clutch!

Did you planned to let the airbox black or you will use carbon fiber on it?

Bye.
Roca.

[joeyko2000]

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

Clutch looks fabulous, have you made the screws yourself or have you bought them?
/Joel

Thanks bro~
Those screws were bought and were of various size and blends. but afterall these different screws get together and are looking close to what it looks like from my reference pics.

[joeyko2000]

Originally Posted by Roca46

Nice clutch!

Did you planned to let the airbox black or you will use carbon fiber on it?

Bye.
Roca.

Ha~ I just been looking at another thread down from the car modeling sectionm, saying the effect of a gloss base and a flat base for CF decal would come out differently. So I am goign to try it out on that airbox~
I am still not sure if the said difference is true or not so let's sort it out this time~

[Roca46]

Originally Posted by joeyko2000

Ha~ I just been looking at another thread down from the car modeling sectionm, saying the effect of a gloss base and a flat base for CF decal would come out differently. So I am goign to try it out on that airbox~
I am still not sure if the said difference is true or not so let's sort it out this time~

Wow!! That's interesting I will wait for the result.

Roca.

[joeyko2000]

It was great to had a whole day out from my girl and stayed home watching the last Silverstone GP and progress with my M1. LOL~~~
Here is an update for the muffler.

[Roca46]

Great progress on that exhaust pipe!

Hope to see more pictures soon.

Roca.

[joelwideqvist]

Exhaust looks great! About the gloss/flat idea, will it not be tough to stick the decal to the flat base, I know Steve (Hiroboy) told me to stick decals directly to the Zero base paints but I'm still a bit afraid to try it. Perhaps the only thing to be afraid off is silvering effect and that is not going to happen with CF.
/Joel

[joeyko2000]

Originally Posted by joelwideqvist

Exhaust looks great! About the gloss/flat idea, will it not be tough to stick the decal to the flat base, I know Steve (Hiroboy) told me to stick decals directly to the Zero base paints but I'm still a bit afraid to try it. Perhaps the only thing to be afraid off is silvering effect and that is not going to happen with CF.
/Joel

Yeh~ Same idea as here~!
So I am just going to try it out and see if I can see any difference that I have missed out before. (I have the rear fender primed and painted in Gunze #2, which is gloss black to compare with)
In my experience (mostly on AFV and Airplane models on which the base color are mostly matt colors), decals applied on flat surface always expose to great degree of silvering, much due to the concept where the decal is not fully attached to the surface.
As long as the decal can still be pasted firmly, the silvering is visible enough to ruin the entire kit! So most of the time when I am goign to apply decals, I usually make sure the surface is gloss enough.

But for CF decals, the silvering CANNOT be happening at all. So that would not make a very much difference in terms of how things ending up. But let's see if I have missed out anything when the two larger parts are covered.

[racer93]

I really like the exhaust. I have a question, though. The things that the springs attach to--where did you get them? Or, did you make them? If so, how did you make them? I can't seem to find a good reference pic so I can make my own or find a place to buy 'em here in the States...

Daniel

[joeyko2000]

Originally Posted by racer93

I really like the exhaust. I have a question, though. The things that the springs attach to--where did you get them? Or, did you make them? If so, how did you make them? I can't seem to find a good reference pic so I can make my own or find a place to buy 'em here in the States...

Daniel

Thanks Daniel~!
The mounts bringing the springs together are just metal rods that I found handy from my mum's utilities. Those plastic bags for putting food into refrig are usually carrying some wires; same for electronic devices where their wires are wrapped up.

I've found these thin metal wire very useful when doing model kits. So I have "Stolen" many of those from my mum~
They are easily banded and sticked on the exhaust with super glue.

[Roca46]

Great idea on the wires

I'm starting to feel curiosity for the carbon fiber techniques...

Roca.

[joeyko2000]

So, here is comes after a couple of nights of decal works (I can now only sit on my bench for 1 or at most 2 hours every night on weekdays...)
the fender is a glossy surface(base?) and the airbox is a matt surface(base) for the CF decals.


As the pic shows, the difference is minimal to what the finish looks like. But I can tell the texture of the surface is a slightly different, just as the matt surface is rougher than that of a gloss surface. but after all, both things are to be coated with Clear coat and that will not be of any difference afterwards.

I have actually revisited the post before
http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbul...d.php?t=954716
and I should say, i will still stick on what i was thinking about the silvering and the decal sticking better on smoother surface. It is up to any situation where the object is desired to be in a rougher texture(just a little rough) and if it is to be coated with clear coat.
Hope this little test did not confuse anyone......XD