How To: simulate carbon fibre with paint

[Zcaithaca]

well carbon fibre is just carbon (black or metallic black) weaved together...so to put in silver would be like carbon-metal fibre...maybe yur right tho

[rsbousquet]

got an up close of that hood it's sweet lookin for sure

[Martbee]

Well, Carbon fiber is a mixt of two things... some use Pewter and in that case, it look like black and smoked silver... sure don't look black on black to me !! Enzo:

[Martbee]

And here's the Rx-7 hood up close:

When light isn't directely on top of it, it became black but when the light hit it right, the silver with the smoke on it reflect and the patern appear. In 1/24, it look pretty convincing.

Ps... Bousquet... look pretty familiar? Comming from Québec?

[freakray]

Originally Posted by Zcaithaca

well carbon fibre is just carbon (black or metallic black) weaved together...so to put in silver would be like carbon-metal fibre...maybe yur right tho

Really? I'll keep in mind to tell my bike that it must change all its C/F parts to black/black as opposed to black/pewter.
I'll tell it a guy from Ithaca knows better.....

[Martbee]

Feeeuuuu.... I was wondering about my eyes... but I never saw carbon fiber black on black before but the guy seem so damn persuaded !

[rsbousquet]

wow that's badass.. you polish it?

umm nah i'm not from quebec and as much as i make fun of the french, my last name is french. dunno where it came from though, no one in the family is french.

[Zcaithaca]

Originally Posted by freakray

Really? I'll keep in mind to tell my bike that it must change all its C/F parts to black/black as opposed to black/pewter.
I'll tell it a guy from Ithaca knows better.....

hey im srry if you have to be an ass about it and who gives a crap if im from ithaca.....maybe im not from a big city but that deosnt mean that i dont know anything about cars/models o and by the way you tell your "bike" to do that

[freakray]

Originally Posted by Zcaithaca

hey im srry if you have to be an ass about it and who gives a crap if im from ithaca.....maybe im not from a big city but that deosnt mean that i dont know anything about cars/models o and by the way you tell your "bike" to do that

I apologise for offending, I just don't get why you're so adamant on having black over black paint.

BTW, see if you can find Reedsville, PA on a map, betcha Ithaca looks like a major city in comparison, blink when driving by this town and you'll miss it completely!

[Zcaithaca]

Originally Posted by freakray

I apologise for offending, I just don't get why you're so adamant on having black over black paint.

BTW, see if you can find Reedsville, PA on a map, betcha Ithaca looks like a major city in comparison, blink when driving by this town and you'll miss it completely!

you dont have to have black over black... i just thot black over silver wouldnt look good (thats when the black/silver pics didnt work for me) but now that i see them they look good

[Martbee]

Originally Posted by rsbousquet

wow that's badass.. you polish it?

Nope, I didn't... a base of black (don't need to be flat), install the mesh, shoot silver over it at very low pressure (10psi), let dry. Then you release the mesh and shoot smoke all over it the way you do for a clear on a body... first mist then wet. If it's done properly, it end here if not, you can polish but smoke is like a clear with a little pigment and became pretty gloss when dry. So the polishing process is not always necessary.

The result is cool but a little more brown than the real thing. Maybe I'll try other finishing techniques than the smoke because that the way the brown is insert. Maybe I'll do my own smoke with different paint (more grey than brown)... it's in progress.

Ps, Bousquet is a common name here. Had a girlfriend with that name... pretty sexy ! But my ex neighbor was a Bousquet too... pretty ugly. So it's common but dosen't mean anything.