Good Carbon Fiber Tecnique?

[supermod04]

what is a good way to make CF, i printed some but it is really bad, the weave is not small enough. any other ideas, or a picture os some smaller weave?

[mike@af]

Buy some...or you could print it using an alps printer but it still wont be as good as quality.

Some people that sell CF are:
Studio 27
Mueseum Collection
SAS

[supermod04]

I just want a pic of some to print, the stuff i find the weave is all really big, i want more realistic stuff, i also heard a way of using mesh grill and pianting it or something, whats that about

[Vric]

i tryed many time to print my own, then I stoped.. SAS and Museum collection are way better.

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by supermod04

I just want a pic of some to print, the stuff i find the weave is all really big, i want more realistic stuff, i also heard a way of using mesh grill and pianting it or something, whats that about

I dont think printing it off with a normal printer will fly here real well. The onlyway to print CF weave small enough for a 1/24 model is to have a lithographic printer, or an ALPS printer. You could design some weave in PhotoShop but it will still be to big, and it will not print correctly.

I highly suggest you just buy some.

[supermod04]

what is sas and museum, i just got to these fourms, i just began my old hobbie of models again, i used to do models all the time but got into other things but i am back

[nis.k.a.]

Studio 27
SAS

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by supermod04

what is sas and museum, i just got to these fourms, i just began my old hobbie of models again, i used to do models all the time but got into other things but i am back

SAS-Scale Auto Style

[supermod04]

i have some of that scale auto stuff, but it is crap, i wasted my money on it, there is no weave, and it is just flat black looking, i made a NICE CF weave in photoshop, and i am still tweaking it

[nis.k.a.]

SAS CF is to scale. For a decal you're not going to get an actual weave.

I used SAS on the radiator cooling plate. It looks very much like CF too me.

[supermod04]

yours looks nice,t he stuff i bought from them looks really dumb, it has no detail to it, looks like they used photshop and made it black and over price it, i have printed CF before that looks decent but i want some better stuff, like the stuff NS.k guy has

[mike@af]

Originally Posted by supermod04

i have some of that scale auto stuff, but it is crap, i wasted my money on it, there is no weave, and it is just flat black looking, i made a NICE CF weave in photoshop, and i am still tweaking it

SAS is some of the best stuff around. A majority of the people use SAS CF, and it looks fantastic. I dont know what was up with your stuff.

[nis.k.a.]

I used SAS in that pic.

[supermod04]

the stuff from sas, the pic it looks really light but the stuff i ordered from them the color is light exaclty liek the pic, and it has a nice weave but just dont look right, i need darker stuff to look realy like Nis KA

[supermod04]

could you post a pic of the full decal, i want to see if mine looks anything like yours, mine is like a pale grey color