Buellysses
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Just thought I would show you guys what I've been up to...
First, I printed the logo, transferred it to a thin plastic I got from a sign shop, and then cut it out with an x-acto knife. Then spray glued it to the airbox cover, held it down with some masking tape, and let the glue set.
Then I busted out the Dremel with a roto-zip bit in it to cut out the basic pattern. Cleaned it up the best I could with a combination of the x-acto, 80 grit sandpaper, and some long-fiber fiberglass bondo. (see comments below regarding the roto-zip idea)
After much sanding, re-bondo'ing, and a significant amount of swearing I slapped some spot-putty on there to cover up my sanding and various other f-ups.
I would have to say after I sanded down the spot putty with a 220 grit it actually looked pretty good. I'm far too picky to leave it like it is, so there are going to be a few more rounds of spot putty and sanding before its ready for paint. But all in all I'm pretty happy with how its coming out.
Rinse and repeat for the other side...
Now, with all that being said, for the second one I went out and picked up a jigsaw and some wood/plastic scroll blades. It was way easier to control, and the results were 100 times cleaner. The Dremel with the roto-zip blades(?) was just far too hard to control, and I kept screwing up my work... hence the profanity, excessive bondo, and way too much time spent.
The general idea is to put a piece of expanded metal similar to the stock opening behind the Pegasus logos. Going to paint the metal the same orange color that I'm using for accents on the rest of the bike. I'm most likely going to chop up the inner airbox cover and throw some LED lighting in there as well... should look pretty cool when I'm done, and sound even better. =)
And no, that Kylon can in the background in the background is not what is going to be used to paint the bike, lol. It was used to duplicate my pattern I had cut.
Disclaimer: Some bike parts may have been harmed in the making of this tutorial.
First, I printed the logo, transferred it to a thin plastic I got from a sign shop, and then cut it out with an x-acto knife. Then spray glued it to the airbox cover, held it down with some masking tape, and let the glue set.
Then I busted out the Dremel with a roto-zip bit in it to cut out the basic pattern. Cleaned it up the best I could with a combination of the x-acto, 80 grit sandpaper, and some long-fiber fiberglass bondo. (see comments below regarding the roto-zip idea)
After much sanding, re-bondo'ing, and a significant amount of swearing I slapped some spot-putty on there to cover up my sanding and various other f-ups.
I would have to say after I sanded down the spot putty with a 220 grit it actually looked pretty good. I'm far too picky to leave it like it is, so there are going to be a few more rounds of spot putty and sanding before its ready for paint. But all in all I'm pretty happy with how its coming out.
Rinse and repeat for the other side...
Now, with all that being said, for the second one I went out and picked up a jigsaw and some wood/plastic scroll blades. It was way easier to control, and the results were 100 times cleaner. The Dremel with the roto-zip blades(?) was just far too hard to control, and I kept screwing up my work... hence the profanity, excessive bondo, and way too much time spent.
The general idea is to put a piece of expanded metal similar to the stock opening behind the Pegasus logos. Going to paint the metal the same orange color that I'm using for accents on the rest of the bike. I'm most likely going to chop up the inner airbox cover and throw some LED lighting in there as well... should look pretty cool when I'm done, and sound even better. =)
And no, that Kylon can in the background in the background is not what is going to be used to paint the bike, lol. It was used to duplicate my pattern I had cut.
Disclaimer: Some bike parts may have been harmed in the making of this tutorial.
