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The Final Stage - (06-22-12: Project COMPLETE. Final pics in OP!)
BadMouth:
The new name is awesome! One of those names that is so perfect, you wonder why nobody else came up with it.
:cheers:
RyoriNoTetsujin:
--- Quote from: Drnick on May 20, 2012, 09:42:37 am ---This is very nice indeed, especially looking at the workspace you have :applaud: :applaud:
What sound system are you using, the speakers look suspiciously like they belong with a cambridge soundworks DTT3500.
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You are indeed correct. I have had that set since 2001, and it's never let me down.
--- Quote from: BadMouth on May 20, 2012, 02:08:21 pm ---The new name is awesome! One of those names that is so perfect, you wonder why nobody else came up with it.
:cheers:
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Many thanks BadMouth. I knew something would come eventually... and as soon as it hit me, just like with "Occam's Racer" the first time around, I knew I was done looking. I am surpised too that no one else has ever used it-- though Pixel comes close with Final Countdown. (Not that this project is anything close to Final Countdown!! ;D)
Painting went very well, for the most part, but now I have a new problem: Due to the fact that the fit was so tight to begin with, the newly-painted arms scraped the hell out of the newly-painted inside walls of the cab (I'll post pics tonight after work if I can, but right now I'm getting ready to go.) I don't know what I was thinking; of course latex paint is going to have some grip to it, especially if you put two pieces together and try to slide them across each other! :banghead:
Needless to say, this has put the brakes on further finishing. Thinking about felt lining... ? More later.
RyoriNoTetsujin:
Okay, now that I have a chance to write a little more...
So here's the situation (no t-molding yet so it looks a bit messy):
The paint, in general, turned out fantastic. I spent a little more on the ultra fine foam rollers, and I'm very pleased with the results. That said, like I mentioned this morning, the steering wheel arms scraped the everliving ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- out of the cab inside...
I'm definitely open to suggestions here, but the way I see it - it seems I need to decrease the width of the armature and put some sort of buffer between the two pieces so they don't rub together and tear each other apart. Decreasing the width of the arm by 1/16 or 1/8" is a bit inconvenient, but it can be done. More importantly though, what can I do to prevent the rubbing?
I'm thinking lining the arm with some kind of felt ... but I'm not sure of what to get. I see stuff like this on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Black-Pressure-Sensitive-Felt-Sheet/dp/B001ENXGSA/ref=pd_sbs_indust_1
...but is there any significant difference between acrylic felt and wool felt? Anybody have experience with this... or any other idea to keep this from happening again?
mcseforsale:
I have these black notepads at work called "Black 'N Red" (we work for a UK company) and the front and back covers are made of tough PVC with a smooth side and a slightly pebbled side. This stuff slides nice against itself, so maybe glue it to both sliding surfaces and it will be like a bearing?
Here's the notepad:
http://www.blacknred.com/
I'm sure you could find similar..
AJ
RyoriNoTetsujin:
After some time away from it, and away from the city, things are moving again (pictures taken after the fact):
Since nobody had any great ideas for my paint problem, I went ahead and did the best I could with what I had. I first reduced the width of the cross braces of the steering wheel arm by about 3/8", and then used some spray adhesive to line the outer arm with 1/16" black felt from Lee's Art Supply ($0.60 per sheet! A bargain for once!) Re-installed the arm and it worked pretty brilliantly, so I had to take it back out again so I could sand down and reapply another coat of paint to those scratched up inner walls. Here's a closer shot of the felt job:
And with that, the arm mechanism is functional and complete. ;D Well, mostly...
As I was installing t-molding last night, I had to really carefully trim the edges that cross over each other with a razor blade. That took a while. It doesn't look "perfect" in a couple of spots, but you would really have to be looking to notice.
Anyway, here are a couple of other shots. First an overhead shot of the actual platform the g27 is on:
The g27 is hard mounted to the smaller square sheet, which is then mounted to the cross arm by the two front jig knobs. You can't see it in this pic, but underneath that there's a 1/4"-wide, L-shaped track for the bolt hardware to move through. It gives me an inch and a half of forward/back adjustment, and about 3/4" movement to the left of center (to give the g27 shifter module room to fit on the arm when it is stowed in the down position.)
And, just in case you missed it in the second pic, here's a closer look at my current ghetto-solution for the rear channels of the 5.1 sound system:
Yup. String, baby. I'm going to replace that with some webbing/velcro when I feel like it. There are several little spots that need paint touch-up too. Other than that, all that's left to do is clean up the wire management in the back, and finish the marquee. Here's the artwork I threw together for that:
Nothing too complex, goes with the rest of the artwork/color. BadMouth will no doubt recognize the Ferrari grille art I ganked from his project! I think I stole the font from someone else, too... ;D I'm excited to figure out how this is going to work with that big speaker grille in the middle. Marquee and plastics won't arrive until next week though, so we'll all figure it out then.
Does anybody else get depressed as they near the end of a project?
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