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javeryh:
--- Quote from: Mike A on November 28, 2018, 01:35:49 pm ---I liked the marquee better the other way. :dunno
Lining up the side art would be much easier without that white border line. If only someone would have suggested that....
All of that aside, I really like the artwork on your cab. Everything from the design to the colors is excellent.
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Haha thanks. I remember a certain someone suggesting I ditch the white border. Oh well... wait until you see it - the colors are awesome. The whole thing pops.
As for the marquee, it is super easy to swap out so I'm going to live with the current version for a while. I will admit the actual pictures make the first one look WAY better due to the back lighting. Who knows, since I can't stop harping on stuff I'll probably change my mind 5 more times before finishing up. there's actually not that much more to do:
1. Install side art
2. Install t-molding
3. Drill out button holes
4. Install buttons and wire everything up.
5. Play some Final Fantasy VII... haha no. I'm thinking Metal Slug will be first game I boot up. Can't wait!
yamatetsu:
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 28, 2018, 01:25:20 pm ---I also have the vinyl side art, which I plan to install either one day after work this week or sometime on the weekend. I am a bit stuck though on what to do. The vinyl is oversized so that I can trim back to the edge of the cab with a razor. How can I line up the art perfectly? I have that white border running all the way around that is offset from the edge by 3/4" or so. This needs to be as close to uniform as possible but when I lay the art over the side panel I can't see the edges!
In order to solve this problem I cut a piece of plexiglas with my pattern bit and router to exactly match the side panel. Then I can lay the plexiglas on top of the art and get it perfect and then move the art + plexi to the side panel and try to line up the edges. The issues I'm having are (1) getting the vinyl art to "stick" underneath the plexi so that I can move the art and plexi as one piece to the side panel to line up (scotch tape?) and (2) the vinyl art is in between the plexi and the side panel so it is difficult to line up the edges exactly with the vinyl art in the way.
I'm not even sure I'm making sense. I've done side art before but I've never had to be so precise when laying it down. Is there a trick I'm missing? :cheers:
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Align the plexi and the vinyl. Doubletape the vinyl to the plexi so that it can't move around. Cut the vinyl along the plexi edges. Remove the doubletape. Apply the vinyl to the cab.
Arroyo:
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 28, 2018, 01:54:14 pm ---1. Install side art
2. Install t-molding
3. Drill out button holes
4. Install buttons and wire everything up.
5. Play some Final Fantasy VII... haha no. I'm thinking Metal Slug will be first game I boot up. Can't wait!
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Ahem.......well?
javeryh:
--- Quote from: Arroyo on January 15, 2019, 01:25:20 am ---
--- Quote from: javeryh on November 28, 2018, 01:54:14 pm ---1. Install side art
2. Install t-molding
3. Drill out button holes
4. Install buttons and wire everything up.
5. Play some Final Fantasy VII... haha no. I'm thinking Metal Slug will be first game I boot up. Can't wait!
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Ahem.......well?
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yeah... about that... soon - I promise! Too much real life and I can't seem to get ahead of it. :cheers:
firedance:
"good things comes to those who wait" ;D