Re: KI3T 1/18 Scanner Shelby GT500KR
Posted: Mon Feb 23, 2009 1:53 am
Thanks! The plates look fairly accurate.. Will print it out for my model. By the way, what happened to your report? I can't view the page.
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I printed them out and tried it for my KI3T... It looks perfect! Looks better and much more screen accurate than the previous 77KR117 plate that I had done.. Thanks again!thunder87 wrote:i don't know, why the plates aren't accurate but it's ok (maybe the California font isn't the same, but it doesn't matter when it's printed that small)GarthKnight08 wrote: Hey man its cool & thanks for the help, i can make anything i really want in photoshop but i just thought it would save time & help other guys out. If he doesnt want to share the images then thats fine ill have to do it then. His plates are not accurate & i was going to fix that for him. But like i said ill make them & then share with you guys to print for your 1/18.
Colorado
California
if you want to print them, just scale them down in the print preview
To all that requires to remove the shelby letters on the front, just use ladies nail polish which contains asetone. Dip it on a cotton ear bud, slowly and very gently rub against just the letters only. Do one letter at a time! Those letters will come out nicely without scratches to the black coat. Re-polish. As for the rear, well, you've to repaint it with matt black if you intend to remove those letters there using the same technique. Hope this helps.thunder87 wrote:thanks dudeandy-kitt wrote:imranbecks wrote: Thunder, you are doing a great job and as a fellow modeler who spends many hours trying different things to make your model work I can understand that you can't share everything with us. It anoys me that people demand how things are done without trying things themselves as they may discover a completely different and better way of doing things. To these people why not show us what you have done on another post and show us what you are doing and where you are stuck and we will do our best to help.
to the letter removing:
I tried to remove the letters without any help (which I really needed) and now i can do some repaint because of the damage - that really suckz because i'm unable to paint anything (two left hands)
Or you can just go to a hobby store and get a paint remover like I didhoneyk wrote: To all that requires to remove the shelby letters on the front, just use ladies nail polish which contains asetone. Dip it on a cotton ear bud, slowly and very gently rub against just the letters only. Do one letter at a time! Those letters will come out nicely without scratches to the black coat. Re-polish. As for the rear, well, you've to repaint it with matt black if you intend to remove those letters there using the same technique. Hope this helps.
Now that wasnt that hard was it? And doesnt it feel good to have helped a fellow modeler out instead of saying "sorry i cant share everything"? As for the plate i was referring to is the 1's in the California plate. They look the same as the Colorado one.thunder87 wrote: i don't know, why the plates aren't accurate but it's ok (maybe the California font isn't the same, but it doesn't matter when it's printed that small)
Colorado
California
if you want to print them, just scale them down in the print preview
Tex 67 wrote:ok but now how do i go about removing the shelby emblums and cutting the spots for the leds
If you mean the SHELBY word in front and at the rear, you can simply use a paint remover like I did which I posted in my previous entry. Its very easy and not as difficult as I thought it wld be. I haven't tried removing the rear words though, but it should be as easy as removing the front, but the only problem is that you might even remove some parts of the stripes as you remove some of the alphabets at the rear.
See my post on page 3 on trimming of the Shelby snake badges & my post here where someone else asked about cutting the bonnet viewtopic.php?f=1044&t=12756&start=25" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;Tex 67 wrote:ok but now how do i go about removing the shelby emblums and cutting the spots for the leds
just pull the seatbelts off - it works (it doesn't stick that hard on it)honeyk wrote:Hi all,
I'm attempting to paint the rear seats. I noticed that the seat belts are somehow glued on to the seats. I tried removing using a glue remover but without success. Can anyone give some tips? Thanks so much.
Just measure the license plate's compartment on the model. Input that result into your photo editor i.e. photoshop and print. It should come out just fine.Mathyus wrote:I have a question about the pates. If I were to make them smaller, what size would they be? I was messing around with it, and got them down to 120 x 60 pixels. However, I am not sure if that is the correct size. Any help would be great. Thanks
Yeah, those seat belts on mine really glued big time! I tried pulling it off and felt the stressed, so I stopped. You reckon using a small thin blade is a safe method?andy-kitt wrote:It depends on the model, the last one I did, it was really well stuck on, but first model I did, it just came off really easily.
I actually printed the plates from Microsoft Powerpoint. What I did was paste the image onto a powerpoint slide and resized it till I got it just about the right size.honeyk wrote:Just measure the license plate's compartment on the model. Input that result into your photo editor i.e. photoshop and print. It should come out just fine.Mathyus wrote:I have a question about the pates. If I were to make them smaller, what size would they be? I was messing around with it, and got them down to 120 x 60 pixels. However, I am not sure if that is the correct size. Any help would be great. Thanks
Carefully slide it between the belt and seat, just be careful not to catch the seathoneyk wrote:Yeah, those seat belts on mine really glued big time! I tried pulling it off and felt the stressed, so I stopped. You reckon using a small thin blade is a safe method?andy-kitt wrote:It depends on the model, the last one I did, it was really well stuck on, but first model I did, it just came off really easily.
does no-body read what I write? see my post 9 replies up where someone else asked the same question.Tex 67 wrote:dose anyone know how to cut the slots in the hood for the leds