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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #45 on: June 03, 2010, 10:15:27 AM »
Seconded...  8)
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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #46 on: June 03, 2010, 02:52:46 PM »
That's Slick !
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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #47 on: June 03, 2010, 08:06:52 PM »
Sweet!
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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #48 on: June 03, 2010, 08:19:54 PM »


 Thanks guys..........  ;D

It's those crazy model train skills, I'm finally putting them to good use.
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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #49 on: June 03, 2010, 08:52:45 PM »

 Thanks guys..........  ;D

It's those crazy model train skills, I'm finally putting them to good use.

I still miss the Caboose on the trains I see today. 

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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #50 on: June 04, 2010, 04:12:53 AM »
Bravo!...Brava?  I'm new here.

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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #51 on: June 04, 2010, 07:54:11 AM »
awesome.  is that or silver paint??
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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #52 on: June 04, 2010, 09:08:02 AM »
Bravo!...Brava?  I'm new here.

Both work...  ;D
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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #53 on: June 04, 2010, 10:08:56 AM »
awesome.  is that or silver paint??


 This really took about an hour total time to do, I used the orginal TRC as a template. It was taped down onto a small piece of styrene and with a new #11 xacto blade I traced it's shape into the plastic using mild pressure on the blade. and the mounting holes were drilled at this point too. After that I removed the tape from the sheet and had the TRC's outline scored into the piece, it can simply be broken free with slight hand pressure resulting in a nice clean break along your scored lines - scribe and break. Clean up the edges with the backside of your #11, this gets rid of the "lip" made as the knife scores the plastic. 
 I have a small professional spray booth with a squirrel cage fan next to my modeling desk so painting is easy, I use a glycol based paint called Accupaint cut with Dupont 3602, it dries very quickly so the part got a coat of Stencil White. While it dried I the put George's scan of the TRC on a lighbox and taped down another sheet of styrene over it and then a single large pice of Drafting tape. So basically I could see the Ibanez logo thru the tape, again using a new #11 xacto blade I traced the letters out and placed them on the white painted TRC using a second copy of the scan and the lighbox to mantain good placement. With all the letters in place I shot a coat of Stencil Black on follow by a very thin coat of of mostly lacquer with a little black paint in it to reheat the paint and makeit  both smooth and glossy. - Viola!
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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #54 on: June 04, 2010, 11:16:22 AM »
(tilt...)

Did you get permission from the squirrel first... ;)

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Re: Ibanez Thunderbird
« Reply #55 on: June 04, 2010, 12:01:09 PM »
obviously needed a woman's touch
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