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Carbon make over

russ

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nightfisher

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my god im gonna be so rich when all the royalties flood in:):(:):)

im wondering what have i started here, i can see a flood of scopes getting the carbon wrap!

nice job russ, that taper looks right tricky, i wanted to do the taper on mirror cell of the st150 but did not think i would get it right, might have another go at it

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russ

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my god im gonna be so rich when all the royalties flood in:):(:):)

im wondering what have i started here, i can see a flood of scopes getting the carbon wrap!

nice job russ, that taper looks right tricky, i wanted to do the taper on mirror cell of the st150 but did not think i would get it right, might have another go at it

Fortunately i had a template for the taper....i improvised (cheated). I sort of managed to peel of the rubber armour in one piece (with a rip or two). Then traced around it on the back of the vinyl.

Had that back failed, i was going to stick a piece of card around the finder and use a knife to cut it into shape and then use the cut card as the template for the vinyl.

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Earl

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One of my regulars when i was running a shop in brum had a Carbon stripe Bonnet, roof and hatchback, he had proper carbon replacement panels.

It did look very cool, but not cheap.. his money though :)

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russ

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I know what you mean. I've known about the Carbon look vinyl for ages but just associated it with pimped Citroen Saxo's. But it really does make a tatty, cheap scope look a whole lot better. It also covers up some holes from the original short dovetail which is handy.

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Good job. I know you can get a bubble free type (mines still not here yet), so I'll let you know how that goes. Also you can have other colours aswell.

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Rob

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Look forward to seeing the results Rob. Are you doing both refractors?

Hope to do both as holes to cover!!.. will start with the 80 GTL with a dark grey CFV. Will then look to go either white or black on the AR80, though not sure on the AR as its a powder coat finish (like Intes) Will try some of the grey first to see how it sticks.

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