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Projekt Finland
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esester
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PostPosted: September 3, 2007, 2:58 pm    Post subject: Projekt Finland
My Heritage Special goes to Cafe Racer next winter, and i am on the road again next summer, i hope so.

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PostPosted: September 3, 2007, 3:33 pm    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
What tank is that - looks great!
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PostPosted: September 3, 2007, 3:46 pm    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
tintin wrote:
What tank is that - looks great!

Tank is Yama XS 1100.
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PostPosted: October 18, 2007, 11:36 am    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
Paint is ready

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PostPosted: October 18, 2007, 1:52 pm    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
WHAT DID YOU USE FOR A FLYSCREEN?
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PostPosted: October 20, 2007, 12:37 pm    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
KYLEPRESTON wrote:
WHAT DID YOU USE FOR A FLYSCREEN?

Flyscreen is hand made. (plastic)
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PostPosted: October 20, 2007, 8:09 pm    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
Can you share with us how you made it? What did you make it out of...besides plastic, I mean.
Care to make me one? Wink
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PostPosted: October 20, 2007, 8:36 pm    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
I should think a piece of flat plexiglass. I know little torch will help Thanks for the idea. I will get to working on one. I will have something by christmas.

Cheers Kyle
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PostPosted: October 20, 2007, 11:56 pm    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
My guess is it's plexi (acrylic). You should use an oven. Heat up the plastic while it's setting on a piece of plywood. Keep an eye on it. It won't take long to soften. Place the plastic, using gloves, onto the shape you want to copy. It will drape. Just hit it with a blast of air from a compressor to cool it. To make nice clear windscreens it's a little trickier. Cut an elliptical shape in a piece of plywood for the plexi to droop down into as it heats up. Heat it up real slow so you don't get burn marks in the plastic. When you get the shape you want hit it with the air hose to flash cool it. You can cut all kinds of cool shapes out of droop formed plexi.
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PostPosted: October 22, 2007, 11:20 am    Post subject: Re: Projekt Finland
I SHOULD THINK I CAN MAKE A MOLD FROM STYROFOAM. DRAPE THAT WITH PAPERMACHE AND PAINT IT HIGH TEMP PRIMER. SHOULD WITHSTAND ANY HEAT FROM HOT ACRYLIC. AND I CAN MAKE A NICE SHAPE TO FLOW WITH THE LINES OF THE BIKE. EASIER THAN CUTTING OUT A WOOD MOLD.

THANKS
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