Vehicle Graphics: Top Gear Liana

[Richard Urquhart]

looks good mate i bet the vinyl didnt like sticking to the mouldings !!

[Matt Hards]

moulding ok on this car, they are smooth, i did tell the dealer about that, but they are smooth, so they are ok. Plus it is only staying on for 2 day show which was this weekend just gone, and then it will be on for next weekend, then taken off.

[Peter Normington]

Thats a good one for your portfolio Matt

Peter

[David Rowland]

Oh nice one…

So who’s the STIG?

[Matt Hards]

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Oh nice one…

So who’s the STIG?

I think it more a case of which stig is who, there has been more than one….

[Peter Normington]

Steam Injected Gas Turbine

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He is actually a failed F1 driver, a wannabe that wasn’t, why else would he be anonymous?

Peter

[autosign]

Er, they don’t use the Suzuki Liana anymore..

[Matt Hards]

Doesnt that make SIGT lol

[Matt Hards]

no they have a cheverolet lacetti now, this was from the last series. They also said that the new chevrolet was rubbish compared to the liana as a track car.

[Peter Normington]

quote Matt Hards:

Doesnt that make SIGT lol

Just checking if anyone was alert, 😀

Peter

[Peter Normington]

STeam Injected Gas turbine

Its still an acronym though 😀

Peter

[Alistair Richards]

Great Job Matt, looks really good. Just a quick question for anyone to answer for me really. Sorry it’s a bit of a daft one, but being newish to this it’s one I haven’t really come across yet.

Anyway, how to you layer up a job like this.

You can see my three pictures below as examples, I’m guessing that you do it as in the first picture, but is it acceptable to have the small ridge that would appear where the vinyl’s interesect.

Or would you do it as in the second picture, or the 3rd, but with the third, when the vinyl contracts a bit you would get that small gap between the colours.

Hope this makes sense and someone can enlighten me

Many thanks

Ali

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[Peter Normington]

In this case I would go for choice 3, but bleed the black over the red by a twitch, to allow for shrinkage, this will allow the black to be black without a red outline if you are slightly out of alignment..but better still put a keyline round the black
Peter

[Lynn Normington]

I would do it like this

Lynn

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[Phill Fenton]

I would take off the party hat and sober up first before trying to give this one a go 😛

[Lynn Normington]

scuse me I can’t see my hat 🙄 🙄 🙄

Lynn

[Phill Fenton]

Not your hat Lynn- Alistairs hat 🙄

[Lynn Normington]

I know I don’t wear a hat have you been on holiday Phill

Lynn

[Phill Fenton]

Every day’s a holiday Lynn – yee haw :lol1:

[Alistair Richards]

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I would take off the party hat and sober up first before trying to give this one a go

Maybe it should be like this Phill.. :lol1: :lol1:

Thanks for the opinions anyway guys, wonder how Matt did it?

Ali

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[David-Foster-]

Yes Lynn’s is the best way 😉 No problem with shrinkage cos it’s got a gap already, and no ridges of overlap.

[Kenny Ramsey]

The regular Stig is Ben Collins. Used to be Perry McCarthy

[Matt Hards]

Well for this job, the mvm is three with the three overlapped in order. I just overlapped them. You couldnt really see the crease.

[Hugh Potter]

nice job matt, i bet the text on the hood was a pig to weed though !!!