June 24, 2007 - Martini stripes!
Okay, not really. But I couldn't help myself. I grabbed a roll of tape and, well, this happened. It's both easier and harder to do this on the car than on the computer. I've spent a lot of time thinking about the layout over the last few days, and it turned out about as well as I'd hoped. I'm not convinced about the door area yet. I don't want the whole stripes to go in a big arch, I want the width to shrink and expand. Maybe I won't go all the way to the roof, but cut across the windshield pillar. Hmm...
The stripes are continuous around the car, narrowing down to a band that crosses the nose and the tail. I'll mock this up in the computer to see how much red will be on the car and then it's time to start laying it out.
Why all the excitement about stripes? Because I realized that it will be easiest to stripe the car when it's still basically clean, and before the windshield and rear glass goes on. Once the masking starts, it'll be a pretty quick process. But nerve-wracking! It's a crazy way to learn to mask well.
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