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Post by Drago Lordist on Jan 26, 2006 2:11:36 GMT -5
Hey, My name is Drago Lordist (my alias at least) and through my mother's death I came about a red '94 Chrysler lebaron convertible of which I instantly added a hologram projector and an emperor hologram to the dash. I am 17 and if I do ANYTHING to my car it has to be easily undone (no disintegrations ;D ...) so for my own happiness I can make it just as my mother left it.
Edit: also when I make changes the goal is for it to resemble a tx-130 fighter tank from the clone wars game.
aside from that I own 2-3 websites and am going to be a drama major. Hopefully I can come here as frequently as I do my other sites but... well, habits die hard.
Drago
(PS: I have been part of the yahoo group for a year or 2 now and I am sorry to hear about the H wing.)
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Post by Obi-Shawn on Jan 26, 2006 22:05:39 GMT -5
Welcome aboard, and thanks for the condolences on the H-Wing. She's back on the road, and slowly returning to her former glory. Can you post a pic of the car? I know the TX-130... from StarWars.com:  There is a lot you can do with vinyl and other reversable techniques in the event you want to "revert" your car. Unless you mount a turret on the trunk.  On another note, I was a drama major. I think I use it more for fun than profit, but it was definitely worthwhile. |
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Post by Don Solo on Jan 27, 2006 2:11:19 GMT -5
I've been waiting for someone to use that tank as an inspiration...I hope youcan get what you want done while keeping it reversibly like you want
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Post by Drago Lordist on Jan 28, 2006 2:57:09 GMT -5
what I'm thinking is magnetic sheets that I can stow in the trunk and put on like puzzle peices. as for guns I thought about it and a few heavy duty suction cups may work though not the best idea for how fast I drive though still possible. I'm also trying to convince my dad to let me add blue lights underneath to appear as repulsorlifts. I'll try to come up with a pic or 2 sometime soon, the hectic life of a high school student... |
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Post by Drago Lordist on Jan 28, 2006 19:59:25 GMT -5
well, it was raining all day so I had to wait - these are nighttime pics. everything is actually in good quality despite how the flash makes it seem except for the hood which really does look like that - paint started chipping off.  haha, and here is what I hope to do with it...  |
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Post by mcgregorkenobi on Jan 29, 2006 1:52:12 GMT -5
Drago, WOW!
That is going to look fantastic! Can hardly wait to see how it progresses.
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Post by Drago Lordist on Jan 29, 2006 2:32:10 GMT -5
well this brings up another question, should the designs be uniformly colored or detailed - scratch here, dark line there - kinda like the marks on red 5?
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Post by Don Solo on Jan 29, 2006 23:27:57 GMT -5
...not sure what you mean by "uniformly colored" - but those concept pictures look great! If you can get the magnetic sheets printed or painted like that, it'll be excellent  |
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Post by Drago Lordist on Jan 30, 2006 0:16:45 GMT -5
should I do it like  |
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Post by Drago Lordist on Jan 30, 2006 16:31:29 GMT -5
dang it. the second I hit 60mph this morning my test magnet went flying off... now I'm trying to convince dad to let me use some sort of tape... any suggestions?
edit: suggestions as to type of tape that is...
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Post by Drago Lordist on Jan 31, 2006 0:35:32 GMT -5
HAHA! he said yes to decals/tape! I'm still in the game!
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Post by Don Solo on Jan 31, 2006 1:58:09 GMT -5
should I do it like Ah, I get it... I think the first one makes the effect look much better. And as for a tape/decal sugestion, try some shelf paper - it comes in rolls 1-2 feet wide nd maybe 2-3 feet long, it's sticky backed the whole side, and should come off without ripping up your paint. So long as the edges don't peal, it should hold up to your speed test I'd think. |
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Post by Drago Lordist on Feb 4, 2006 22:29:55 GMT -5
hehe, bought 9 rolls of colored professional electrical tape that dad thinks should come off easily enough and hold up to the weather. since they only have certain colors I had to eliminate the greys and the golden color to replace them with black and green (respectively). I'm hoping to put it up to a water test tonight or tommorow to see how much it can handle before comming off...
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Post by macdoyal on Feb 7, 2006 12:52:05 GMT -5
Wow pretty good planning so far. Better then i'm making out lol. If I may toss in my 2 creds, i'd say if you can tint the windows as dark as legally possable and change the white soft stop to black.  |
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Post by Drago Lordist on Feb 13, 2006 18:25:13 GMT -5
first off. I hate photo bucket but I have to use it till imageshack gets fixed. I have been doing a lot of work with my trustly electrical tape and things seem to be working fine. here's some pics I took today   |
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