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Stripes
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:11 pm
Author: steve bowdler
can someone tell me the correct gap and stripe dimensions for the paintwork Please
Posted: Mon Jan 12, 2015 8:57 pm
Author: malmojoe
Think the stripe is about 5.5mm and the gap about 8mm. The reverse on the tail piece. My theory is that is because the tank was painted over white primer and the tail over the black plasti using a custom coach line masking tape. To me that makes sense but it's a contentious issue with claims of wide variation but every photo I have seen of original paint seems to look pretty consistent to me.
You can get yellow 5.5mm fine line tape from a guy in US who had it cut for yamaha's if he still has some. It does make a visible difference in relation to the gap in terms of the ratio. Search for jammy dog for 8mm tape although it's the paper type it's only for spacing your plastic line tape and is stripped off before spraying.
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 12:47 am
Author: coldsummer
Steve, I was going to say the same as Glyn within + or - a smidge.
Here's something nice to listen to whilst you apply the tape.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwNTEFxesYc
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 6:49 am
Author: steve bowdler
Thanks guys knew you would come to my help Glyn , and Si nice music
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:07 am
Author: malmojoe
coldsummer wrote:Steve, I was going to say the same as Glyn within + or - a smidge.
There is some slight deviation from the mean, but it's neglegable.
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:16 am
Author: steve bowdler
OK another for you looking at the tail unit the stripe does not seem uniform is this correct
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:44 am
Author: malmojoe
On the tail the stripes are 8 mm the gap is 5.5. The stripes converge so that the centre is about 8 mm
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 8:51 am
Author: steve bowdler
Great what about the centre strip ?
that looks thicker on top than on the side or is it just the way the pic has been taken
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:22 am
Author: malmojoe
I just measured the stripes on a 72 tail i use for my template and it's not uniform, but the stripes are about 8mm and the gap about 5mm. That's the reverse of the tank stripes. The center panel gets small until it's about the width of the outside stripe, maybe a bit wider. I'll put up a photo if my internet is installed later today.
The center orange panel is what's left I between the stripes you are masking. Bring the stripes closer together at the ends as I wrote above.
Are you going to spray a set?
Posted: Tue Jan 13, 2015 9:29 am
Author: steve bowdler
Hi Glyn no I'm not going to spray it , but if my sprayer has any questions I want to answer them , maybe he knows but better to have the answers
