FM3 Carbon Panels - How to...
FM3 Carbon Panels - How to...
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WildCards

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4,061 posts

246 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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I know a few chaps are selling/giving away carbon panels on the FM3 Storefront, and their versions are arguably better than mine, but for those wishing to have a crack themselves, here's how I do it;

1.) Paint your car or bonnet only in Special Colour 'Silver 2' which is the second black to silver colour in the palette, scroll far right to find it.

2.) In the vinyl applicator use the box tool and create lines, approx 0.2 wide and 3.00 tall, space them evenly adjacent to each other. Make lots if you're going to cover a large area.

3.) Spin them to any chosen angle, I generally go for 30ish degrees, and centre them on the panel(s) you wish to 'carbon'

4.) Make another box, colour it black and apply a 60% + or - transparency, make this box cover the lines you've just created.

Once your done, it should look like this;






N.B If you're carboning the bonnet only, you can simply colour the bonnet the Special Colour and the body whatever other colour you choose and the new system doesn't spill over onto the bordering body panels, but if you're going for the roof or other panels you'll need to paint the whole car in the special, then patch the areas you don't want to look like carbon using the vinyl applicator.


Edited by WildCards on Tuesday 27th October 16:08

vdubbin

2,175 posts

226 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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cheers mate, quick clarification :


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2.) In the vinyl applicator use the box tool and create lines, approx 0.2 wide and 3.00 tall, space them evenly adjacent to each other. Make lots if you're going to cover a large area.
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What colour for these lines?

WildCards

Original Poster:

4,061 posts

246 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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vdubbin said:
What colour for these lines?
Black.

On the subject of colour, using different 'special colours' and matching line and transparent box colours you can make the carbon any colour you want.

Edited by WildCards on Tuesday 27th October 17:18

S3_Graham

12,835 posts

228 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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Thanks for this, was wondering how.....

suprisingly easy!

sidaorb

5,595 posts

235 months

Tuesday 27th October 2009
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If you want a cross hatching type one similar to my Scirocco the tutorial is on FM.net.

I will post a link to it later.

funkyrobot

18,789 posts

257 months

Friday 6th November 2009
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sidaorb said:
If you want a cross hatching type one similar to my Scirocco the tutorial is on FM.net.

I will post a link to it later.
Do you still have the linky?

Thanks.