Sharkfinger Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 33 minutes ago, stewblack said: I'm following @stevie's recipe. I would add, if you're using spray mount glue, use rubber gloves. Unless you like furry hands. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted June 21, 2019 Share Posted June 21, 2019 12 hours ago, stevie said: It's all good. Now everyone knows to treat the felt with care - something I should have mentioned. I think you suggest a U-shaped piece for the first part (bottom?) - do you think that doing this as three bits would be safer for a clumsy git like me? Or should I stop being pathetic and just wait till I get the stuff and decide then? "Just man up" is an acceptable answer. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie Posted June 22, 2019 Author Share Posted June 22, 2019 The U-shaped piece is the largest piece but I'm sure you'll be fine if you cut it to the right size first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 So one of the nice things about being a graphic designer, apart from being good at design (as that’s still to be determined) is you end up learning enough about processes to know the best way to get things done for different projects. So I asked Stevie if he wanted help with a badge for the cab. Partly as I wanted a nice badge for my own cab and partly as, if done right, it’s wee details like this can lift a project from very good to great. Like a most the other details stevie has built into this cab we want to try and do it to a high quality. I also wanted it lightweight- a pewter cast badge would be daft on a cab with neo drivers. The first problem we have is the small volume number, while die cast plastic badges, like the big manufacturers use, would be nice - it’s hardly cost effective to make 1000 badges in China to just use 10. Equally you could get a small batch of something from the UK, but the cost goes through the roof. Stevie set a budget for it, which bluntly was a bit more than I would have wanted to pay for a cosmetic thing that erm half of you might not like. So - instead my aim was to get a badge for the grill, a sticker for the gap on the handle and a sticker for the back for about the price of a pint at a music venue. Design is subjective right? And what do you call this thing... we started off on this idea that actually some of Stevies other passions could help name it- like it can be as abstract as anything as long as it’s memorable, pronounceable and means something to Stevie at least. Stevies wife’s maiden name didn’t sound rock and roll enough so we ended up talking about his work as a German translator and throwing random German words at each other. This was quite good as I also enjoy German culture (I’m there now), and design - and it’s the centenary year of the Bauhaus. So Stevies there geeking out on German cab names and I’m geeking out on German design and it’s viele spaß! luckily for you the long compound nouns got dropped, and Stevie started trialing BCcab as a name in PMs with some of you. Bass Chat cab obviously, without it needing to say that, and able to say it without sounding like an idiot, and I think there may have been a second meaning but I forget what that is. So then BCcab - v3. I still got to geek on with my Bauhaus- sorry!! I tried to come up with something that would work with almost any colour scheme and layout, but be distinctive enough that to be worth doing. Not so small that it wouldn’t be noticed, but not so big it took over the cab. so we’ve got a vinyl sticker for the back plate, a domed sticker for the handle and a subliminated aluminium plate 100x40mm for the front. (Soft enough to drill for screws if you need) - and it’s all just going to add £3.60 to the cost. (if you are building the cab and not getting the flat pack Stevie will have a few extra sets you might be able to convince him to sell you if you cover postage too) So the other day I got the first pre production picture of the badge prototype made up. (Colours are off a wee bit on this pic) im excited if no one else. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Oh wow. Das ist wunderschoen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 Rot und schwarz is such a great combination too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 22, 2019 Share Posted June 22, 2019 19 minutes ago, stewblack said: Rot und schwarz is such a great combination too Rot und sehr dunkel blau ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Wow. I love it! Great job @LukeFRC It’s really sharp and it pops beautifully. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Starr Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 That's terrific Luke, I might have to go back and tidy up my old Mk 1 cabs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 9 hours ago, LukeFRC said: Rot und sehr dunkel blau ... Ich verstehe nicht. Or at least very little. Also ich bin a bit colour blind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Hey guys, I know we're going to be putting these together ourselves and can please ourselves as to how we finish them, but how do folk feel about making the first run the same colour? Just as a way of keeping the very first Stevie Specials identifiably similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Well Stevie is going grey with metal grill and I’m trying for a dark blue with leather corners and fabric grill... so I think it’s more exciting if we build beautiful to our own eyes... plus my wife will only let me build it if it ends up as pretty as my green Mesa walkabout... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
funkle Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Black and black here. Maybe paint the baffle a nice colour. I don’t know really....haven’t given it much thought yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 That's absolutely fine we'll all still know we're driving 001s Hmm, so red and very very dunkel blue.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
converse320 Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 Mines going to be green lacquer with chrome corners. Badge looks great, nice job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pea Turgh Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I was going to go with black, but now I’m feeling that would be inadequate in comparison with some of the other schemes mentioned above! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I used black Tuff Cab on my pre CNC cab but I am considering covering it with this. https://www.profabrics.co.uk/products/heavy-duty-texturised-nylon?variant=8359083459 it is much tougher than any of the traditional cabinet covers, comes in a range of colours ( including a nice TE green), 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stewblack Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 1 hour ago, Chienmortbb said: I used black Tuff Cab on my pre CNC cab but I am considering covering it with this. https://www.profabrics.co.uk/products/heavy-duty-texturised-nylon?variant=8359083459 it is much tougher than any of the traditional cabinet covers, comes in a range of colours ( including a nice TE green), Let me know when you work out how much you need, how to cut and fix it would you! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 I thought a nice paisley... 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RichardH Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 You're all lightweights.... come on, someone must be up for a bit of bling 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chienmortbb Posted June 23, 2019 Share Posted June 23, 2019 31 minutes ago, RichardH said: You're all lightweights.... come on, someone must be up for a bit of bling Catty lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Chienmortbb said: I used black Tuff Cab on my pre CNC cab but I am considering covering it with this. https://www.profabrics.co.uk/products/heavy-duty-texturised-nylon?variant=8359083459 it is much tougher than any of the traditional cabinet covers, comes in a range of colours ( including a nice TE green), Interesting, I was researching what fabrics would make a good cover - tough but thin and without much stretch was what I found out. There’s a place in our village that sells secondhand stuff for crafts, they have all the ends of rolls left over from companies making swatch books so they have all sorts there- the heavy duty vinyl wall coverings would probably work, as would the fake leather aimed at busses and tube trains- but I couldn’t decide if I liked any of the colours 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrumpymike Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 On 22/06/2019 at 23:13, LukeFRC said: so we’ve got a vinyl sticker for the back plate, a domed sticker for the handle and a subliminated aluminium plate 100x40mm for the front. (Soft enough to drill for screws if you need) - and it’s all just going to add £3.60 to the cost. im excited if no one else. Great job Luke! No more than this wonderful cab deserves - and exciting too 😉 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted June 24, 2019 Share Posted June 24, 2019 7 hours ago, scrumpymike said: Great job Luke! No more than this wonderful cab deserves - and exciting too 😉 Yes, I've forgotten to thank Luke for his work on the badges - looking good. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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