View Poll Results: Which paint scheme for the gas tank?
Kamikaze
3
5.00%
F6F Hellcat
39
65.00%
Red Baron
18
30.00%
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Help me pick a paint scheme...
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Help me pick a paint scheme...
Well, I've got 3 ideas and can't effin decide...so I'm turning to you guys for some input.
Everything...and I do mean EVERYTHING besides the gas tank on this build is gonna be powdercoated gloss black. But I'm doing something a bit different for the tank:
1. Kamikaze theme...the tank would be wrapped with a WWII era Japanese naval flag (rising sun) in red and white with a high gloss clear.
2. F6F Hellcat fighter plane theme....also WWII era but the tank would be Navy blue with the white star and bar...this would also allow me to have a bunch of little Japanese Navy stickers made for all the Jap cruisers I roast on a constant basis.
3. Going back a little further...the Red Baron. This one would be a red tank with a white band going across the center and the two black Iron Crosses on either side.
Any of the three will also have the gas cap moved up and the petcock moved to the rear - Frisco style...but with an added twist...I'm using a Ford Model "A" cork float gas gauge with a custom dial that reads "full" and "****ed" for the indicators. This will be about an inch above the original gas cap location.
So....with all that said...remember the rest of the bike will be high-gloss powdered black and it will be a rigid...then....VOTE!
EDIT: Forgot to add...with any of the three also comes a seat that fits the theme and a few minor changes to key parts.
Everything...and I do mean EVERYTHING besides the gas tank on this build is gonna be powdercoated gloss black. But I'm doing something a bit different for the tank:
1. Kamikaze theme...the tank would be wrapped with a WWII era Japanese naval flag (rising sun) in red and white with a high gloss clear.
2. F6F Hellcat fighter plane theme....also WWII era but the tank would be Navy blue with the white star and bar...this would also allow me to have a bunch of little Japanese Navy stickers made for all the Jap cruisers I roast on a constant basis.
3. Going back a little further...the Red Baron. This one would be a red tank with a white band going across the center and the two black Iron Crosses on either side.
Any of the three will also have the gas cap moved up and the petcock moved to the rear - Frisco style...but with an added twist...I'm using a Ford Model "A" cork float gas gauge with a custom dial that reads "full" and "****ed" for the indicators. This will be about an inch above the original gas cap location.
So....with all that said...remember the rest of the bike will be high-gloss powdered black and it will be a rigid...then....VOTE!
EDIT: Forgot to add...with any of the three also comes a seat that fits the theme and a few minor changes to key parts.
Last edited by 6o66er; Oct 8, 2008 at 11:50 AM. Reason: Updated
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Sadly, that tank will be retired for a while, lol. The girl won't paint me another one and instead of sellin or tossin it I'm gonna hang it up in the garage and maybe use it on some other build in the future.
With this one I wanna try something a little different and see how it goes.
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Looks like the Hellcat might take it...I'm off to bed for a while. I'll give it another look-see when I get up later on tonight and see where it stands.
Thanks for the input guys.
Thanks for the input guys.
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