3D Flames secrets revealed inside,, you asked,,
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Burning Brakes
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3D Flames secrets revealed inside,, you asked,,
most of you have asked how ?? well its not a kit, its not vinyl graphics, its a reinforced fiberglass product all done by hand,, the lay out, the molding , the sculpting, the shaping, the finishing,, built out from the body raised about 3/16" ,, all by hand,, 300 hrs or 2 and a half months of work,, local body shop did if for me,, he's working on some ideas to patent it,,later rj
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That sounds like a pretty involved process!!!!!! The person who put their time into that really does some great work!!!!! Car looks awesome!!!! Hopefully he will have luck with getting the patent!!!
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Now you need to get a killer paint shop to airbrush some highlights and shadows to really make them jump off the car...
Nice work
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Nice work
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Burning Brakes
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actually we thought about that, but if you could see it in the full sun, it does it "thing",, the 3d really pops with the shadows giving great illusions and dimensions,,
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Lots of time and effort and it really shows. Nice job he did on the flames.
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most of you have asked how ?? well its not a kit, its not vinyl graphics, its a reinforced fiberglass product all done by hand,, the lay out, the molding , the sculpting, the shaping, the finishing,, built out from the body raised about 3/16" ,, all by hand,, 300 hrs or 2 and a half months of work,, local body shop did if for me,, he's working on some ideas to patent it,,later rj