Daniel Nikonchik
Industrial Designer at Tangent Design Group Inc. — Chicago, IL
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Rapid Prototyped
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Material removal to save on cost
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Construction of the horizontal elevators
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Gluing them together
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All parts now constructed
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The tray was used to hold the parts at the angle that I wanted
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more primer and sanding work...
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painted handle bars
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assembled horizontal elevators
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Painted the interior details while the bike was apart
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I then used a latex "Magic Mask" to mask off the silver...
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applied decals
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I then had to scribe in the detailed part lines
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Again...more scribing...
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and some more...
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I had to dremil a few sections to make clearance for my chair.
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completed wings
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Added a little bit of a distressed look
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checking my fittings making sure everything lined up
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I used a dowl rod to make my rear wheels
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adding some spot putty to fill my seams
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once it dried I hit it with some 220 grit
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Finished the surface work on my rudder and chair so I threw some flat black on them
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Did the same with my Bike.
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Getting ready to apply my home made carbon fiber decals
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I used a transparent decal sheet and printed a carbon fiber texture on it.
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then applied it to my already black rudder to give it depth
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Threw on my first coat of Sublime greem
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waiting for the rudder to dry
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Had to make my own numbers
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Rudder with a few coats of clear to give it more depth
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last coat of green
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Yea...the latex "magic mask" worked great when I tested it...
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but didnt work so well when I added paint...
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so it then ruined my finish...
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and turned to a rubber cemet like crap on me
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painful...i know. I was picking it off with tweezers for hours
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then i just quit...
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I prceeded to power wash the entire bike to get all the latex off,while it dried I made a stand
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this is it after the power washing, took alot of the paint off but i knew it would
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I just needed all the latex off.
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Then sanded it and got the surfacing back
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reminded me of restoring a classic junkyard car here with all the worn paint and bondo
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Had to go back once more and repair all my seams and anything that got damaged in the power washing
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Spent a few hours masking it all up. Had to get creative with how I did it.
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Came out much better this time
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A LOT BETTER
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Went back in to paint all my details, it was much harder this time now that the bike was assembled
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Added the horizontal elevators
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Built a set of rear landing gear
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Built it out of styrine and then added my wheels to it
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Painted it all black and then painted the sections silver where the gear would go.
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used a Febreze bottle for the curved shapes since it matched and built 2 doors and a cradle
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then taped the doors to the cradle so they had some movement and taped it together
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I then drilled some pins into the rear rudder so i could take it on and off and I WAS DONE!
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Came out really nice. Lot of work but well worth it.
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