Car Wrap

[p3]

Well, kind of. R/C Car wrap. I have a question about how you guys would approach making a wrap on a body that has the many curves. I've laid vinyl on it, cut across the important body lines to make a template and tried to design on that. I can get something close, but the lines won't match up perfectly or really even close for that matter. Is there a way that you guys would suggest doing something like this or have you found a good way to make an accurate template to put the design on?

 

[mudmedia]

Well, kind of. R/C Car wrap. I have a question about how you guys would approach making a wrap on a body that has the many curves. I've laid vinyl on it, cut across the important body lines to make a template and tried to design on that. I can get something close, but the lines won't match up perfectly or really even close for that matter. Is there a way that you guys would suggest doing something like this or have you found a good way to make an accurate template to put the design on?

All RC graphics I have seen have been like a dirt bike kit. Where they just plotter cut graphics they dont actually "wrap" the whole thing . I could be wrong though.

 

[p3]

Ya, I know its not wrapped its cut, but thats what i'm asking how they get the pieces to line up with the design on them.

 

[mudmedia]

Ya, I know its not wrapped its cut, but thats what i'm asking how they get the pieces to line up with the design on them.

Might be a pain in the rear but I have always made those type of templates by using transfer tape and either using a sharpie or a knife cut/mark the body lines that you want the graphic to show take the tape / pieces off and take a photo of them. Open up illustrator and make your templates with a pentool and scale them up based on your transfer taped pieces.

That may be a little confusing and tough being that an rc body is only so big.

 

[p3]

ya, that is what i did with the vinyl the first time around. Cut along the body lines. I was trying to figure out if i have a design with a lot of lines or something, to make sure they line up, if there is a way that those templates are marked so you know where a design picks up and leaves off or how you know when you are masking the design into that template. If that makes sense.

 

[CheapVehicleWrap]

gotta charge by the square centimeter on these.