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Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

Douglas Elliso

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Douglas Elliso » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 08:55:18

SHUT UP AT THE BACK - yes - that means you Dave

Following on from my Momo mod idea...

http://www.racesimcentral.net/~djelliso/cf_momo.jpg

Thats the very first one - the next one's going to be a lot better I think.

You have to loose the round plastic 'grommits' around each button - but I
only found that out after the first one - so the holes are a little large.
Prototype 2 (which will be the one I keep) will have smaller holes - thus
will be a nice proper fit round each button.

That carbon fibre was as promised - a bit of a *** to work with - but I
got round it with a bit of carefull thinking - final result = the front is
flawless - the back is a bit knackered in places - but you're a) never gonna
know  and b) it's actually not THAT bad - just a bit like drilling thru a
softwood with splinters etc

I'm not sure if I'm gonna make a guide on how to do it - or if I get loads
of requests for them - I might start making them at 15 a piece.

Depending on the complexity - I'm considering doing the paddle-shifts as
well

Doug

David L. Coo

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by David L. Coo » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 09:16:56

I want this one :)

http://www.racesimcentral.net/

- David Cook


Steve Smit

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Steve Smit » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:12:07

Doug,

Kewl!!!  You said you were gonna do it...and you did!!!

--Steve


Douglas Elliso

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Douglas Elliso » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:50:50


Got 2 more to make with the 2 other bits of CF I have - then I'm gonna rip
the *** apart and look at making gear paddles from genuine 3 layer CF
instead of this 7 layer CF FG FG FG FG FG CF sandwich (not having to be
structurally sound - the sandwich was the obvious soloution)

Doug

Tim

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Tim » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 20:12:24

On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:55:18 +0100, "Douglas Ellison"


>SHUT UP AT THE BACK - yes - that means you Dave

>Following on from my Momo mod idea...

>http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~djelliso/cf_momo.jpg

Cool.
If you just want the look of carbon fiber, but what to keep the wheel
intact, you can get a pretty realistic looking sticker sheet for 10
bucks. It's thin enough to let you keep the grommets around the
buttons for a more finished look.

Personally, I'm OK with the wheel, I want to do something with the
crappy looking red base.

Steve Smit

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Steve Smit » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 21:10:23

A MOMO decal would be nice, too.  If you can't find any, you can buy Ferrari
decals from Speedgear.com.  Same idea...more or less.


> On Thu, 27 Jun 2002 00:55:18 +0100, "Douglas Ellison"

> >SHUT UP AT THE BACK - yes - that means you Dave

> >Following on from my Momo mod idea...

> >http://www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~djelliso/cf_momo.jpg

> Cool.
> If you just want the look of carbon fiber, but what to keep the wheel
> intact, you can get a pretty realistic looking sticker sheet for 10
> bucks. It's thin enough to let you keep the grommets around the
> buttons for a more finished look.

> Personally, I'm OK with the wheel, I want to do something with the
> crappy looking red base.

Douglas Elliso

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Douglas Elliso » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:49:36

I'm thinking spray it black - then using thin strips of masking tape make a
criss cross pattern across the whole thing - and a light coat of a lighter
grey - then a varnish coat.

Carbon fibre look :D

Doug

Ashley McConnel

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Ashley McConnel » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:50:36

Your obsessed man :D

Ash
http://www.siroccoracing.com

Douglas Elliso

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Douglas Elliso » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 22:55:37


I know.

On a more realistic note - I'm going to go for a granite like dark bluey
grey for my Momo's housing to match my Speed 7 Pedals

Doug

Mike Beaucham

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Mike Beaucham » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:42:41

Whose wheel is that? that's an awesome picture..

Mike
http://www.racesimcentral.net/



> I want this one :)

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/

> - David Cook



> > SHUT UP AT THE BACK - yes - that means you Dave

> > Following on from my Momo mod idea...

> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/~djelliso/cf_momo.jpg

> > Thats the very first one - the next one's going to be a lot better I
> think.

> > You have to loose the round plastic 'grommits' around each button - but
I
> > only found that out after the first one - so the holes are a little
large.
> > Prototype 2 (which will be the one I keep) will have smaller holes -
thus
> > will be a nice proper fit round each button.

> > That carbon fibre was as promised - a bit of a *** to work with - but
I
> > got round it with a bit of carefull thinking - final result = the front
is
> > flawless - the back is a bit knackered in places - but you're a) never
> gonna
> > know  and b) it's actually not THAT bad - just a bit like drilling thru
a
> > softwood with splinters etc

> > I'm not sure if I'm gonna make a guide on how to do it - or if I get
loads
> > of requests for them - I might start making them at 15 a piece.

> > Depending on the complexity - I'm considering doing the paddle-shifts as
> > well

> > Doug

Mike Beaucham

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Mike Beaucham » Fri, 28 Jun 2002 23:44:44

The sign shop down my street has vinly that has a Carbon Fibre print on it..
it looks pretty awesome, until you look really close since it doesn't
reflect the light like carbon fibre does. But I mean, you could get the
vinyl for a $1 I'm sure.

Either way.. it's cool that you did that. I'm a huge fan of people taking
apart products and making them the way they wanted them to be made.

Mike
http://www.racesimcentral.net/


Steve Smit

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Steve Smit » Sat, 29 Jun 2002 04:13:31

Me, too.  Well said, Mike!


> The sign shop down my street has vinly that has a Carbon Fibre print on
it..
> it looks pretty awesome, until you look really close since it doesn't
> reflect the light like carbon fibre does. But I mean, you could get the
> vinyl for a $1 I'm sure.

> Either way.. it's cool that you did that. I'm a huge fan of people taking
> apart products and making them the way they wanted them to be made.

> Mike
> http://www.racesimcentral.net/



> > SHUT UP AT THE BACK - yes - that means you Dave

> > Following on from my Momo mod idea...

> > http://www.racesimcentral.net/~djelliso/cf_momo.jpg

> > Thats the very first one - the next one's going to be a lot better I
> think.

> > You have to loose the round plastic 'grommits' around each button - but
I
> > only found that out after the first one - so the holes are a little
large.
> > Prototype 2 (which will be the one I keep) will have smaller holes -
thus
> > will be a nice proper fit round each button.

> > That carbon fibre was as promised - a bit of a *** to work with - but
I
> > got round it with a bit of carefull thinking - final result = the front
is
> > flawless - the back is a bit knackered in places - but you're a) never
> gonna
> > know  and b) it's actually not THAT bad - just a bit like drilling thru
a
> > softwood with splinters etc

> > I'm not sure if I'm gonna make a guide on how to do it - or if I get
loads
> > of requests for them - I might start making them at 15 a piece.

> > Depending on the complexity - I'm considering doing the paddle-shifts as
> > well

> > Doug

David L. Coo

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by David L. Coo » Sat, 29 Jun 2002 10:34:36

Not sure - could it be Michael Schumacher's?


> Whose wheel is that? that's an awesome picture..

> Mike
> http://mikebeauchamp.com



> > I want this one :)

> > http://forum.gamers.nl/attachment.php?s=&postid=549336

Goy Larse

Momo - meet Carbon Fibre

by Goy Larse » Fri, 05 Jul 2002 16:23:10


> SHUT UP AT THE BACK - yes - that means you Dave

> Following on from my Momo mod idea...

> http://www.racesimcentral.net/~djelliso/cf_momo.jpg

> Thats the very first one - the next one's going to be a lot better I think.

> You have to loose the round plastic 'grommits' around each button - but I
> only found that out after the first one - so the holes are a little large.
> Prototype 2 (which will be the one I keep) will have smaller holes - thus
> will be a nice proper fit round each button.

> That carbon fibre was as promised - a bit of a *** to work with - but I
> got round it with a bit of carefull thinking - final result = the front is
> flawless - the back is a bit knackered in places - but you're a) never gonna
> know  and b) it's actually not THAT bad - just a bit like drilling thru a
> softwood with splinters etc

> I'm not sure if I'm gonna make a guide on how to do it - or if I get loads
> of requests for them - I might start making them at 15 a piece.

> Depending on the complexity - I'm considering doing the paddle-shifts as
> well

15 .... wow, Carbon Fibre is expensive

Beers and cheers
(uncle) Goy

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