Unidirectional CF Decals?

[dr_gn]

I might have asked this before in the dim and distant past, but does anyone manufacture U/D carbon decals? They'd probably be a series of very colsely spaced black lines on a dark background.

I could use small scale twill weave, but the lines have jagged edges.

Thanks.

[daniel]

Out of interest, do you have a picture how that looks in reality !?

[dr_gn]

Out of interest, do you have a picture how that looks in reality !?

Bottom image here:

https://www.mphibr.com/composite

[daniel]

OK...reminds me a bit of the nose of the MP 4/6

[jaykay]

You find that a lot on the late 80's and early 90's cars. No aftermarket company has produced that pattern yet. It's a weird omission. Maybe they think it's too delicate and modelers won't bother to use it.

[danibear]

I recall I saw that similar if not identical pattern on MFH 1/12 mp4/4 decal for front part of cockpit nose.

[stubeck]

You find that a lot on the late 80's and early 90's cars. No aftermarket company has produced that pattern yet. It's a weird omission. Maybe they think it's too delicate and modelers won't bother to use it.

It seems like there is a lot of misunderstanding of CF in modeling and how it really looks. I think a lot of modelers simply like whats already on the market and more realistic ones would be too difficult to make, so they simply keep up on what they have already.

[daniel]

Could be easily done as "Digital Print" decal. Silkscreen could be difficult

[dr_gn]

Reason I ask is I'm about to embark on the tub of an MP4/6, and obtained this information from one of the senier engineers who worked on the MP4/6 chassis:

https://www.f1m.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=31306

Pretty much the entire tub is unidirectional CF, and a significant part of it isn't in rough, so the U/D is alost as visible as plain or twill weave elsewhere.

It also applies to parts such as the diffuser floor and rear wing struts.

The Tamiya mouldings actually do a pretty good job of replicating it, but as soon as you sand or fill any errors, it's gone.

BTW, the nose box is either plain or twill weave.

Cheers!

[jaykay]

I've done that type of pattern for a 1:20 MP4/4 build years ago and printed them on clear decal paper with a laser printer. Over a silver base that looked all right. You don't get the effect of the pattern changing with the light, but then you don't get that with other cf decals either.