Katana-art..

[nudemetalz]

Latest concept to come out....

This is made from 6mm satin-ice acrylic reversed-engraved and is 0.45 scale of the real beast.

[yungatart]

Woohoo!
You are a talented wee bunny, ain't ya?

[xwhatsit]

Blimey.

Do you use a machine to do that, or is it done by hand?

Reminds me of acid-etching PCBs for some reason.

Kewl :yes:

[nudemetalz]

Actually, the Kat wasn't done by myself but by my colleague who does the CNC'ing for me.
40 hours of CAD drawing went into it and 3 hours of CNC'ing.

This will be eventually turned into a clock made from aluminium and halved in scale (or any scale at a customer's request).
A wire-wheel version is on the cards also.


Blimey.

Do you use a machine to do that, or is it done by hand?

Reminds me of acid-etching PCBs for some reason.

Kewl :yes:

This is wholly done by Art-Cam and then CNC'ed on a CNC router-engraver.

[Katman]

A wire-wheel version is on the cards also.


I'm excited.:msn-wink:

(In a purely wholesome way).

[gijoe1313]

That is blardy awesome mate, now ... I can see a Hornet being done like that and I can wire it up with Electric glow wire? :whistle:

:niceone: I think you may have a great idea there ...

[MyGSXF]

Now THAT looks ferkin AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :banana:

[betti]

stick me down for a clock when they're ready.. awesome stuff.:niceone:

[the hearse man]

I'm excited.:msn-wink:

(In a purely wholesome way).


Greetings Katman. I am the person who is working in with Nudemetals to create such masterpieces. I just thought I'd also make a point of mentioning that I (until very recently) was a Katana owner myself. Nudemetalz tells me you're the man that supplied him the reference pics that I used for the artwork. They worked a treat. I also used reference pics of my Katana for certain things too, like making sure the amount of cooling fins on the engine was right, and cooling slots in the brake disk etc What you see in the photo was an intial test of the artwork and ideally we'll be doing them reom alloy. Having said thatwe could also do this type of thing out of acrylic and illuminate them with LEDs. Over the next couple of months, I'll work on the LED illumination concept and if results come up trumps, I or Nudemetals will be sure to let people know and get some photos up just to wet appetites

[daaatomic]

wicked! i miss my katana:crybaby:

[James Deuce]

Right then. 400cc version better be on the cards :)

With the Yoshi too.

Want photos? :)

I've a measurement guestimation tool somewhere.

[nudemetalz]

Right then. 400cc version better be on the cards :)

With the Yoshi too.

Want photos? :)

I've a measurement guestimation tool somewhere.

We've got a 400cc one lined up, Jim :)

[Deviant Esq]

What? Not the popup headlight model? Tsk tsk... :oi-grr:

Seriously though, that's awesome! How much will the clocks be? Roman numerals? Could be keen for one... Keep me informed. :cool:

[Swoop]

Very nice!

It requires quite a bit of looking at, since there is a lot of detail in there!
(Wondered how long it would take Jim2 to arrive!)

[the hearse man]

I'm excited.:msn-wink:

(In a purely wholesome way).
Hey katman
I'm now in the process of doing the wire wheel model. Any chance of you emailing me some nice close-up shots of your carb? (left hand side) I'll need as perfect side on profile as you can get.
If you can do that and email a pic or 2 to me, that'd be awesome. fire them through to antonyhoch@hotmail.com.

Cheers
Antony (the hearse man)

[99TLS]

thats such good work, well done those men

[TOTO]

WOW cool. Please PM me when you have a ready product, I'll buy one or two for sure !

[Ghost_Bullet]

May as well jump on the bandwagon... That is awesome. Now to get a Guzzi in that style uh!:niceone:

[Spuds1234]

Definatly put me down for a popup 750 clock if you make one.

Otherwise just about any Kat is good if it looks like that picture in the first post (cept for the 650 Kat. That doesnt push my buttons at all).

[the hearse man]

Definatly put me down for a popup 750 clock if you make one.

Otherwise just about any Kat is good if it looks like that picture in the first post (cept for the 650 Kat. That doesnt push my buttons at all).

Currently I'm reworking the existing file and coverting it into a 1100 wire wheel model for Katman. Also there is a request for a 400 Katana, now the pop-up headlight one. I forsee I will be spending many hours on the computer. Spuds, as you're also in CHCH, it would be beneficial if you could bring your bike over so I can do a who lot of reference photos. Feel free to email me to arrange a time and a chat. antonyhoch@hotmail.com

[Spuds1234]

Currently I'm reworking the existing file and coverting it into a 1100 wire wheel model for Katman. Also there is a request for a 400 Katana, now the pop-up headlight one. I forsee I will be spending many hours on the computer. Spuds, as you're also in CHCH, it would be beneficial if you could bring your bike over so I can do a who lot of reference photos. Feel free to email me to arrange a time and a chat. antonyhoch@hotmail.com

Mate I'll do that for you.

Only issue I forsee is that my mirrors arnt original. I do however have one original mirror for the bike that I can put on the fairing so you get an idea of what it would look like.

You will have email very shortly.

Heres a quick pic of my bike. You cant see the dent (its on the other side, and the new mirrors are on it along with the pack rack but you should be able to get an idea.

[Spuds1234]

Saw the Katana in the flesh about about 30 minutes ago and it looks amazing. The photo doesnt really do it justice. Seriously.

I'm definitely looking at getting something made up with my Katana. At this stage Im swinging towards getting something put into a big frame with some LED's in tasteful colours and perhaps a clock in the corner, although the more I think about it the clock seems like a bad idea.

It would be a great feature on any wall though.

That said, I'm definitely signed up to have something done.

[the hearse man]

Saw the Katana in the flesh about about 30 minutes ago and it looks amazing. The photo doesnt really do it justice. Seriously.

I'm definitely looking at getting something made up with my Katana. At this stage Im swinging towards getting something put into a big frame with some LED's in tasteful colours and perhaps a clock in the corner, although the more I think about it the clock seems like a bad idea.

It would be a great feature on any wall though.

That said, I'm definitely signed up to have something done.

Thanks for the positive feedback. I sense there will me many late nights on the computer doing design work for Nudemetalz and myself. I think I'll need to install a coffee machine beside my computer! :eek5:

[Spuds1234]

I have just been told that a frame that big will cost quite a bit, so dont worry to much about including that in the price range that I gave you as for it to be a good frame it will probably be up to a third of the cost I mentioned.

We can discuss this further on Monday night though.

[the hearse man]

I have just been told that a frame that big will cost quite a bit, so dont worry to much about including that in the price range that I gave you as for it to be a good frame it will probably be up to a third of the cost I mentioned.

We can discuss this further on Monday night though.
Actually, I misinformed you, BBQ is tomorrow night, not Monday, but Nudemetalz will be here on Monday night anyway, so just rock on over on which ever night suits you best.

[Spuds1234]

Cool cool.

I'll pop around after work about 8 if thats cool and you guys wont have had to much by then. I hate feeling like I need to catch up lol.

Otherwise anytime Monday is still good for me.

[the hearse man]

Cool cool.

I'll pop around after work about 8 if thats cool and you guys wont have had to much by then. I hate feeling like I need to catch up lol.

Otherwise anytime Monday is still good for me.

No drama, after 8 is fine.