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Shon, this is corrugated!!!! 51 foot long sign painted on the Guard Rail at Watkins Glen International at the Start/Finish. We thought of all kinds of ways to do this. Steve Hughey came up with the idea of projecting the image. (thats Steve painting...........his whole body now has Carpel Tunnel). Doing this method took all of the vertical distortion out. Larry Orr of Orr Signs and I went to the track at 11:00 at night, set the projector on the track surface and laid the lines on the rail. Next day we found a sucker (Steve) to paint it. Larry and I were painting a 800 sq.ft. sign on asphalt down in turn 1. Looking straight on, it is fine........look at it at an aggle and your brain starts to go squiggley!
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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Excellent solution to a bugger of a job... no wonder you are world famous...
B/T/W... missed you Saturday... We ate your steak for you.
Have a great one!
-------------------- Bruce Bowers
DrCAS Custom Lettering and Design Saint Cloud, Minnesota
"Things work out best for the people who make the best of the way things work out." - Art Linkletter Posts: 6451 | From: Saint Cloud, Minnesota | Registered: Jun 1999
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Si, he made up for it last week..........he took our money on the golf course!!!! Bruce, we will get together before the snow flies!!!! Maybe some golf and steak????
-------------------- Tony Vickio The World Famous Vickio Signs 3364 Rt.329 Watkins Glen, NY 14891 t30v@vickiosigns.com 607-535-6241 http://www.vickiosigns.com Posts: 1063 | From: Watkins Glen, New York | Registered: Sep 2001
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Tony, Since this is viewed from straight on and the corrugations are horizontal, you don't need to deal with the illusions of dropping the stroke on the risers like with vertical folds. Hey, if you ever come across another kit box like the one in the photo, I'd sure like it. Mine was once stolen and years ago we replaced it with one of those aluminum ones. I liked the old kit better.
-------------------- The SignShop Mendocino, California
Making the simple complicated is commonplace; making the complicated simple, awesomely simple, that's creativity. — Charles Mingus Posts: 6724 | From: Mendocino, CA. USA | Registered: Nov 1998
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Hey- Thanks you guys!! I found out another way to do this- the job is 10 feet in the air, then goes up 8 feet, 12 feet long. In this case the corrugations are vertical. I lengthened the pattern by 13.5%, and folded it into the corrugation. This was taped at each straight line. I would have used the opaque, but it would have to be out in the street,15 feet up in the air- and the street is also running downhill. This is the old ace hardware logo with wings and a space shuttle/airplane. I am doing this and two other signs for $3K. -by the first. Thanks, -Shon the tired guy
-------------------- Light and Shadow Manzanita,Oregon shonlenzo@hotmail.com Posts: 286 | From: Manzanita,Oregon | Registered: Feb 2000
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