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"Placeholder" for X-53 Spear: thoughts?

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parkrndl

Finally riding a big boys bike
So with my newfound WF X-53 knowledge I got to playing with Tinkercad, and after putzing around for an hour came up with this:

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I thought it wasn't bad for a first attempt using the CAD equivalent of MS Paint...
 
I see what you're saying. I think that's more a function of me not taking the screenshot "straight down." Here's a better angle. I also stretched and angled the peak at the bottom to match where it meets the reflector bezel.

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The bigger problem, I think, is that the program I am using does not have a function to "bend" an object in the plane that this would need to be bent. (Or if it does, I don't know how to do it lol)

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With that in mind, this is really just kind of an exercise. I mean, the 3d print material is plastic and the back surface could probably be ground/filed to match the contour of the fender, but I suspect you might have to remove enough material that you'd lose some of the edge shape. Back to the drawing board-er, drafting plane 😆
 
Can you adjust the font of the letters? The original is more narrow and slightly different font than what you have. Of course if you're just going to 3D print a placeholder that may be fine.
 
That was the closest free font I could find online. Then again, I didn’t spend a whole lot of time searching. 😆 I’m sure there might be something closer if I spend some time scouring sites like 1001 Fonts.

But like you said, I think this would do just fine for my purposes.
 
Sooooo... this actually worked. I printed a couple to play with, then found something online about using a heat gun to bend or shape 3-D printed object, so I gave it a try. I drilled a small hole in the back and attached it to a fender.
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Then it was just a little judicious heat gun application and gentle prodding once it was soft. I managed to twist the top off-center a little, but for a first attempt I thought it was pretty good:
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This is before and after the heat gun:
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I know it won't fool anybody who knows what they're looking at, and it's not intended to. But I'm stoked to have something to cover the holes in the fender. 😎
 
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