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I know the feeling! Working for Uncle Sam has dragged my kit out to the 2 year mark... and my wife's kit too since she won't work on it if I don't! lol You're going along the right route dude and it looks like you're pretty squared away. I did the trashcan plates as well, and the biggest thing I found to help out was to actually trace the plates, cut 'em out a little bit outside of the stencil and then I used a dremel with a sander bit on low power to trim the edges. The heat generated by the sander actually caused the edges to round instead of flatten, giving it a bit of a thicker appearance. add to that multiple layers of paint and my plates actually look REALLY thick and they're light as a feather.

[QUOTE="kalika, post: 333098, member: 3405"] I know the feeling! Working for Uncle Sam has dragged my kit out to the 2 year mark... and my wife's kit too since she won't work on it if I don't! lol You're going along the right route dude and it looks like you're pretty squared away. I did the trashcan plates as well, and the biggest thing I found to help out was to actually trace the plates, cut 'em out a little bit outside of the stencil and then I used a dremel with a sander bit on low power to trim the edges. The heat generated by the sander actually caused the edges to round instead of flatten, giving it a bit of a thicker appearance. add to that multiple layers of paint and my plates actually look REALLY thick and they're light as a feather. [/QUOTE]

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