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To complete the carbon part I wrapped a third layer around the tube and plate base, I also added a 4th strip at the front for extra stiffness to minimise any flexure around the spider area. In hindsight trying to compress the tube with the plastic tape was a terrible idea, it left high and low areas along the length of the tube as there was no way to ensure even compression. I sanded as much as I could before the third layer went on, turns out it wasn't enough, still some low spots. More sanding and I have had a gut full... it is what it is.
Being somewhat artistic I opted to paint part of the tube, a red plate and red eaf means that red is the colour... also every scope goes faster if it is red. The pinline tape I used to mask off the carbon areas gave me an idea, it was blue and didn't look half bad with the red. More tape before the clear goes on would be the plan, plus it breaks up the line and gives it a bit of something extra.
I used marine grade 2k clear, the first layer revealed a bunch of pin holes in between the twill weave... more sanding was needed. I hate sanding carbon!
You can see in the photos the darker and lighter shades of carbon as a result of the tape compression. The clear helped somewhat.
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