Sunday 28th July 2013
That's work finished till the second week of September when I'm back from the UK. It has got far too hot now anyway.
I have a number of parts to order and bring back with me as usual, all little things this time.
Hopefully I should be on the road by middle September.
Saturday, 27 July 2013
Saturday, 13 July 2013
Paintwork Completed
Saturday 13th July
This is just a quick entry to say the paintwork is now complete.
I have re-sprayed the side-panels so the edge of the blue / white line disappears under the metal flash as previously mentioned.
Fortunately, the overall look and shine of the paint on the panels is better than I have achieved before, so as an amateur paint sprayer, I'm happy with it.
Now it's on to the re-build which will now start in earnest in September after our summer holidays in UK, although I'm doing little bits and pieces when I get chance.
This is just a quick entry to say the paintwork is now complete.
I have re-sprayed the side-panels so the edge of the blue / white line disappears under the metal flash as previously mentioned.
Fortunately, the overall look and shine of the paint on the panels is better than I have achieved before, so as an amateur paint sprayer, I'm happy with it.
Now it's on to the re-build which will now start in earnest in September after our summer holidays in UK, although I'm doing little bits and pieces when I get chance.
Sunday, 7 July 2013
More Problems With the Blue
Sunday 7 July 2013
Yesterday morning was spent rubbing down and masking the side-panels (again) ready to re-do the blue. There's not a lot of paint left, probably about enough for two coats. Will that be enough to cover?
There's about half a spray gun reservoir left. Hmm, I'm not optimistic.
That's the first one done.
This is me rushing round to do the second panel before the paint runs out!!
Doh! There are faint stripes in the finish where I've tried to stretch the paint out. Oh well, back to the shop tomorrow for more paint.
That's it, enough for today, I'm off to watch Andy Murray try to beat Jock-ovic (are they both Scots?) in the Wimbledon final.
Yesterday morning was spent rubbing down and masking the side-panels (again) ready to re-do the blue. There's not a lot of paint left, probably about enough for two coats. Will that be enough to cover?
There's about half a spray gun reservoir left. Hmm, I'm not optimistic.
That's the first one done.
This is me rushing round to do the second panel before the paint runs out!!
Doh! There are faint stripes in the finish where I've tried to stretch the paint out. Oh well, back to the shop tomorrow for more paint.
That's it, enough for today, I'm off to watch Andy Murray try to beat Jock-ovic (are they both Scots?) in the Wimbledon final.
Metallic Blue Paintwork
Saturday 29th June
Above is me applying the dust-coat to which hopefully the other coats will stick. The colour is a Mitsubishi shade which I picked from the colour charts at the Orinos shop.
Not surprisingly, it gets darker with each coat.
OK, I'm fairly happy with this finish although some suicidal little bugs seem to want to land in it. I tried picking them off with tweezers but it makes more mess than leaving them. Maybe they will polish out later?
Here's t'other side with a few of coats of lacquer applied. It looks OK now but two coats ago, it went very dull. This was not good as lacquer is supposed to make it very shiny of course. Once mixed with it's hardener, there is a time limit before it starts to set. Although it was still spraying, it was actually going off in the spray gun. I quickly mixed up some new lacquer and problem solved, the shine came back, much to my relief.
Horn casting masked up.
Horn casting unmasked.
Side panel unmasked. Looks OK up to here, but bad news to follow.
I had masked the panel following the fold in the pressing but when I offered up the sidepanel flashes, as you can see there is a white stripe between the flash and the blue. Personally, I think this looks awful, the edge of the blue should be lost under the metal badge.
This means masking off in the right place then rubbing down the blue/white joint and all the rest of the blue and re-spraying. BoXX!ks. Back to the drawing board.
Here's the parts to be painted blue, all masked up and ready to go. I've used Frog Tape, mainly because I bought it in UK last March and haven't found a use for it yet. The makers claim it gives a good clean edge to the paint without any seepage. We'll see!
Above is me applying the dust-coat to which hopefully the other coats will stick. The colour is a Mitsubishi shade which I picked from the colour charts at the Orinos shop.
Not surprisingly, it gets darker with each coat.
OK, I'm fairly happy with this finish although some suicidal little bugs seem to want to land in it. I tried picking them off with tweezers but it makes more mess than leaving them. Maybe they will polish out later?
Here's t'other side with a few of coats of lacquer applied. It looks OK now but two coats ago, it went very dull. This was not good as lacquer is supposed to make it very shiny of course. Once mixed with it's hardener, there is a time limit before it starts to set. Although it was still spraying, it was actually going off in the spray gun. I quickly mixed up some new lacquer and problem solved, the shine came back, much to my relief.
Horn casting masked up.
Horn casting unmasked.
Side panel unmasked. Looks OK up to here, but bad news to follow.
I had masked the panel following the fold in the pressing but when I offered up the sidepanel flashes, as you can see there is a white stripe between the flash and the blue. Personally, I think this looks awful, the edge of the blue should be lost under the metal badge.
This means masking off in the right place then rubbing down the blue/white joint and all the rest of the blue and re-spraying. BoXX!ks. Back to the drawing board.
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