Kung Foo Panda. Must have a bit of 'wax on-wax off'
you could make that 'bog on-bog off'
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Kung Foo Panda. Not a bad movie for a kids flick I say!!
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Matt and I seem to be level pegging. He's a bit further on the body work but my engine is ready to go.
Now the sun is out finally a chance to make some progress. Should be ready for primer Friday or Saturday.
Nice work Stanley - fine weather ahead so there will be no stopping ya!
Good to see the sun out today. The weatherman said 45% humidity in Bris today, You must be happy with that Stanley, bog on!!!
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matberry wrote:Good to see the sun out today. The weatherman said 45% humidity in Bris today, You must be happy with that Stanley, bog on!!!
yeh but wind is bloody freezing. I'm off to take number 1 apprentice sander to see kung fu panda this morning as per deal. Hopefully by the time i get back things may have warmed up a bit.
Hope you and your apprentice enjoy the movie [paint and bog application and removal lesson].
COLD...heck yeah, our corro roof let go a huge sheet of ICE this morning, and this is the supposed 'Sunshine Coast'
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Well Kung Foo Panda is done and dusted and tomorrow is the last day I am prepared to sand. My thumb and index finger on my right hand a bleeding from sanding.
I blame Al (dasdubber) because he makes things look so easy.....😁
Amazing how much time this takes hey mate! Your arm gets "work hardened" eventually so it gets easier......however this means as soon as you finish this one you have to start another project to maintain the muscular conditioning you have developed in recent weeks! 😂
Dasdubber wrote:Amazing how much time this takes hey mate! Your arm gets "work hardened" eventually so it gets easier......however this means as soon as you finish this one you have to start another project to maintain the muscular conditioning you have developed in recent weeks! 😂
mmmm...I hope not....to use a quote I picked up from someone we all know..."I'd rather shred my arse with broken glass and sit in tobasco sauce".
well maybe that's a bit harsh but it's a good quote. Any idea who?
Hmm, sounds familiar.
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Where's the updates dude!?
westi wrote:That's mad Alan.
pics pics please
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I just finished the first coat of primer and I'm not entirely happy with the result. I was using a high build etch primer with (I think) too small a nozzle which lead to a mixed result. Tried a mixture of paint to thinner ratios and air pressure but ultimately had to thin it too much to get it to cover. As a result no pic until the second coat which hopefully will go on better with a different spray gun.
I also gotta keep reminding myself what it's going to be used for so there is no need to get too anal about the result.
That means only one thing....more sanding. Although I have been banned from the shed until 10.00am tomorrow.
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Don't worry Andrew.... I'm use to waiting for shit to happen... All in good time.😏
Hey Andrew, I use a 2mm tip on my primer gun when spraying high build. You can get away with a 1.8 but if you are using a 1.4 it can be very slow going. Over reducing can cause it to lose some of its high build qualities. You can speed up the sanding process if you have a palm sander (shorter throw than normal dual action) - spray a light guide coat then hit it with say 400 on the d/a palm sander but not taking it all off.....depending on which colour you are painting (and what paint) you can then shoot another quick guide coat and hand sand with 600 or 800 (wet) before paint. If you sand the high build by hand from the start and you have a lot of orange peel or dry spray (possible with small tip) it will take a long time. Everyone does it different so if Helbus, matberry, rexy, DubCrazy or the other guys who have experience in this area reading this has alternative advice/ideas that would be great. The above is just what works for me.
Al
Thanks Al.
The gun I was using was a 1.4. It's fine for normal primer and finish coat but struggles with the high build. It was very slow going. I have another gun now so will sand and try again. I did end up with some dry spray in those hard to get areas which really pissed me off as this will take time to fix. The other thing which freaked me out was the primer was a mustard yellow colour when I was expecting a traditional grey. With it over reduced to apply it took a lot to get it to cover.
Thanks again
It's amazing what a different spray gun is like. The new gun I used also had a 1.4 tip but it was 100% better than my other one. Don't know if the gravity feed made a difference but it was great.
Still not 100% happy with the undercoating. I think the damage was done with the first coat but I can't be bothered spending countless hours fixing it. The sanding and application of the second coat has fixed a lot of the imperfections.
The yellow is a shit colour to spray because in the light I had it was almost impossible to see the spray as it went on which made it difficult to get a good overlap.
Looking good so far Stanley. You ready to rob a bank yet and leave no fingerprints after all that sanding ???
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you could always use a paint brush.lol
down sharon.
You could leave it as is and run it in high build primer on the strip.....I can see big old school metalflake lettering down the side "BUTTERCUP BANDIT"
hehehe....it is a nice yellow mate 😁
Great undercoat colour , for yellow .As what I used for mine a little more orange but ( delux's 2k )
Looks like the Banana splits drag bug ! Good name 😁 Not the, she colour that guys over the boarder love !
Looking good mate .
Isnt that yellow stuff 'primer putty filler'? I dont know if it can go straight on bare metal. I used it on my first beetle, the results were great, I used big bits of cut up boogy board to sand it back, it left nice curves.
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Was going to wait untilit was finished to put more pics up but Dave has coaxed me to add some.
Put the engine in on Saturday mainly so I could see if the spring plates needed resetting and to see hoe the rear wheels sat. Seems to be ok at the moment but the front needs to come down some.
Wiring is underway and hopefully I can start putting the lexan windows in next weekend. Also need to fit the traction bar from the white beetle so some new brackets will need fabbing. I also need to pinstripe around silver flash. Still in two minds exactly what I will use yet.
Other than that it's getting there, although I did discover the rear apron won't fit without some serious cutting. Might run without it yet.
Bonnet is still waiting final paint thanks to the recent rain.
And thanks to Peter Page for the f/glass headlights.
Hey Stanley love your work, you cant beat a turbo'd early drag car.
Can you tell me what size & offset the rear wheels are, the fitment looks just perfect with the fender width etc. If it comes down a bit the tops would tuck nicely into the fenders wouldn't they?
I'm hoping for a similar setup on my 59 when I get to that bit.
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Good stuff mate.
Always inspirational to see other people working hard with a mission....love it.
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Looking sensational Andrew!! Can't wait to see it in action - not far by the looks.
Cheers
Tom
Looks good, cant wait to see it at Warwick
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Wow Andrew.... Thats looking brilliant... Your making me itchy to get back in the shed mate!!!!
