Cool, looks proper 'ard in that colour.
Looks like Hurricane grey to me too?
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Cool, looks proper 'ard in that colour.
Looks like Hurricane grey to me too?
the colour suits it very well!makes it look like a proper 'weapon':cool:
Its chocolate milkshake brown.
Top work Dan.
I do like that colour! I know what you mean when you said it will go really well with the wheels now!!!
Thanks for all the positive replies chaps, starting to feel abit better now, spoke to my mate who owns a body shop, went through every detail of my operation and i think he summed up my fatal mistake, basically on the last coat i should of applied it thicker with this stuff as the last coat i put on didnt sink in properly. There are a thousand other reasons as rexy has said to me but this sounds to correct considering the other area's came out fine and i didnt adjust anything inbetween. Also the fact the second coat was awesome and i fatally decided on a third as i had the paint in the gun.
As regards the colour i am sure on a sunny day it will look different again lol if we get a decent day i will get some proper pics that show the blending etc. Today just before leaving for home i attacked the top of the front wing with some 1200 paper and by god this paint is hard, but it will stop me rubbing through to easy, and it does appear to be flatting ok going by my brief stint so i may salvage it without doing another coat :)
Looks good dude, I was gonna say just get in a start flatting it but you clearly have. Just be carefull using the 1200, stay away from all the edges and keep it nice and wet.
Good work.
i always like to keep it nice and wet ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Benn
I dont think you've gone too far wrong really in the scheme of things. A very creditable first effort:thumb: I think its going to work out well and look really nice when finished:)
Just shows that these jobs can be tackled successfully by beginners
I've got some 80's here if you need them to flat that paint down with dan lol ;)
just kiddin bollock chops :) You know what to do and get flatttting baby wooo
Colours is ace, you were right i do like it looks totally different and thats without trying pmsl. Cant wait to see it builtup :D
looking good mate, put a bit of fairy liquid in with the water your using when flatting it with the 1200 grit mate, help's no end ! get the machine polisher on the go after and it should look sound, best of luck !
You not finished this yet!
lol
Looking good matey - just read the thread all the way through - cant wait to see it!
Nope since the last lot of pictures this has stood still tbh. I have been crashing on with the bossman's landy, basically did the same to that aswell but painted it without quite as many cock ups lol lol
Nova wise the parts are still rolling in steady and all major components are in place, just need putting togather and bolting on car. The last lot was courtesey of Lee who kindly brought it down to my work for me in his van. Which was unfortunate as someone has seen my paintwork standard first hand :eek: lol lol lol lol lol
I have decided now after spraying the landy i am more than happy to Prep the nova outer again and just blast another 2 coats on, it will be quicker in the long run with alot less hassle :thumb:
Sounds good mate, cant hurt to give it some more paint eh! :thumb:
Scott
think of that extra weight the paint is going to add now dan.
might make the car unstable, think you will need wider wheels now.
Ok all you gay bears, so i have backed off the car to complete the landy, in the mean time i have been collecting parts ready so when i have resprayed the outside again i can slap the car together.
Amongst all my recent goodies i decided to purchase another engine. Its the one ernie used to run which for me personally has many advantages when it comes to being mated to other parts of my collection like gearbox and limiter etc etc. So i have been mixing and matching the 3 engines i have to make this one look abit prettier and sort my loose very good bits to build a good spare (very early 20xe owns most of this so will be the base spare lol)
Here is my dilemma, the following pictures, i like both styles. The first one is the aluminium plug cover that i have just painted matt black with the letters left shiny, and the second one is the good old redtop cover. Obviously the differences go beyond basic colour but i just cant make my mind up. Opinions welcome :thumb:
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Photo0349.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Photo0352.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Photo0350.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Photo0351.jpg
Gotta be the black one,
looks smoother,
The black is much nicer and the DOHC 16V looks nicer
Black one for me also
Yep got to be the black one for me also.
Ha, they will be renaming them blacktop
black one for me also, looks the sexx!! lol
needs a poll, i vote black cover lol
Looking good, loving the shell!
**** me Dan you are going proper homo!
mattblack. maybe even the wheels matblack, would look really agressive with the grey.
I like both.
lol lol lol at Rick, and it gets worse lol lol lol
Cold snowy evening and boredom have also led to this, its almost done with just the alternator to do
First off we pick another one of these up.......
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Photo0329.jpg
Then after tinkering we end up with this...
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Photo0376.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Photo0375.jpg
http://i237.photobucket.com/albums/f.../Photo0366.jpg
looks cool
Lovely lookin engine. Colours will match the shell well. :thumb:
Nice and tidy.
That would be fine but Dan might feel the need to try unwrapping and eating it!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
Dont mount the fapping alternator! Unless you want all that nice paint scraped off when we bung it in!
looking good mate and glad the engine is going to used for what it is made for.
pmsl!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Stuart
i'm thinking as the motorsport stylee design is still yet to be done i really should sneak a pukka pies one in, its been threatened now by you lot for well over 5 yrs lol lol
you could have "Dans snack box" as a sunstrip!
or on the sun strip
"Dan" (drivers side) "Lunch" (pax side)
or
No meals on wheels
that looks sweet dude cant w8 to see it finished good look dan