"The Beater Bee" becomes "The Better Bee"

[A12pilot]

And here we are with the factory overspray look! I am using base/clear on the car, and that won't really look right when you try an overspray look. So I mixed a 50/50 ratio of base/clear and hardened to the clear specs for this. This resulted in a lower sheen, which is exactly the look I wanted. I also moved down the pans a little more on the inside since the HVLP guns of today don't really put out the volume and pressure that the guns of the past did. From survivor cars I've seen, the pattern goes a little further in that the HVLP gun would do. So I feathered the spray in further on the pans. I think I got close to it looking correct!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]





Wheel wells on the Mopars really seemed to get a lot of paint. This area and the front inner fenders get good coverage. I also did thew lower front frame rails as well. I'll massk those off when I shoot the engine bay tonight with the proper base and clear. More to come!!!! It's getting there!!!!

Cheers
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[Ryan1969Chevelle]

Stunning overspray!!!!

Ryan

[Xplantdad]

awesomeness!

[A12pilot]

Also, in waiting for the vinyl top to go on, I decided to give the car the V02 two-tone paint option so I painted the roof black. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]




Cheers
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[m22mike]

Very nice Dave.. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]

[Woj]

I know a guy who used to do paint and body work. No matter what color he was going to paint a car, he'd always paint it black first to find any imperfections. Then off came the black and the car was resprayed. Seems crazy until you see his work.

Good progress Dave.

Keep it going.

Phil W.

[Billohio]

Outstanding work Dave

[SS427]

Looks great and very authentic Dave. She will be a beaut when completed!

[A12pilot]

Thanks, guys!!!! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] The last few days have been exhausting! I did notice that the stocks in my 401K that relate to masking tape and masking plastic have soard due to my buying spree these past few days. I know....I can't believe I have those in my portfolio too [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/hmmm.gif[/img]. I try to invest seasonally, too. I buy pumpkins in August and sell in October. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img] It's a win-win all around. Where was I? Oh yeah, speaking of pumpkins.....here's my Great One!!!! First step was to mask off the exterior and undercarriage in preps for spraying the interior, engine bay, and trunk.




To add some autheticity to the paint job, I hung the fender tag from the steering column support and dusted it with the base coat only. All A12 cars were built at the Lynch Road plant and this, unlike at the other plants, was how the tag was painted. As an example, a St. Louis car would have the tag screwed into the inner fender with on edge bent up. Paint was applied to the tag and then it was bent back and fastened with the other screw. As a result, the tag has a bend on one edge, one screw is painted and the other unpainted. Lynch Road cars had the tag hung inside the car so some got paint, some got a dusting, depending on the painter that day. As a rule, they are all unbent and the screws are both natural. [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img] [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/grin.gif[/img]




Cheers [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[A12pilot]

Now with the trunk, interior and engine bay out of the way, the next day I came in and spent a good 8hrs masking everything off. I masked the engine bay where the inner fender meets up with the outer fender so there is no visible line anywhere. The mask line on the firewall is under the drip rail as you can see above. After all that was done, out comes the base and I was just waiting for the next thing to go wrong!!!![img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/whistle.gif[/img]


Here we are with fresh V2 Hemi Orange!!!![img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/biggthumpup.gif[/img]





cheers