Okay a few pictures with some paint. No, it is now finished but coming along nicely. But there is also some real goofs. I explain as we get there.
I started off at the lowest part of the hull, which just happens to be the top side of the hull when I turn it back over. I shoot the first color. No need for any tape-offs with this color.
Actually doesn't look like much, but it will all come together.
And that is the first color. Now comes the tape and the second color.
Again it really doesn't look like much yet.
And there is the second color. You can see where I taped off the white color for this second color. And we will proceed
Here is the hull taped off for the last color. Hard to see all the find tape used during this long tape off. I used a lot of tape and paper.
This gives a little more detail of the tape off for the last color. A lot of very find taping.
Now for the last color
Yea, it still looks iffy. But remember this is only the base colors. I still have to shoot the clear coats after the graphic are airbrushed on.
There is a sheen on the hull but nothing like it will look after clear coats later on.And this picture is interesting for a couple reasons.
Here is one side with the tape removed. Again, the find pin strips are not showing up well, but they are there. There is still graphics I have to airbrush. That is for another post.
And I have to post this to show my major goof.
This is the other side. However, I forgot to shoot the black pinstripe on the lower area so I didn't remove all the tape.
Story behind this is, I was shooting the black color and was near finished. I had about 4 square feet to spray and I ran out of black paint. So off to the PPG paint store and another quart of 9700 black. But when I got home quickly to finish spraying the hull, I forgot the little side pinstripe. :doh:
So tomorrow, weather permitting, I have to re-tape up some areas and use a little airbrush to spray that pinstripe. Some times it is the little things that take the longest to complete.
Luckily I seen it before removing the tape for that pin stripe. It took a few hours to tape up the hull for those pinstripes. I still have some nice graphics to spray on, but once that is done, the clear coats will flow. Then some 1200-2000 grit wet sanding followed with buffing and it is finished.
I did need some 1/4" wide tape for these stripes, but since I didn't have any, I installed a wide roll of tape on my lathe and used a carpet blade to cut off a 1/4" segment. It was so easy to do and work amazingly well. Just an idea if you need different width tape and don't have any.
Thanks for looking and more to come.
