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Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 7:10 am
by parisian62
Good stuff! 8)

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 8:01 am
by Ed
looking good...

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 12, 2011 9:25 pm
by Smooth customs
Come on you guys! whats the hold up on tonights photos

Scotty, what are the black bits in the paint???

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Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 8:38 am
by Mick
i doubt there's any progress yesterday, they'de have been to scared to go outside :wink: :lol: don't think it cracked 10 degrees where they are i know where i live it reached a staggering 7 less windchill, and i spent the day being a good samaritan fixing a strangers car on the side of the highway :)

my guess the spots are flake but i figure know that :wink: :oops:

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Fri May 13, 2011 10:46 am
by Rusty EK
i know what you mean by cold RB , have been trying to get the engine bay ready for paint , but it is taking about two hours for the damn spot putty to dry :x , this cold sucks.

Wouldn't be fun painting .

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 9:26 pm
by Harko
is there more to come here

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Wed May 18, 2011 10:07 pm
by wot179
Smooth customs wrote:Come on you guys! whats the hold up on tonights photos

Scotty, what are the black bits in the paint???

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Flydirt,maybe? :P

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 3:31 pm
by Sputzwagon
Sorry you blokes....
But the day after the last "installment", Telstra dropped out of service at Pete's 'home 20' for 4 days! :x ( phone & internet no go due to corrosion in the lines..er...so THEY say? :oops: :roll: ).
So when I got home I thought I'd post up the photos here just to find out that my 'puter (Woofto brand) was stuffed and needed to go back to the shop AGAIN!!!!!!!! ARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGHHHHHHH.

So here I am back on line (a week after the last posting) just to find I left my camera's lead back at Pete & Kim's home...just brilliant! :x :x :x :oops: :cry: :cry: :cry:

Now to answer the 'black dots' on the flash line...it's a light shot of large gold flake just whisped across to highlight the flash but not to over power the colour. Looks nice in the sun! :mrgreen: 8) :wink:
The whole idea behind this paint job was to look like an original Holden paint scheme but modernize/customize it with pearl & flake..so in low light it looks like a normal paint job but then changes colour and sparkles in street lights or bright sun. :wink: :mrgreen:

I will post the final shot's on here when I either get the original lead back or I buy one in town..just a bit busy installing my Smith's "bee-hive" heater in the EK today.

Scotty.

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 3:41 pm
by Harko
Ha ha ,as lucky as me Sputs , Ask me about the friggen neighbours :twisted:

Realy lookin forward to the next installment then :)

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 3:48 pm
by NoMAD
i thought the flake was more 'stripper' glitter...

:roll:

cheers
Nathan

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 5:59 pm
by Sputzwagon
NoMAD wrote:i thought the flake was more 'stripper' glitter...

:roll:

cheers
Nathan
Wish it WAS 'Stripper Glitter'...at least that way I would have been warmer! :wink: :lol:

Scotty.

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 6:03 pm
by Sputzwagon
Harko wrote:Ha ha ,as lucky as me Sputs , Ask me about the friggen neighbours :twisted:
How's the neighbours, Harko??? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Scotty.

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....last bits :)

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 7:37 pm
by Sputzwagon
Hi all...found out that my printer/scanner has a port for memory cards...
so now...the rest of photos. :D
masking out the colour getting ready for the painted chrome strip
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mask the outer...
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add silver & black...
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un-mask, stand back and enjoy...
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Pete's happy. :wink: :D
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Scotty.

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 7:47 pm
by parisian62
8) Pete looks happy...and cold!

Re: Painting 'Space Ace's' ute....

Posted: Thu May 19, 2011 8:21 pm
by Trev
Nice job Scotty, so thats what Pete looks like when he's happy :D .