Body (or lack of it)

[Plasticman]

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo,Guinness
mike

[Plasticman]

Progress at last, well it just seems to have dragged a bit lately but been busy in the booth, self etch done, primer done and panalguard fine done,


sort of seems clean and nice when at this stage,


doing this stage with the doors and moving stuff off, will do everything white inside and out then fit the doors and tape up the over colour and carry this rounnd the insides as well, should be really nice and clean. would normally remove the tailgate etc but not going to keep this one, might go for a van one without glass.

So may get round to the over colour this weekend else it will be finnished on monday.
mike

[dugcati]

Spray booth n everything - you posh git!

[Plasticman]

2 booths actually old chap , one for vans and a smaller for cars, full water based paint mixing as well as synth ,vacuum lines on the air tools , need for nowt up here in yorkshire
mike

[Plasticman]

Forgot my camera and as I was alone nobodys to borrow, anyhow glossed the lot white with the exception of the black panals to rear of side windows,
Thats it for the w'end, Monday morning will rehang the doors so I can get an accurate line for the over colour then remove doors and spray off,so looks like painted done on monday, transporter back to mine and refit, fun? not sure yet
Looks scary new and sort of nice but maybe too good so now Im going to worry about scratching and bumping which will be a first with this one
mike

[Plasticman]

Well made the most of the day, sat in the sun and cleaning up all the widow seals and such ready for refitting.

sort of job that when the vans here I get impatient to refit so this way it ahas a chance of getting cleaned and sorted and luckily just found my notes with the order I removed the interior, i know I made it all but still easy to forget .
mike

[Plasticman]

Well this is with the white done, well pleased with it, nearly went for all white again,

its dull on the bottom as its already been flatted for the overcolour

Door gaps are spot on which is nice, inside doors are coloured already,
heres a taster of the colour

well its shiny but this shows the shade better

we did the tailgate first as booth not long enough to have it open plus the doors at the front on stands

and as well as showing the colour it shows my bandy legs

The white is VW alpine white, chocky colour is an RA mix, keeping the code to myself
paint is DuPont Imron Elite, bake temp is 72'c
mike

[dugcati]

mmm chocolate in looks and quality!

[Nicola&Tony]

Looks brill!

Tony

[Plasticman]

after flatting off the white , taped up and did the last of the brown, need to find a posh word for that colour


Shine is quite good and the panals are fairly straight, bad time to find out they werent so am grateful for small mercies
these wheel will get a wire bruch and coat of hammerite silver (cos Ive got some ) but I have a spare set of rims so will get these blasted and we'll do them body colour (white), And I have a set of vw hub caps that will repair and fit,
nasty job left to do is clean the hitop,


just hope it looks better with rest of glass and badges and bits on
mike

[jamesandtheopenroad]

Looks fab! Great work and great posts.

Well jealous of your skills

[pocolow]

Nice job Mick..I think you should call the brown..."Arabica" as in the coffee. Why didn't you paint the hightop to match?

Mark

[Plasticman]

Thanks, that will do for me
Arabica over Alpine White love it,
well ,done a lot of fibreglass moulding and bodies and have no probs working with the stuff but I dont want the top to be an exact match with the body, theyre too big, ugly and bliddy obviouse so you will never hide it, paint it the same as body and I reckon it would make it seem bigger and look , well sort of overbalanced
wont take more than a couple of hours to bring it up and then wax it
mike

[HarryMann]

Nice job Mick..I think you should call the brown..."Arabica" as in the coffee.

Arabica, like that too... agree, looks good, nearly there, are you tired now?

[Plasticman]

Not really, its the other work in my life that tires me
I will have it looking like a good one by end of play today, then when I offer welding work folk at least know wether I can or not plus photo record of all work, pre digital it was 35mm and a lot more work and cost!
mike