Winter Paint project
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Winter Paint project
So I decided to get another set of sheetmetal for my 08FXDC and try my hand at flames . I wanted to leave my original tins as they are so I picked up a damaged tank on ebay for 180.00 and a frt fender and rear fender for 110.00 .
Heres the tank so far
as I recieved it :
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...EDEBAYTANK.jpg
after I fixed it, and painted it black , cleared it and sanded it .and taped it
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...ics/TAPED2.jpg
the body of the flames will be green
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...SHOOTGREEN.jpg
I'm going to outline the green flames with red and do the tips in yellow, I'll post more pics later.
Heres the tank so far
as I recieved it :
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...EDEBAYTANK.jpg
after I fixed it, and painted it black , cleared it and sanded it .and taped it
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...ics/TAPED2.jpg
the body of the flames will be green
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...SHOOTGREEN.jpg
I'm going to outline the green flames with red and do the tips in yellow, I'll post more pics later.
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Thanks , its funny . the hardest part of the whole job is getting the top of the tank symetrical. I took a piece of white masking paper and made an etching and cut it out flipped it upside down and did it that way, the sides arent as critical because you cant see them both at the same time , but when you are in the seat , you sort of want the top pretty close .
I'll give credit where it is due, I got the color Idea from Attitudes samples , My green is a bit brighter than the Booth photo shows, but not as bright as the sample I'm using .
here is my inspiration :
http://www.attitudecustompainting.co...uery=retrieval
I'll give credit where it is due, I got the color Idea from Attitudes samples , My green is a bit brighter than the Booth photo shows, but not as bright as the sample I'm using .
here is my inspiration :
http://www.attitudecustompainting.co...uery=retrieval
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Thanks , its funny . the hardest part of the whole job is getting the top of the tank symetrical. I took a piece of white masking paper and made an etching and cut it out flipped it upside down and did it that way, the sides arent as critical because you cant see them both at the same time , but when you are in the seat , you sort of want the top pretty close .
I'll give credit where it is due, I got the color Idea from Attitudes samples , My green is a bit brighter than the Booth photo shows, but not as bright as the sample I'm using .
here is my inspiration :
http://www.attitudecustompainting.co...uery=retrieval
I'll give credit where it is due, I got the color Idea from Attitudes samples , My green is a bit brighter than the Booth photo shows, but not as bright as the sample I'm using .
here is my inspiration :
http://www.attitudecustompainting.co...uery=retrieval
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Here is where it is at now, ( on my icy ,sandy, 20 degree driveway) , after shooting the green , I untaped it and put 2 coats of clear on it and baked it , then sanded it down with 1000. I'm having a friend freehand the outline, thats something I'll leave to a pro. Then I'll get it back and put 2 more coats of clear on it , sand it flat and buff the finished tank.
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...ics/chilly.jpg
http://i720.photobucket.com/albums/w...ics/chilly.jpg
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