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[grizz]

2 hours ago, Bmwdumptruck said:

Still watching/reading.  Might not comment very often but I’m still in.  Keep on carrying on Ryan. 

Not very often is still a lot nicer and motivating than not at all. 
Trust me. 
It makes a difference to motivate me. 
 

Thank you 

[grizz]

1 hour ago, domrr said:

Considering you are learning these techniques from scratch and experimenting with many different stencils, lines and colours I have to say this is EPIC!

Truly fascinated with your progress on this Rian

 

Thank you Dom

Much appreciated. 
 

I often think about how my mum and dad would have looked at and seen the stuff I attempt. 
 

I am good friends with my ex wife, and she recently commented she loved the way my head worked. Referring to trying out new things. 
 

I also tend to share my failures and hope it helps others avoid them. 
Yesterday and today, this morning included, this is all I have managed. 
 

Free handing borders. 
 

There’s a few panels to be made up still. 
 

But the car is not talking to me yet. 
 

Inbetween the trunk and this there is a 4X cockup which is currently fixed but will be changed again……. Three steps forward and two steps back.  

[Rustybullethole]

The masking alone looks freaking cool. 
Really looking forward to seeing the finished paint in all its glory.

[93fxdl]

Have you given this project a name? Might help to focus thoughts and ideas

No matter how far you get through something, if you're not quite happy with it, going back and starting again is much better in the long run than letting it go and then constantly be niggling you

My son has just put final coats on his katana tank, not happy, so all getting rubbed back down again 

Onwards and upwards 

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

3 minutes ago, 93fxdl said:

Have you given this project a name? Might help to focus thoughts and ideas

No matter how far you get through something, if you're not quite happy with it, going back and starting again is much better in the long run than letting it go and then constantly be niggling you

My son has just put final coats on his katana tank, not happy, so all getting rubbed back down again 

Onwards and upwards 

Ttfn Glenn 

 

I think you just challenged yourself. 
 

Has it got a name?? 
 

Yes it does. 
 

Find it. 
 

Go !

 

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[93fxdl]

My name is not Anneka, I don't do challenges 

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

Paint techniques and stencils. 

Get creative they say

Its going to be fun they say

Of course it will. 

So I thought I’d try some snake skin…….

You know, to go with the dragon scales and fish scales……

Finding a stencil was a bit of luck. 
 

Testing it on my test panel with different paint types next. 
 

Hmmmmmmmmm……

 

Looks good to me. 
 

 

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[dean36014]

This is absolutely bloody brilliant. Really admiring your patience and skills to do this. Only question I have is what colour you will change the v5 too🤣.

Keep up the good work.

[grizz]

22 minutes ago, dean36014 said:

This is absolutely bloody brilliant. Really admiring your patience and skills to do this. Only question I have is what colour you will change the v5 too🤣.

Keep up the good work.

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

 

Errrmmmm….? 
 

 

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[grizz]

34 minutes ago, dean36014 said:

This is absolutely bloody brilliant. Really admiring your patience and skills to do this. Only question I have is what colour you will change the v5 too🤣.

Keep up the good work.

 

 

Wait……….

 

There is more. 
 

But not what we all wished for. 
 

You hear about a Triple Whammy before? 
 

Forthcoming episode from Grizzmakes studios 

 

Imagine getting bitten in the bum more than once or twice  

 

 

[grizz]

Random colour selection question. 

Been playing with a few colours this morning  

I have a preference, but I have been wrong before  

Which colours, or combination of colours do you think would work somewhere on a panel on the bonnet/hood. 
 

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[93fxdl]

How about mixing and matching some styles?  Stencils over net or lace, endless lines creating the borders to sections, wide line going over and under itself, one style and or colour fading into another, 

Really am enjoying this journey , even though the low rider style doesn't float my boat the effort and work put into it does 

Ttfn Glenn 

[grizz]

Just watched this video. 
 

Remember the £10.00 HVLP spray gun I bought recently? 
 

This review has found it to be more than adequate. 
 

 

[grizz]

And just like that……

Another orphan 

Another distraction 

Another day’s problem. 
 

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[MrBig]

That is epic. Road trip for the channel? 😁

[grizz]

11 hours ago, MrBig said:

That is epic. Road trip for the channel? 😁

 

Imagine that. 

[grizz]

I seem to have slipped up and somehow been distracted from part two of the rear painting and resulting outcomes. 

 

Sorry. 

 

The centre section of the trunk was masked out and if you remember, had HEXAGON written in sharpie across it. 

 

So I masked up everything else and brought in the honeycomb stencil and modified it’s outcome slightly. 

Mate Woodsie and Mickey were here as well, helping, supervising, interfering and ensuring that the outcome was as good as it could be. 

 

The stencil was £12.00 on eBay from a seller I would prefer not to use again. It really needs to be bigger, covering the whole stencil, not just as seen. 

 

I chose Violet paint for the hexagon because it contrasts strongly enough with the other colours in the mix. 

 

Once the unmasked panels appeared, I was super pleased because it exceeded my expectations. 

 

 

Result !! 

 

 

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[grizz]

Remember that saying about three steps and two steps…,? 

It’s cousin is the triple whammy. 

Sometimes it hits you. 

Badly. 

 

Still struggling for four days now  

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[junkyarddog]

Tinted clear-coat with some sparkle added would finish thing off! 

[Westbay]

10 minutes ago, junkyarddog said:

Tinted clear-coat with some sparkle added would finish thing off! 

Looking at @grizz last post a can cup of petrol and a box of matches might be appropriate !  😇

[grizz]

9 hours ago, junkyarddog said:

Tinted clear-coat with some sparkle added would finish thing off! 

I will PM my address for delivery of materials. 

[grizz]

9 hours ago, Westbay said:

Looking at @grizz last post a can cup of petrol and a box of matches might be appropriate !  😇

Why give up so soon ???

[grizz]

So the triple whammy. 

Nothing insurmountable 

But of course a bloody irritation when it holds much promise. 

And the repair or recovery has actually absorbed four, that is four corrections and I am still not happt. 

Remember the snake skin stencil?

Looked bloody lovely, except for the fact that the stencil was neither long nor pliable enough. 

So the results sucked. 

Then I tried to cover it with a nice aluminium spray…… looked worse. 

Tried a complete departure from my initial setup and that self destructed, pulling paint away. 

So I tried something else…….

Broad bands of blue and violet along the shoulder of the car, with intermittent diagonal stripes. 

Three days later, I covered them over with a Porche bone/cream colour. But ran out of paint 80% into the job. 

Which brings us to this morning…….

Went to the paint shop and picked up a fresh £1.20 can of paint and a liter of gold base coat. 

Came back with the new, different can and managed to cover all of the previous coats with two coats of whatever this is. 

In the meantime, the weather is not giving up on kicking me repeatedly where it hurts. 

And of course I keep trying to forge ahead. 

After the latest paint recovery, and four days of uninspired tyre kicking, I am kinda tired of trying, but I did manage to lay some new designs down this afternoon. 


Pictures hopefully tell you that not everything is full steam ahead. 


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[grizz]

And the rest of the chaos 

[grizz]

So after screwing up the flanks or shoulders repeatedly I just have an off white base waiting for a new design and some creativity. 

 

It’s not yet happening. 

 

So next stop has to be the hood/bonnet. 

 

If you look at the shape of the front end, it is pointed, so I wanted to create something that incorporates that shape. 

 

First stop…….

 

Finger art. 

 

Research designs. 

 

Keep the handbrake on for now. 

 

Pics of my thoughts on design. 

 

Obviously, opinions? 

 

 

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[93fxdl]

Since the car is curved, I think a curved flowing design would suit it better, possibly even some areas carrying on to adjoining panels , 

Ttfn Glenn 

Totally stupid thought endless line onto the bonnet, but run off the bonnet along both sides then across the back so it encircles the whole car?

[grizz]

After some more tyre/tyre kicking I eventually picked up all my rolls of tape. 

Masking tape, J-tape and 3mm or 1/8” 3M tape, sharpie, retractable mini Stanley, super scissors and a fist full of ambition. 

 

Pics will show to process of edge masking, centre finding, then the part that will have 80% or more of you up in arms…….

 

Yup. 

 

I don’t expect this to be popular. 

 

But

 

My Circus, My Monkeys. 

 

After three weeks on this thing, the three step, two step boogie has been committed to muscle memory. Maybe I should also be committed ehhh ? 

 

Because of the shape of the front end, I decided to try using a pattern that includes the front grille to right above the front bumper. 

 

So we have 1” 1/4” and 1/8” lines masked off that will come back as silver when unmasked. 

 

Next step would be to decide how to split the two side panels, keeping in mind the curves on all planes that affect what you would ultimately see. 

 

I had isolated the large centre panel and have no clue what it would look like in the end. 

 

 

Pictures. 

 

 

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[Westbay]

for the flanks/shoulders - how about the colours of the rainbow one fading into the next  ...  🤔

[grizz]

Just now, 93fxdl said:

Since the car is curved, I think a curved flowing design would suit it better, possibly even some areas carrying on to adjoining panels , 

Ttfn Glenn 

 

Whoooooppsss !! 
 

Looks like I got it all wrong. 
 

Again 😉

[grizz]

1 minute ago, Westbay said:

for the flanks/shoulders - how about the colours of the rainbow one fading into the next  ...  🤔

You contribute all the colours you want to see on here…….. and it’s done. 
 

 

OK. Not really. 
 

 

I will give you a hint……. Sepia brown.