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Post by Steam McQueen on Sept 5, 2011 23:45:13 GMT -5
I love this last pic ... Hahaa ;D The spirit of the Blues is with you, DaD.
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Post by dentarthurdent on Sept 6, 2011 18:23:48 GMT -5
I hope so. I wanna be a soul man so bad! Sadly, we had to paint in the elements. A small update with pictures, woo? img197.imageshack.us/img197/1083/img20110904102737.jpg[/IMG] I apologize for the quality of the pictures. I promise better ones as soon as I get the rest of her painted. I've also been working on my own images for stencils or vinyl (still on the fence). A preview:
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Post by sigmfsk on Sept 6, 2011 18:46:41 GMT -5
Way to get her going, even in the elements! > I've also been working on my own images for stencils or vinyl (still > on the fence). A preview: That's the kind of stencil, I'm talking about! TK826 offers a nice set of stencils of similar style: www.bluesmobiles.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=gotopost&board=parts&thread=191&post=986Your graphic standards are right up there, so I'm not saying you should go that route (unless you wanted to save time and exert your energies on other aspects of the car). I don't know much about the BB2K bluesmobile. Are you planning on making a bluesmobile from a BB2K car, but with 1974 Monaco bluesmobile stenciling / paint scheme / look? your friend in build appreciation, arthur
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Post by dentarthurdent on Sept 6, 2011 19:16:09 GMT -5
My goal is to mimic the original BluMo as close I can (including the roof rack), just with the BB2K car.
I've heard of ti4438's kits, and I think I remember seeing them on BBC. But I'm not sure. I'd love to see em. I've just got a ton of free time at work and working on vector graphics is a hobby of mine that I find fun.
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Post by dentarthurdent on Sept 8, 2011 18:36:09 GMT -5
I apologize for the double bump, but I made some progress today. We had a break in the weather, and said what the heck, let's move forward. After 3 coats of white, I was finally satisfied with how it looked. And then it rained, and rained, and rained. But fret not! Today, the weather turned out not to be as bad as expected (weatherman said, "50% chance" - let me just flip a coin here...), and we were able to get much work done before I actually had to go to my job. This started with taping the chrome and sealing away the precious white paint. Sadly, my local hardware stores did not have any plastic - so I made due with cheap table cloths. And then we sanded it down, touching up any place I felt needed an extra moment of attention, and finally she was ready for paint. Ever wondered what a BluMo would look like if it were purple instead of white? And so we jumped right in to it. It went on very nicely, but had a small hiccup when we first started, leading to some orange peel, otherwise the process went without a blemish ( ;Dsee what I did there? ) So that's the first coat. It's still a little wet in these pictures, as I was loosing light fast. Some sanding to do before the next coat, but overall I'm pretty happy with how it's come out. My only concern, and I'm told it'll go away with age, is that it's a wee bit glossy for my tastes. I hope to have have her ready for her first (and last) bath this weekend, and possibly stencils/vinyl ready to be applied.
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Post by sigmfsk on Sept 8, 2011 18:54:41 GMT -5
> I've heard of ti4438's [stencil] kits, and I think I remember seeing > them on BBC... I think you mean TK826. TI4438, TK826 - Two different guys, two different cars, both cool guys, both cool cars. > I've just got a ton of free time at work and working on vector > graphics is a hobby of mine that I find fun. I hear you - then absolutely do go for it. I have TK826's kit, and it looks great, but I haven't gone through it in detail. Because some of the shots are blurry or the stencils might look different on different movie bluesmobiles, maybe some of your versions of the stencil will look slightly different and you'll offer yours and have a slightly different look, and I can use half TK826's and half of yours. And then Country Bunker's star. > My only concern, and I'm told it'll go away with age, is that it's a > wee bit glossy for my tastes. I posted about this on BBC and solicited input, and it seemed that the consensus was that the bluesmobile (at least the Monaco) was standard factory glossy paint. It was dirty as all getout, but there are shots that you can see that the paint is glossy. Your HD thread seems to show that well. So my plan is to paint it regular factory-like, and then let time and dirt to their magic. Huey posted that after painting, he sprayed the car down with WD40 and then drove through a dirt field. hehehe, sounds like fun. Great work on your build! /arthur
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Post by dentarthurdent on Sept 8, 2011 19:07:21 GMT -5
Once again, I stand corrected! I only lurked the BBC, and not as often as I should have. Shame on me. Oiling her up and driving around a dusty field DOES sound like fun - and I know just the place... I suspect a video will be made of that as soon as I get a tag on her. With the paint, I was just expecting it to be less glossy for 2 stage paint, sans the second stage. When we did the Ecto, we used a 2 stage paint, and the first one came out incredibly dull, like chalkboard dull. There's some scenes where this is the look of the car - but as you have said it is more likely that the paint is factory and time/dirt just took its course. Once I get these vector's done, assuming I'm happy with them (and proud to call them my own) Ill be more than willing to share them with you guys. PS, where is tk826's for sale thread? I need to see these much talked about stencils!
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Post by sigmfsk on Sept 8, 2011 19:21:05 GMT -5
Hi DaD: TK826 had a post about his stencils on BBC, but I don't think there's a thread specifically about it here. I think the above link is the only reference to it. Shoot TK826 a PM and ask him about it. It sounds from the link above that he's cool with making more sets. your friend in appreciation of high quality work, arthur
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Post by dentarthurdent on Sept 9, 2011 18:09:05 GMT -5
With all of these updates, how are you all able to keep up? In all seriousness, the paint sprayed very nicely the night before, aside from the little bit of the aforementioned orange peel. So this morning, I woke up bright and early and began to do some sanding. After some iffy weather updates, I decided that this morning would be better than any other to do my second (and ideally last) coat. I finally was satisfied with sanding, and once 9 am hit (ps, the neighbors love me), I kicked on the compressor and started spraying. I did take pictures, but they look pretty much the same as the last set I posted. I was very happy with how the paint came out and decided to peel away the hours of taping and see the final results. I'm pretty satisfied. Pictures were taken shortly after (rather during) one of our lovely spontaneous afternoon showers. As any amateur spraying automotive paint, there's bound to be some overspray, which I'm pleasantly surprised to say that there was very little and will be taken care of without having to retape the whole car. Up next are the stencils/decals and the pushbar. I'm going to be modifying the Monaco pushbar to fit the Crown Vic. I hope to have her out for a real photoshoot soon, but it depends on what I get done this weekend.
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Post by dentarthurdent on Sept 12, 2011 11:35:35 GMT -5
I did not get a lot done this weekend cosmetically. We did, however, put a new starter in. Anyone who has had to push a car 20 feet in mucky dirt, and then jack it up on to ramps can attest that that was nooo fun what so ever. I did get my screen grab stencils blown up and all cut out. I've never made/used my own stencil before, I was rather weary about doing it. However, in the spirit of Blues Brothers, I figured I might as well give it a go. I did a semi-gloss white, then layered gold on top of it, followed by white, then gold, and finally one more light white. The letters are a little soft for my tastes, and that was from a lack of experience on my part - but nothing a q-tip, a gallon of paint thinner, and a little patience could not take care of. Lesson learned. For the future stencils, I have decided that I should do the most obvious thing and tape the inside of the letters to ensure little to no extra soft letters. The star is to come next, just have to find the time.
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Post by sigmfsk on Sept 12, 2011 17:21:13 GMT -5
The letters are a little soft for my tastes, and that was from a lack of experience on my part - but nothing a q-tip, a gallon of paint thinner, and a little patience could not take care of. Lesson learned. For the future stencils, I have decided that I should do the most obvious thing and tape the inside of the letters to ensure little to no extra soft letters. Hi DaD: It looks quite great to me. I don't follow what you mean by "letters are a little soft", and "tape the inside of the letters". Are you saying that you made a stencil out of cardboard, and laid it against the fender, and taped it down so that it wouldn't slide around, but the edge of each letter was not taped against the fender, so paint made its way past the edge of the letters under the cardboard, making it not a crisp outline? TK used some type of official stencil plastic paper that was sticky across its entire surface and at least partially reusable so that it could be repositioned. I haven't actually used his stencils, but I remember reading about the materials he used and they were thicker than some other stencils that would tear if you went to reposition them. I've been dead set against re-typing anything on this board that I entered on BBC, in the hopes that it would come back alive. But maybe TK is not under quite the same apprehension and he could repost a link to his stencil materials. For your remaining stencils, I think you might like to try sticky stencil material - it seems like a good way to go. your friend in timesaving, arthur
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Post by dentarthurdent on Sept 12, 2011 19:41:18 GMT -5
Are you saying that you made a stencil out of cardboard, and laid it against the fender, and taped it down so that it wouldn't slide around, but the edge of each letter was not taped against the fender, so paint made its way past the edge of the letters under the cardboard, making it not a crisp outline? Yessir, that's exactly what I am talking about. I'm going to check out some diy stencil stuff, and perhaps that plastic paper, even though I'm nearing the end of their actual use. I got a little more progress done today: Using countrybunker's WD40-press-and-kiss-your-paint-job-good-bye method of applying the star. Just kidding about ruining the paintjob. I actually applied, took off, and reapplied and it still looks okay. I also got my first P1 on. I did line the edges of the stencil with tape this time around, and the edges came out much sharper than before and required a lot less cleanup afterwards. I had hoped to get the other one on but ran out of day light.
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Post by sigmfsk on Sept 12, 2011 21:31:00 GMT -5
man, that is looking bluesmobile-a-riffic!
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Post by Steam McQueen on Sept 13, 2011 12:55:05 GMT -5
Great work, DaD.!! You're really moving along on this transformation. Have you acquired a spotlight for your Blumo?
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Post by dentarthurdent on Sept 13, 2011 15:43:18 GMT -5
Thanks guys! I'm very excited to give this beast a "bath" very soon, although it seems my goal for the speaker may be put on hold for a little while...
I have not gotten a spotlight as of yet. But I have had my eyes open, locally and ebay. Seems most of them that were made specifically for this model (at least the ones that are still being produced/easily sourced) aren't chrome. Just trying to decide if I want to try and find some kind of universal one or wait for one to pop up on ebay...
I've started to modify the push bar plans, I hope to have that project underway this weekend.
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