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06-14-04, 10:20 PM
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#41 (permalink)
| | 3 Tenths 
Join Date: Sep 2001 GT40: australia
Posts: 333
Rep Power: 11  | Re: Roaring Forties #80
Rolf. Looks great. It appears almost identical to my next door neighbors car's paint job. Go to www.motorsnippets.com and click on events,then speed events and look at Geelong Speed Trials and Macedon Ranges Tour to see what she will look like finished. Regards | 
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06-15-04, 12:30 AM
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#42 (permalink)
| | Kalun_D 5 Tenths 
Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Seattle GT40: Scratch build
Posts: 593
Rep Power: 11 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
"It took ten coats of base coat to hide the primer!"
I don't know very much about paint but I made this mistake myself so it's one of the things I know. Grey is not the correct primer color under yellow, that's why it was hard to cover. Brown primer is correct for yellow.
NICE WORK [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Love that color combination. | |
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06-15-04, 02:33 PM
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#44 (permalink)
| | MikeDD 10 tenths
Join Date: May 2002 GT40: DRB
Posts: 1,472
Rep Power: 21 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
Rolf
Looks great. That yellow/black color scheme is popular for a reason.
You mentioned (2) coats of clear...that's not much.
Obviously you're not planning to color sand.
You need a REALLY clean booth to pull that off.
Let us know how you make out.
Just curious...why didn't your painter do both clear coats?
I know from experience [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] that it's MUCH easier to run the clear than the color, since the darn stuff is......clear!
MikeD | |
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06-15-04, 07:20 PM
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#45 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chairman dept of Surgery, Mc Cullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, Used to fly a T-33, looking forward t GT40: Oxford, Ohio
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Rep Power: 7 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
I tried doing the first coat of clear and ended up with a run off of the right tail light recess. The clear is quite a bit harder than the other coats. The run actually settled in over an hour or two but to avoid a repeat I asked the painter to do the second coat. | |
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06-22-04, 01:08 PM
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#46 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
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Ok, got the front, rear and spyder buffed and polished. They are now sitting comfortably in the piano room waiting for the rest of the car to be completed. As you can see my wife is very tolerant. | |
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06-22-04, 01:09 PM
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#47 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
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and another view
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06-22-04, 01:10 PM
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#48 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
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and one more [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] | |
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06-22-04, 02:52 PM
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#49 (permalink)
| | Fatal Attraction Bronze Supporter
Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Lewes, Delaware, USA GT40: Ex-DRB #35
Posts: 1,502
Rep Power: 23 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
Rolf,
That's the best looking coffee table ever built!
Looks great! Like a bee, only it flies a lot faster!
Keep up the great work!
Bill | |
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06-22-04, 07:21 PM
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#50 (permalink)
| | Roaring Forties Defunct Manufactuer - Old RF Company
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia GT40: NONE
Posts: 740
Rep Power: 0  | Re: Roaring Forties #80
And I thought I had my wife WELL TRAINED !!!!!!!!!
Best wishes,
Robert | |
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06-22-04, 11:05 PM
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#51 (permalink)
| | 4 Tenths
Join Date: Sep 2001 GT40: Phoenix
Posts: 462
Rep Power: 12 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
Careful Robert!
I made that statement once and believe me I will never do that again.
At least nowhere that she can hear or read it.
Fantastic looking piano room. That's the 2nd time I've seen a GT in a living room. We all are really kind of sick and should get our heads checked.
I hope to have paint on mine within the next 3 to 4 weeks.
John | |
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09-29-04, 09:38 PM
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#52 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chairman dept of Surgery, Mc Cullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, Used to fly a T-33, looking forward t GT40: Oxford, Ohio
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Rep Power: 7 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
Well its been a while since I last posted. Here are some updated photos. Most of the body stuff is done. I've made a lot of progress on the electrical and coolent systems. It's beginning to look like a car!! Hope to swing the engine/transaxle in another week or two. | |
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09-29-04, 09:39 PM
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#53 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
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and more | |
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09-29-04, 09:40 PM
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#54 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
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more | |
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09-29-04, 09:44 PM
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#55 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
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and more photos | |
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09-29-04, 09:45 PM
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#56 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chairman dept of Surgery, Mc Cullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, Used to fly a T-33, looking forward t GT40: Oxford, Ohio
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Rep Power: 7 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
Ok, last one for now [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] | |
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09-29-04, 09:48 PM
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#57 (permalink)
| | Pete Lifetime Premier Supporter
Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Brisbane, Austr GT40: GT40 Australia.
Posts: 3,031
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Looking very nice. | 
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09-29-04, 10:11 PM
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#58 (permalink)
| | A Tenth
Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Chairman dept of Surgery, Mc Cullough-Hyde Memorial Hospital, Used to fly a T-33, looking forward t GT40: Oxford, Ohio
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Rep Power: 7 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
Thanks Pete. Too bad we can't post high res images like on club cobra. The file limit hinders the resolution. I posted some of these over on club cobra in high res under rbrunckhorst for those interested. [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] | |
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09-29-04, 11:08 PM
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#59 (permalink)
| | Hershal Byrd 10 tenths
Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Phoenix GT40: RF
Posts: 1,262
Rep Power: 20 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
Rolf,
You're doing great and the GT looks good even in low res images. You gotta be proud to have your first paint job look better than most pros do.
Keep up the good work Rolf...I can't wait to see it at the Fling next June.
Hersh [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] | |
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09-29-04, 11:52 PM
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#60 (permalink)
| | iraceone 4 Tenths
Join Date: Aug 2002 GT40: Tulsa,OK RF GT40
Posts: 440
Rep Power: 11 | Re: Roaring Forties #80
The car looks fantastic, very nice job. When I see the work you are doing it really excites me to try and build something as nice , hope I can come close. Dan [img]/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] | |
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