The Intelligence - Day 38 - Tabs, Tubes, Clears, Paints - Let there be white!
Hit a different hw store that had clear coat and an exacto knife
looking around the shop, deciding what needed doing (besides the obvious - everything) I spied the black acrylic scraps that I intended to use for the switch faceplate tabs, which hold the faceplate in. Decided to cut those out and be done with the faceplate work altogether, minus the rouging
marked off
drilled holes before cutting tabs incase a "snap" was going to occur
no "snap", luckily. filed the edges and rounded off the corners. not concerned that they are not perfectly symetrical, they are hidden when assembled
the exhaust vent from yesterday, declamped it...
nice
test fit for subsequent cutting, marked off with tape
got rough cuts nearly perfect, then I noticed the seem (jbweld) moving around
I fore-went any further work on this piece, and reclamped it with some more jb weld. my first batch apparently didnt grab the seem fully
more on this part tomr
I snapped a pic of the paint arsenal as it exists at the moment
sanded down this piece for prime paint tomr. Its the arm that "locks" between the case lid and the case bottom. Since both sides need work, and it has to hang, I couldnt do it today (contraption is busy atm)
sanded down the primer on the case lid
the contraption still had the case handle support in it, which needs clear coat
so I cleared it, not a great pic
mobo pan re-cleared with Krylon clear gloss. no milkyness
here's a radical maneuver I learned from Chip Foose Overhaulin' painters. They recently redid a 1950-something school bus for drag racing legend John Force. After they had the whole thing primed, before the orange went on, the painter fan sprayed the black stripe all around the bus (no tape no nothing) then later they taped the keeper part and sprayed orange over the black overspray bits, I decided to try the same technique. Since my scale is way smaller than a bus I had to tape, but the tape lines here are wider than the the actual stripe will be. Once I tape off the keeper I can sand the white edges to blend under the red without there being a noticeable line or "shelf" (i hope)
first coat
4 coats
sorry to be so verbose in this log but it needed to be said
more tomr
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