Really?? Spill the beans Cadet....what's the plan??I'm gearing up to tear into my H2s
Me? Well, I had a bit of trouble last summer, and after seven months ( to the day ) was finally fit enough to haul my sagging behind back into work. Its all going to be in the movie...check local theaters for listings
I knew this day was coming, and pushed to get as far ahead on the 'X' as possible.My buddies are barkin' for me to have a look at their toys now too. Spare time is. quickly, disappearing
I'm trying to get going on the painting, but the trouble is, I'm now at the mercy of the weather. I'll shoot the frame, like I always do, beside the house ( don't laugh...it usually works out ok) But seeing as the paint, BASF Limco, is very temperature sensitive, I have to wait for it to get a bit warmer.I need to get the frame done before pushing on to other items. I expect that things should really take off after that !!
At the moment, trapped indoors as I am, I'm playing around with smaller more managable items, like the tank & front fender for instance.
Here's a look at how the 'process' ( like I have one of those ) evolves;
I'll look on the net for logos/images, I'll also keep an eye open and save anything that I might be likely to use at a future date ( like the advert I found in a newspaper below). I'll either scan & enlarge them to fit the dimensions of the area I have to fill, or manually draw/enlarge them to fit ( like the Honda wing logo here);
Then, its a matter of transfering the image to the item ( that has previously been shot with primer), and marking where the masking tape will be applied;
That's the only glimpse you're getting of the tank until its done....use you're imagination for now
Seeing as the image area on the tank is rather large and the surface irregular, I've opted to draw the image on & then use masking tape to define the edges. The front fender is a different matter. Its small enough that frisket paper is a great alternative. I found this image of Mickey Mouse, that made me smile, on a newspaper add. The size is right, so I fabbed a light-table and cut a 'mask' of it in the frisket paper, using an e-xacto knife ( with a crisp new blade) ;
The fender was shot with primer and then the background color, I wanted, was masked & shot;
Mickey's right hand was hidden in the advert, so I duplicated his left and 'dropped' it in place. Here' s the first frisket paper 'mask' in place & the black being applied with a basic air brush ( no need to go all high tech/super quality double -action brush for this. Basic brushes do a great job);
'Mask' removed, black done;
Next, its an overlay of white ( using another hand-cut frisket paper 'mask'), some definition to the red background, adding the remaining color to the fender,and a few final coats of clear.
