AMT '57 Chrysler 300c

[Rider]

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Nice progress looking forward to see the white. 

Thanks guys.

[Rider]

 

 I messed around a bit tonight, I decided to get on with this redo and just letting the paint fall where it does. Not my most creative design or even colour choices to date. No idea where this is going to end up in a few days, there will be some lace and maybe some decals who knows. :17: :18: 

[Intmd8r]

Cool stuff Lloyd!

[Jantrix]

I'm confused. This is very cool work, but it seems like you're building more than one body. Was all this painting done to one body? We never saw the results or heard what happened when the masks were removed. Can you clear up your steps for us?

 

Tried the lace transfers for the first time. They have some great potential.

 

 

 

 

 

[Rider]

Thanks Steve.

Rob, thanks for the interest and comments. 

I should have clarified, sorry.

Major fail with the previous paint work and change of direction with paint colours/design. I understand the confusion. It was result of a trial and error of the liquid latex mask technique I was attempting.  It ended up getting stripped off.

What you see in my last post is where I am now, yet another change of direction in design and colour.  

 

[Rider]

A bit of progress today.
More to come in a few hour, fingers crossed. 

Thanks for checking out my WIP.

[Jantrix]

Okay then. 

Where this the lace transfer come from?

[Rider]

China, via evilbay. 

[Rider]

A small bit of progress tonight.

Got the pin stripping for the panels laid out and the poly sealer coat done. Still working out the panel treatments and colours. I will be working watch gears into the paint pattern somewhere. 

I am still working on how to do super tight turns with this stuff, wish they made vinyl mask this narrow. 

[Intmd8r]

Very impressive!

[Rider]

Thanks Steve. 

[Rider]

A little more progress tonight.

I used dry transfer glue to hold the watch parts in place, it sets up very tacky.

Thanks for looking in.

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[Intmd8r]

So this build is really giving you the gears??

Sorry-couldn't resist!

[Rider]

Lol, fitting.

[DumpyDan]

So, this is really fun and very interesting to watch I really like the way it is looking.  Where do you get your supply of gears?  i use them every now and then for a project but hard for me to find out in the country.  But  you need to do a video and put on Youtube on your painting technique.  Or can I just send you a couple bodies for you to do what ever you want and we never talk about this again.....shshshsh 

[DumpyDan]

Oh by the way great work, awesome!

[Rider]

Thanks Dan. Anytime, just send me the bodies. 

I get the watch parts off evilbay. Search watch parts, I actually need to order more. 

[espo]

Thank you for sharing your painting ideas. This has given my inspiration to try some the things you have done here.

[Rider]

Thanks for looking in David.  I'll keep an eye out for your postings, I 'm interested in seeing what you put out. 

[Rider]

Another small update. Hoping to make some more progress tonight.

[Rider]

Wheels done.

[Rider]

Wheels mounted in the tire's

 

[Casey]

Wow, love the wild paint job so far. Larry Watson would be smiling if he saw this. 

[Rider]

Thanks Casey, I appreciate your interest. 

I wanted to share something with you all.

In my constant quest to learn new methods and always wanting to trying new things there have been many failed ventures. This was a bit of a brain fade moment with the choice of colour, along with trying a new method of adhereing the lace stencilling fabric to the body. 

In the end the colour was totally wrong (I had the image in my mind flipped) and the method was a total fail. Alas, I have learn a new method for clearing up paint mix ups.

Not wanting to strip the entire shell again I chose to remove the masking tape and try cleaning up this mess with Iso alcohol, Q-tips, and some very very gentle scraping with a #12 blade. 

I am very pleased with the results. 

Once this is complete you will have been none the wise had I not shared this with you. With the next few colours and all the poly U clear that is going to be laid down this will be nothing more the a memory.

Before

After

[Rider]

 

Still working out the details on how to manipulate this stuff. This project is a warm up for a true low rider I am going to be starting sometime over the next couple months. So not wanting to spend too much time I am laying the tape down as best I can. The 3m vinyl tape has much better flexibility then the crepe Tamiya type .4mm tape. I think on my next go for the drivers side I may work under a halogen light to help bring the temp of everything up allowing the tape to relax and turn much tighter radius. 

One of my cutting ideas that seemed to work was to pre stretch the 3m to it's max then lay in on the glass. My thought was it would be thinner. The real challenge is my working with my sausage fingers.

One of the biggest challenges with cutting tape is holing the straight edge in place, taping it takes care of that issue.

As always thanks for the interest and comments, all are welcome and I implore any constructive critisisum and ideas you may want to add.

Anyway this is where this project is for tonight.