International Transtar 4300 Restoration

[Vince66]

And the CB lit up with 

Swift did it again.

Reply 

Did what. 

Answer

Blocked traffic after getting stuck. 

Sheesh 

Edited April 8, 2019 by NothingAsFineAsaW9

[gotnitro?]

Looks good Sam! 

[bandit1]

Looking good, Not sure but if you want to get it color matched take the cab to a paint supply store for automotive paints and they have a machine they can then try to determine "Exact/Close enough for Gov't work" color(s) to look for?

 

I wonder what i did with my Cornbinder project? I was doing some custom stuff to it then disappeared b/w moves???

Edited April 12, 2019 by bandit1

[TECHMAN]

Oh man...  Sorry to hear about the hood!!!!   Sounds like one of my "put-it-up-where-I-could-find-it-easy" deals....     Got faith in ya tho, waiting to see new progress...

DJ

[Pete68]

Who ever done the scroll work and the feature strip( small black stripes) is outstanding 

[Sam I Am]

After a very long discouraging time, I gave up on matching the paint. I bought numerous different bottles,  but nothing was close enough to any of the colors, and that would look worse than nothing at all. So I am going with the suggestion of a flat black hood assembly.  The sleeper doors are already off a bit in color and the one has some paint flaked off. So along with the various chips here and there, I think it will be ok for now. If I ever do find matching pain, I can always paint it then. Right now it just feels good to get another stalled project out from the cupboard of doom.

[Sam I Am]

Just a couple more little things and I will call it finished.

[Oldcarfan27]

On 4/12/2022 at 3:10 PM, Sam I Am said:

I gave up on matching the paint. I bought numerous different bottles,  but nothing was close enough to any of the colors, and that would look worse than nothing at all.

Just guessing, but judging by the age of the build, it's possibly Testors paints.

Testors spray cans:

S1241 Wood Tan.

S1629 Ruby Red Metallic. 

S1628 Competition Orange.

S1214 Gloss Yellow. 

It also looks like he was a master at laying down a good pinstripe. 

If it turns out that you have to repaint everything, that would be the time to open up the sleeper to show off all the detail inside.