It's a Thrill!

[Pico]

This makes me nervous.

[cobraman]

Fantastic work, looks great !

[Pico]

Well, darnit.

[cobraman]

Ouch !  Been there. What primer did you use ?

[doorsovdoon]

That's happened to me on a bumper, took the chrome clean off!

[Pico]

Krylon.

[absmiami]

Krylon 1

Pico 0

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[Bucky]

Oh, no! I had some Duplicolor primer come off one recently when I tried to reposition a piece of low tack tape.

[Pico]

Recovery.

[Pico]

Black paint time.

[Pico]

First coat black.

[Pico]

Lookin' bad in black.

 

[Pico]

Beginning to look good.

[Pico]

Cleaned up nicely.

[cobraman]

Ya, looks like you saved it.

[PatW]

WOW! What a job your doing! Superb crafting of the bodyshell. Excuse me asking, as I've not seen it in the UK, but what is Renshape please?

[Pico]

2 hours ago, PatW said:

WOW! What a job your doing! Superb crafting of the bodyshell. Excuse me asking, as I've not seen it in the UK, but what is Renshape please?

Also called tooling or modeling board. Here is a UK supplier: https://www.mouldlife.net/renshape-boards-154-c.asp. It comes in many different densities, so you may want to get some samples. I got a  chunk from an ebay supplier, at a reasonable price after searching for a long time.

[PatW]

Thanks Pico I'll look into it.

[Pico]

9 hours ago, PatW said:

Thanks Pico I'll look into it.

Don't overlook another of my favorite modeling materials: Eves Apoxie Sculpt: https://avesstudio.com/shop/apoxie-sculpt/. I formed the flying buttresses, going from the rear fender to the roof with it. 

[PatW]

Thanks I will also check that out as well Pico.

[Pico]

It's time to print chrome decals. I make vector art in Inkscape and print them using Decalprofx: https://decalprofx.com/index.html. 

[Pico]

3D printed parts done on my Anycubic Photon. Those spokes are .0015" (.038 mm) in diameter.

[Bucky]

Those are real beauties! How delicate are they?

[Pico]

It's necessary to be careful with a 3D printed part; they are brittle.

1 hour ago, Bucky said:

Those are real beauties! How delicate are they?

 

[absmiami]

Did you reprint the wheels with a different material - or did you change the design ?  And are you using Mr Bill’s tires - or what ???  Very nice   -  btw ...