'41 Willy's Street Rod

[Zippi]

8 hours ago, ModelcarJR said:

Looks great, Bob! You have added some pulleys and belts to that engine. I know the kit engine was deficient in that area. But I wouldn't know where to begin to add all those pulleys. Nice work! ??

Much obliged John.  Keep in mind, this is the Street Rod version and not the Gasser.  All pulleys and belts are kit parts.  

[ModelcarJR]

Thanks for reminding me, Bob.  I pulled out my Street Rod version and its amazing how different that is from the Gasser version. You still did a nice job making it look good! 

[Zippi]

19 minutes ago, ModelcarJR said:

Thanks for reminding me, Bob.  I pulled out my Street Rod version and its amazing how different that is from the Gasser version. You still did a nice job making it look good! 

I appreciate the kind words John.  Thank's.

[Zippi]

Still waiting on some decent weather to get the body in the spay booth.  If it's not cold it's raining.  I hate this weather.

[Zippi]

Well....it wasn't the ideal day to paint as it was 35° outside with 85% humidity.  I fired up the ole garage heater and got it up to 65° and got the humidity down to 49% so I got after it and shot some primer on the 41 Willy's.  The last two cans of Tamiya white surface primer that I've bought I've had issues with.  Even though I shake the can up and I always set it in a container of hot water for 5-10 min the paint at times wants to come out in globs.  Not sure what is up with the paint.  I'll buy one more can and if I have the same issue I'm going to stop using it.  

[TarheelRick]

On 1/9/2024 at 11:42 AM, Zippi said:

The wire in the insulation is already a tight fit so well see what happens.  I've never done it this way before. 

I have found carefully sticking a common straight pin into the insulation will usually open it enough to allow the wire to go in and most often the insulation will reduce itself to original size rather quickly. Looking forward to more updates. You are doing some excellent work on this Willys.

[TopherMcGinnis]

I use Vallejo primer with my airbrush. It works well with acrylics, lacquer and HOK.

[Zippi]

9 minutes ago, TarheelRick said:

I have found carefully sticking a common straight pin into the insulation will usually open it enough to allow the wire to go in and most often the insulation will reduce itself to original size rather quickly. Looking forward to more updates. You are doing some excellent work on this Willys.

Thanks man.  Good idea.  

9 minutes ago, TopherMcGinnis said:

I use Vallejo primer with my airbrush. It works well with acrylics, lacquer and HOK.

Thank's for the info.  I used to use Rust-Oleum flat white primer that worked really well but had the same issue with it and switched to Tamiya.  

[Zippi]

The weather was much better today for painting.  I decided to spray the base coat with Tamiya Silver Leaf before I shoot the clear blue but....the Silver Leaf was a fail.  I'll have to try and wet sand this out in hopes of saving it.  If not, it will have to go in the drink.  Just not having much luck with the paint.    

[Zippi]

3 hours ago, Zippi said:

The weather was much better today for painting.  I decided to spray the base coat with Tamiya Silver Leaf before I shoot the clear blue but....the Silver Leaf was a fail.  I'll have to try and wet sand this out in hopes of saving it.  If not, it will have to go in the drink.  Just not having much luck with the paint.    

                    ***Update***

After a coupe hours in the Dehydrator it shrunk the paint up and it's looking good now.

[ColonelKrypton]

1 hour ago, Zippi said:

After a coupe hours in the Dehydrator it shrunk the paint up and it's looking good now.

An interesting comment and observation.

I do not currently have and use a dehydrator but I have been reading what I can on the subject.

I am wondering how being in the dehydrator "smoothed" or "shrunk"  the paint up.

I am assuming Tamiya acrylics ( acrylic lacquer actually ) thinned with what? Mr Color leveling thinner or ? 

If left long enough would the Tamiya silver leaf have continued to gas off and levelled out on it's own? Did the dehydrator used with a warmer temperature and fan do the work or did is just speed up the off gassing? 

That era of Willys has always been a favourite of mine.

cheers Graham

 

[Zippi]

53 minutes ago, ColonelKrypton said:

An interesting comment and observation.

I do not currently have and use a dehydrator but I have been reading what I can on the subject.

I am wondering how being in the dehydrator "smoothed" or "shrunk"  the paint up.

I am assuming Tamiya acrylics ( acrylic lacquer actually ) thinned with what? Mr Color leveling thinner or ? 

If left long enough would the Tamiya silver leaf have continued to gas off and levelled out on it's own? Did the dehydrator used with a warmer temperature and fan do the work or did is just speed up the off gassing? 

That era of Willys has always been a favourite of mine.

cheers Graham

 

I guess shrunk may have been a poor choice of words on my part.  I think the paint just cured out in the Dehydrator and allowed the paint to level out.  I'm pretty sure it would have leveled out on its own over time. The Dehydrator just speeds up the cure time and I had it set at 104°.  I sometimes set it at 114°.  This was the TS-30 Silver Leaf lacquer paint.  Yup, the 41 Willy's has the best body style.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Glad you got your paint problem solved. It's a great-looking Willys so far.

[Zippi]

47 minutes ago, Rattlecan Dan said:

Glad you got your paint problem solved. It's a great-looking Willys so far.

Thanks man.  I'm hoping it looks much better tomorrow once I shoot the the clear blue on.

[slusher]

Clear blue will look good over silver leaf..

[Zippi]

7 minutes ago, slusher said:

Clear blue will look good over silver leaf..

I hoping so Carl.  I'm getting ready to head out to the garage to fire the heater up.  Should be at the spray booth by 9-10.  Fingers crossed.

[Zippi]

Well...things didn't go well this morning.  I wet sanded the Silver Leaf with 12,000 then started shooting the clear blue.  I was looking at the body once I wet sanded and told myself this wasn't going to cover but I went ahead anyway.  The clear blue won't cover scratches from the sandpaper.  I've got the body in the Dehydrator and once it drys I'll hit it again with the Silver Leaf.  I might get lucky.

[Zippi]

I didn't like what I was seeing so it's being stripped and I'll start over.  

[Moparman18064]

That blue is going to look fantastic on that. It really makes me think of Stone Woods Cook Willys, was always my favorite.

[ColonelKrypton]

23 hours ago, Moparman18064 said:

That blue is going to look fantastic on that.

I think so too - clear blue over silver leaf, once you sort out the painting, should look really sharp.  

I have started to play around with similar techniques, just starting mind you and I tend to use spray cans these days rather than an airbrush. I wonder what the clear blue would like over TS-75 Champagne Gold or TS-87 Titanium Gold, perhaps a bit darker that over the silver leaf. Something I will have to try. 

I seem to recall that you decant the spray cans and use an airbrush. Do you add a retarder when you spray? Tamiya has retarders for both their lacquer and acrylic paints as I am sure you are aware.

Now, I have been looking, nay staring, at your '41 Willys sitting in the tub getting it's paint removed. The first picture is the most intriguing not for the obvious reason of your paint stripping effort but rather the subtle or not so subtle image I see beyond the paint stripping. I see a somewhat mottled iridescent blue-gray water drop effect paint scheme and think how cool that would look after a gloss clear coat?

Time to gather some paint and test body of some sort and experiment.

I am sure you will get the paint sorted and your '41 Willys will shine.

cheers, Graham

 

 

Edited February 3, 2024 by ColonelKrypton
tinger frouble

[Zippi]

On 2/2/2024 at 3:52 PM, Moparman18064 said:

That blue is going to look fantastic on that. It really makes me think of Stone Woods Cook Willys, was always my favorite.

That color your seeing is the Easy-Off Taking the blue paint off.

[Moparman18064]

2 minutes ago, Zippi said:

That color your seeing is the Easy-Off Taking the blue paint off.

It was their candy blue rendition I was speaking of.

[slusher]

Beautiful paint you stripped off  Bob..

[Zippi]

23 minutes ago, Moparman18064 said:

It was their candy blue rendition I was speaking of.

Gotya...I stand corrected.

[Zippi]

The 41 Willy's has been stripped.  I've found that Easy-Off works the best for stripping but that Tamiya White Surface Primer is the toughest to get off so it took a little extra sanding.  I bought some extra Silver Leaf and Clear Blue but I'm a little hesitant to try it again since it failed the first time.