Dr. Cranky Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Finally got this one finished, and it fought me all the way, but I like the way it turned out. Hope you enjoy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 A few more: LONG LIVE TESLA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dominik Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Awesome paintjob Doc! Also built perfect. Whats the story behind it, why its called Tesla? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Got some templates for Airsick that had computer stuff on it, and I decided to put some electricity in there too. I don't know, I've always liked TESLA. Glad you like it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doggie427 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Your usual outstanding paint job Doc !! Very nicely done . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Most Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 When I think "Tesla" and "cars", I think of that high-performance hybrid... NOT what I was expecting, but I'll take it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Great looking, original and wild, as usual. Whats the story behind it, why its called Tesla? Nicola Tesla did a lot of experimenting with various forms of electricity. This is a reconstruction of one of his devices, and the Doc captured the electrical discharge beautifully... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apo.model1982 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 truly a masterpiece! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The70judgeman Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Glad you finally finished this one Doc. Turned out great! I remember the vids over on youtube of the build-up, what seems like now, waaay back! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joker Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Pure airbrush Koolness. Electrifying Paint Work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Shocking !!! : ) Very nice looking build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris White Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Got worried before I saw the pictures, though you had gone "green" on us for a second. Glad to seem a muscle car when I opened the tread. Always eye popin, extreme detail, and unmatched quality. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chillyb1 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Cool, but shouldn't it be called Van de Graaff? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 LOL, yes, that's the kind of electricity we are trying to harness here in the Lab-RAT-ory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bernard Kron Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 (edited) Glad to see you back doing one of "those" paint jobs! Really Striking! Love it... Nikola Tesla (Serbian-Italian, 1856-1943) was a brilliant inventor and theoretical physicist who “won” the Current Wars of the late 19th century pitting Thomas Edison (advocating direct current – DC – for which he held many of the basic patents) against George Westinghouse and his Westinghouse Corporation, which held the North American rights to Tesla’s alternating current (AC) system. At the time it was believed that electricity would be produced by many small, local generating plants distributing over relatively small distances. AC was cheaper and more efficient in this regard. Edison held out bitterly and as late as 1903 was still advocating DC even though AC had prevailed 10 years earlier. Ironically, today DC is used to transmit electricity over very long distances, such as over undersea cables. Tesla was an eccentric genius who, over his long life, held more than 700 patents in basic and applied technologies. He was a believer in a universal life force. He spent his entire life searching for it and was a practitioner of what he believed to be “pure science”. In 1931 when Edison died, Tesla told the New York Times “If Edison had a needle to find in a haystack, he would proceed at once with the diligence of the bee to examine straw after straw until he found the object of his search... I was a sorry witness of such doings, knowing that a little theory and calculation would have saved him ninety per cent of his labor.” Today he is most known for his futurist vision of the world, his spectacular experiments in ultra-high voltage static electricity, and for his uncompromising eccentricity. He was an outspoken vegetarian and animal rights advocate (although he also strongly supported eugenics…), rarely slept, and is believed to have been celibate his entire life. I think that it’s for this image of relentless idealism, as much as his undeniable importance in the development of the practical use of electricity, that Elon Musk chose Tesla as the name of his car company. Edited November 3, 2013 by Bernard Kron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Cole Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 My God! That is some stunning work, Doc! Way kewl paint, too! Congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rv1963 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Yep that is one awesome paint job. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I really get a charge out of this one, Doc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hjracing Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Wow! Amaizing paint job as ever! You are inspiration for many of us here in the forum! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted November 3, 2013 Author Share Posted November 3, 2013 Thank you all for the kind words. This kit fought me all the way, but we got it finished FINALLY! I will be bringing it to the ACME show in Atlanta in just a few days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silver Foxx Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Magic looking build , I love your work . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darbo Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Fantastic paint Doc! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Lombardo Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Truly, a very well executed ( or should I say "electrocuted") paint job......I have wrapped ( I did the design work, others applied it) trucks of a local electrican with a very similar design.....yours is very striking and well done.....obviously you arereally diggin' your result, and you should, it is first rate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alyn Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Virgil, when it comes to paint jobs, you are the king of originality. Your imagination knows no bounds. This one should spark the imagination in all of us. Cools seats too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted November 4, 2013 Share Posted November 4, 2013 Outstanding sweet build Doc, what a paint finish. You are the man. l did find another brand of nail graphic l plan on taking a pic and posting what l found for you to look at... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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