I've been busy painting!

fruitfly · I've been busy painting!

I decided I didn't like the burgundy base on Elwood, my Jensen 85, so I repainted him.

A bare metal strip, 2 coats of primer, 3 coats of Cyan blue, and 2 coats of clear gloss, all painted "wet on wet."

I also decided to do something different with my Hero's turbine, instead of the satin black anodised finish.

The idea for this popped into my head the other day, so I thought I'd give it a try.
I'm very pleased with the end result!

This was another bare metal job, then 1 coat of etch primer, 2 coats of Burnt orange, then masking and drawing the design directly onto the masking tape.
After cutting the design out, 1 coat of satin black then 2 coats of clear gloss.
Ailesha loves the end result, which I kept secret from her!

classixs

Nice paintwork there

whistleman

snazzy!

Les

Very nice finishes indeed.

Centrifugal Governor

Nice colours, I like it !

Swift Fox

Very nice!

ItSteams

nice job

Sandman

Very smart.

Celsius 100

Both look very good.

MrMamod

Very Professional

IndianaRog

Fantastic tiger paint scheme on the Hero engine...who would have thought of that!!!

The Jensen 85 also looks pretty impressive, much nicer than the original colors.

MrDuck

You have a good eye for colour and the outcome is perfect

johnreid

that Tiger paint scheme is impressive, I can see that it took some effort

Dean W

They're Grrrrreat!

sarfraz

That looks great.

kevin

the electric blue is stunning, the tiger is a matter of taist but seems to go well with the turbine (nice quality work)

ozsteamdemon

Elwood looks great in his new coat , i bet he`s happy with that !

Now is that a Daktari Herons ball i`m seeing ?

Great job on both mate , well done .

Earlytimes

Very nice....