Tortwagen Gulf GTI

ysi_maniac · July 07, 2008, 09:34:02 AM

Promosing indeed

puddingwrestler · July 07, 2008, 04:25:15 PM

I think I might be able to get paint on later this arvo after I've done some more PSR...
It'll be auto touch-up paint - Suburu WRX Blue auto touch-up paint to be precise! With GT stripes of some kind!

cthulhu77 · July 07, 2008, 04:29:43 PM

When you are done, you need to pose this with some California Girls...

John Howling Mouse · July 07, 2008, 05:03:24 PM

wow!!!

Captain Canada · July 07, 2008, 05:38:19 PM

Nice idea, and coming along 'swimingly', I must say !

puddingwrestler · July 07, 2008, 11:06:15 PM

Naughty Captain Canada, our Groans-to-Grins rate just went up alarmingly!

Started spraying it this arvo. Went to the local car bits dealer and got a can of deep royal blue metalic touch-up paint for the striping (they didn't have a metallic black, low on stock) and a nifty deep green metallic I'll find a use for eventually. At the moment I'm waiting half an hour before I apply the second coat to the under side. The top has already had three coats, and I'll polish it tommorow. Technically, you should wait a week, but this is a one week GB dangit! (And besides, I am VERY impatient!)

puddingwrestler · July 08, 2008, 05:49:25 AM

All the paint is on and looking nice, but I'm not showing you until it's polished

sotoolslinger · July 08, 2008, 06:21:38 AM

effin tease

puddingwrestler · July 08, 2008, 02:41:18 PM

I'd poke my tongue out at you but we lack the smilie for that...

besides it'll look way cooler polished.

puddingwrestler · July 10, 2008, 10:02:49 PM

Behold! Photographic evidence!
I think I can safely claim it is A: finished, B: blue and C: shiny.

Brian da Basher · July 11, 2008, 01:20:40 AM

Looks great, PW! I really like that blue color. It's almost hypnotic!

Brian da Basher

Ed S · July 11, 2008, 08:30:27 AM

Looks good. And very plausible.

Ed

Weaver · July 11, 2008, 02:28:13 PM

Excellent - you really should send these pics to Volkswagen......

puddingwrestler · July 11, 2008, 02:39:36 PM

I just can't seem to get the paint to look right when photographed - without flash it's too dull, with flash it looks too dark... it's a much more vibrant colour when seen in real life. Guess I need to rig up a multi-light photo set up and take the pics on that.

cthulhu77 · July 11, 2008, 04:09:12 PM

Don't photo using a flash, it'll show up every speck of fluff or whatever.
If you have external lights, you can hang a sheet inbetween the model and the light source, or try bouncing the light source off of the ceiling to diffuse it slightly.