Gungeys resto thread official!!

yeah, they will be done similar to original, but might detail them after the lacquer.

yum thems gorgous, after laquer i reckon

I might not do the full black inset, I am thinking of leaving the edges siler to give it a silver bar type look.

Pics coming up soon, but spent 12 hours solid on the car today. Mostly on the wheels as I has a few problems.

I tried something that didn't work but took hours to do!

The wheels are not as good as I had hoped but good enough. The wheels are not that well made, loads of variations on each wheel which caused a few problems.
They just need lacquer now which will be next time I go out.

I did some flatting on the body, mainly the roof and started the rear and off side rear quarter panel

my first effort on two wheels, took ages and ages to mask and looked like poo!!





Rather than trying to repeat the original I wanted to make more of the star so tried to paint the black areas less so the bar of the start stood out more. needless to say it didnt work!!

So this is what I have now, just need lacquer

they look ok to me (but it is half past midnight and i am on the thathers gold, lol)

lacqure on the front of the wheels now, just need a little spray on the insides now

shiny shiny!!

those wheels do look good now, he has done a very good job on them.

well done gungey.

joker 67 wrote:

those wheels do look good now, he has done a very good job on them.

well done gungey.

Thanks dude (you will have me blushing!!)

seriously though, they were fecking hard work and the masking up and preping just took forever!!!!
I am pleased with them.

top work

Awsome wheels, great work bud

Oh bloody hell!!!! I keep rubbing through when flatting the colour!!! after I finish, I have loads of touching up to do (paint that is!!)

Blooming marvelous Gungey Baby.
Those rims look great in the flesh....
I can't wait to see you cruising round in it!

looking good Mr Genge

This bug is fast becoming a fake patina effect!! I think I have rubbed through on most panels now, both rear wings and the bonnet!! There is only so much blending one man can do!! Lol

I am in a situation where I am not sure what to do, as I'm not sure if I will end up making it worse by attempting to blend, or I just go with what I have? I'm not happy about rubbing through but the finish on the paint is not great. I can't afford to respary.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I am now very frustrated.

When you are frustrated, the best thing to do, is back off, do something else, and get back to it when you've calmed down.

Or have a wank.

Big_Al wrote:

When you are frustrated, the best thing to do, is back off, do something else, and get back to it when you've calmed down.

Or have a wank.

I can see a lot of masterbating happening very soon!!

From what I understand, blending in is a bit of an art, what I don't want to do is mess up what I already have, money is currently not an option for more paint.
I am fighting two elements, the first is the finish which I am trying to make good but it's not great, the second is by trying to make the paint good, I keep rubbing through.

don't like to think of you down fella, not after all the hard work and blood and sweat you've put in.
I've got some paint under the stairs, a really nice dulux...i'll come down the unit and blow it over for you...you'll need a good elbow to rub through this stuff! It'd take you years to get to fake patina, you are gonna have a high gloss finish that will make everyone stop and stare

It's just so bloody annoying!!

Stop treating it like yer knob and rubbing so hard then!!

I bet it, I haven't seen it bet it looks shitloads better than if i were to dulux it?

stop rubbing it....polish it, finish it of and it'll come together.

you will have a proud silly grin and roll with the window down like a daft mada chod

We are no longer alone in the unit!!!!

Meet BIG RED!!



Well it was always going to happen, I was so pissed off with rubbing through and going backwards that I thought fuck it. and started to make things shiny again!!
I would rather have bits right now which are not perfect then try by myself to blend bits in and fuck it up more. A friend of mine is going to come and have a look to see what can be done and give me some pointers.

but here we are.





I then started cleaning up the windows and rubbers and as I havent messed up the rear quarter areas and rear window area, thought I would stick the windows in.

Looking schweeeet dude!

Clocky- LOL wanna come paint my guff?

Gune - regardless of the faults you pick that look like one hot ride, the glazing work is nice, if worst comes to worst I've got a couple of tins of matt black in the garage!

Incidentally... love the patina 60's harvester - there's one like that sitting out at Kelston Drew in a friends barn ( next to his dozen steam rollers/tractors)

I am suck a slacker!! last night, didnt get much done at all!! lol