1971 HLS30-14938 "Lily" build

[Patcon]

3 hours ago, grannyknot said:

Will you make the brace out of steel or having it machined out of aluminum?

Once I have a shape I will export a DXF file and have a piece of 3/8 steel plate torched out. Then weld it all up into a new transverse member

[Patcon]

So I finally got the car sanded down as far as I was willing to go. I taped it all up over the last week or so and reset the booth.

Then shot some SPI white epoxy over that. It's a little different than what I am familiar with. It will fish eye if you lay the first coat on too heavy. Being white it can be hard to get full hiding coverage. I may stack some high build tomorrow. I've got 7 days to coat. We'll see...

[Patcon]

Stacked some high build right before supper.

 

Hopefully it will block out pretty close without needing too much more work

[DC871F]

32 minutes ago, Patcon said:

Stacked some high build right before supper.

 

Hopefully it will block out pretty close without needing too much more work

Great to see.

[Patcon]

Thanks, trying to get motivated

[dutchzcarguy]

11 hours ago, Patcon said:

It's a little different than what I am familiar with.

And did you first make a test (painting) on your wheelbarrel?  (Or on a piece of cardboard)

SO this time it went well i see!  Is the car going to be green again or??

[Patcon]

This epoxy is a sandable primer so I wasn't too worried about the fisheyes. I mostly filled them in on subsequent passes but no I didn't shoot a test panel. The car will be bright yellow when done

[Diseazd]

Looking great Charles!!!! Good work.

[dutchzcarguy]

On 6/26/2022 at 1:54 PM, Patcon said:

The car will be bright yellow when done

Yes offcourse!    (stupid me.. i was sleepy.. Lilly build...  what was i thinking..    And the inside is already yellow.. 👍)

When do you think you spraypaint the rest? Next month?  Very good work so far!! 👍

 

[Patcon]

I'll try to start blocking this weekend. We'll see how it blocks out. If it blocks out ok, it could be yellow in 3 weeks or so probably

[DC871F]

9 hours ago, Patcon said:

I'll try to start blocking this weekend. We'll see how it blocks out. If it blocks out ok, it could be yellow in 3 weeks or so probably

Huge step. I'm jealous. 

[Patcon]

Yes, getting past paint is a huge hurdle. It's taken me about 11 years to get here 😮