General Lee - Hemi Orange Shuttle

[slaveofconvention]

The decals are being made by someone who specialises in auto-decals, mainly for racing teams, but I'll have the significant other ask them about 2k clear - if it's a problem, I have aerosol and 1k clear available too....

[slaveofconvention]

Look what the nice mailman brought me this morning, courtesy of Stacy & Chris Rhodes of Edge Racing Engines in Windber, PA. Yup, I had them sent from all the way across the pond *grin* - having a redneck race-nut with connections for a wife has it's advantages...

Course I'm off to work in a few hours and have a shedload of stuff to do, so they won't be going on tonight - this is NOT something I'm going to rush... but it'll be done in a day or so, then I need to look into the lacquering....

[DonT-FeaR]

haha i like it already

[slaveofconvention]

I decided, as TGS had (unintentionally?) goaded me into doing more work on this case, I'd do a couple of finishing touches that I really should have done first time around.... The inside of the case outer skin....

... never got any attention other than overspray, so, mask it up...

... with masking tape over the detail parts - edges, vents etc ...

... then masking paper over the rest of it ...

... then find a quick way to defeat the great british summer - it's raining again ...

... after the first heavy coat - I didn't actually realise there was any orange showing through till I took the photo so...

... after a couple more coats ...

... and that'll do for now - when it's dry, I'll clean the outside of the case, then get to the decals ...

[slaveofconvention]

So the masking wasn't 100% effective - mainly around the airflow holes....

Fortunately, because the black was so fresh and barely cured, and the orange and clear are very well established and utterly cured, a few minutes with a paper towel and some thinners and ...

Lesson for today - lol - if you're painting and masking like this, get the masking off as soon as possible (obviously after it's dry) because the sooner you catch things like this, the better your chances of fixing them....

[slaveofconvention]

I got the stickers applied and the PC put back together....

I have to admit, I like the way it looks, but I'm too much of a perfectionist so at some stage in the future, I'm going to re-do it...

Problems with this (in my opinion)

1. There are a few little bumps/bubbles in the top sticker - MY fault for not cleaning it properly and/or applying it carefully enough.
2. The top sticker is too large - MY fault - I gave the fabricator the exact dimensions.
3. General Lee & 01 are the wrong way around on one side - MY fault for not being careful enough
4. There is no white border around the 01's and there should be - Stacy got everything else exact to my specifications, so I'm assuming I didn't specify the border.
5. Top sticker is about 2mm off centre - I applied it, so again MY fault.
6. Top sticker should have a white border around it - 100% certain I didn't put that on the order so, shock!!! My fault again lol....

I have nothing but thanks and praise for the stickers - anything wrong is my own issue.

As a result I'm going to re-do this at some point in the future - it's "Good enough" but it isn't perfect - so this is now complete - I'm not going to clearcoat it as the stickers will probably end up being removed when I get around to re-doing it.

Thanks all for your comments and suggestions, especially to TheGreatSatan for his suggestion about making it more than just an orange case.

Slaveofconvention (Colin, in case you were wondering)

Can one of the Mod's please scoot this over to the completed worklogs section - thankyou.

[DonT-FeaR]

looks cool mate!

[KiLLERMAN21]

Oh my... that looks really, really nice. Even though there are a few minor things that are off, all round it looks great. Nice work. +rep.

[slaveofconvention]

Thanks for the comments guys

[iandh]

Very cool mod... for future reference, when applying large decals like that soapy water+ squeegee is your friend and ally.