Mongrel Street Racer

[jamie]

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[210bhp]

Well, there are four colours which more or less define the era of the early 911 IMHO and that's one of them.

Going to look stunning.

Regards
Mike

[911hillclimber]

A cracker for sure.

Be great to see the Orange/black contrast.

Out of interest please, how much paint did you use? I'm heading in the same direction soon but champagne yellow, in cellulose.

[johnM]

looks amazing Darren.

[sladey]

Meant to be orange Wednesdays!

Good stuff - I can hardly see the brush-marks

[Darren65]

Good stuff - I can hardly see the brush-marks

....although quite a bit of orange peel!

Out of interest please, how much paint did you use? I'm heading in the same direction soon but champagne yellow, in cellulose.

Cellulose is more 1940's than early 70's!......these cars would have always been a two stage paint.

Usage depends a lot on the paint scheme you're using and how transparent final colour is; generally 5 litres of solid plus activators is enough for 3 coats on a whole shell. Metallic colours would require the same amount although these thin out more and generally you'd have more top coats plus lacquer, 5 for example on Murph's Targa.

HTH

Thanks guys.

[964RS]

Orange is so last week...

Going to look great Darren, I best change mine now though so we don't clash.

[Madrat]

Welcome to the 'Tangerine Club' Darren!

Looks fantastic - can't wait to see some more pictures.

[911hillclimber]

Thanks for the usage Darren.
Cellulose because I can DIY the paint in my garage like I did in 1989.
And I've never sprayed anything else.

[Darren65]

I best change mine now though so we don't clash.

....I wouldn't worry, they're probably different colours!

Welcome to the 'Tangerine Club' Darren!

Thanks Richard....I've now got two!



A last decent shot of the 'softie' interior before I move on....I do like it!.....

[Darren65]

Masked and ready for paint....



...on the last couple of 911's we painted we worked hard on getting the overspray just right....on this one we worked hard on having none at all....



....first coat.....eh, Rich, I think you missed a bit! ....



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[KS]

Looks OK, I suppose.

OK, it looks awesome!

[Darren65]

OK, it looks awesome!

....not quite yet but I'm hoping it will. Thanks Keith

Painting complete and left to cook.....



.....our booth is a little too big for this type of work and ideally you'd have a nice compact booth that can get up to high temperatures. This is when 'secondary flow' kicks in, you can whack on the paint and leave it to settle and smooth.

We don't have that luxury although a good painter knows the environment he's working in and adapts his style to suit. Although our booth still gets pretty warm we have to live with a little orange peel to begin with although there's plenty of material left to colour sand it down to a glassy finish...

[Darren65]

I know tangerine is 'such' a predictable colour although it still looks pretty yummy and is what I've always longed for.....



....the gutter seems look even better in colour, one of my favourite areas......to think Barry unpicked poorly fitted rear quarters and added a new roof!....arrow straight and as perfect as factory, a testament to the Metal Meister's skills ....



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[Darren65]