Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby Tony B » Wed Sep 25, 2019 3:25 pm

wonder if theyre spray gun is different from mine, thinking back it may well have been the Rustbuster gun......

i found the thinning was critical, a tiny bit more thinners turned it from to thick to just right so be careful how much you add - also a full gun goes a very long way!

.....and make sure you have as much face protection on as possible, you really dont want to breath this stuff in, i thought i had enough protection but later that night my nostrils stuck together :lol:

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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby locost220 » Wed Sep 25, 2019 4:57 pm

Tony, How much did you get out a full can, how much to do the bottom and edge of a 7 as got to do mine in stages
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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby Tony B » Wed Sep 25, 2019 8:08 pm

Struggling to remember Rich if I’m honest, I seem to remember thinking that I could probably do the whole chassis out of one can - is your gun the same size as mine?

Suggest you mix up just half to begin with, easier to mix up more than throw away over mixed paint!!

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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby locost220 » Thu Sep 26, 2019 10:28 am

Err, got to find ur gun first.

Will get few things ready to do so I can use what I've mixed up.
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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby Dick » Thu Sep 26, 2019 2:08 pm

Use a gravity feed gun .

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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby Rob E » Fri Sep 27, 2019 6:38 pm

Tone, wasn’t your gun one of those tiny air brush things :roll:
And didn’t manage to spray the kit, the house and the garage and still have half a tin left :lol:
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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby Tony B » Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:33 pm

Ha, that was the only one I let you use :lol:

I had the proper one for this paint, and that really over sprayed everything other than the kit too !!

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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby locost220 » Sat Oct 19, 2019 4:47 pm

.was literally watching my paint dry today so did some more powder coating.
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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby locost220 » Sun Nov 03, 2019 3:09 pm

Whilst waiting for my paint for the chassis it was time to do some prep work on the scuttle and front bulkhead, which needed sanding back, must say the orbital sander makes this much easier.
The cleaned with spirit and powder coated, but which colour ?
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Re: Locost ''Eleanor'' Rebuild

Postby locost220 » Mon Nov 04, 2019 9:19 pm

Bit of paint booth, bit of powder coat.

https://youtu.be/lxORx5IoK1I

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