De-stinking Penelope

[rustybronco]

Back at it in between everything else going on.

Removed the swing arm bushings. I got the replacements from Ed (Nessism) a couple years back. The bearing shell is fairly thin. Be careful when grinding them out!







The plan is to start rehabbing the wiring harness next week.

bumpity bump

[chuck hahn]

Just wondering where the old girls at these days.........

[chuck hahn]

Anything new since the base coats of paint Dale??? She striped and cleared yet???

[psyguy]

Lol, I've been trying to be patient and not say anything... but others have now said it for me

Yeah, we waiting anxiously

[Nessism]

Yeah, we need an update!!!

[chuck hahn]

Dale.......have you added the decals and cleared the parts yet? Hows the project going as of late?

This thread is addictive.

[rustybronco]

One thing nice about the old high pressure suction guns is that didn't use a huge volume of air. If you get it adjusted correctly, I think they may be better for the hobbiest painter with a compressor that is on the smaller side. If you have the correct tip size for the material you intend on applying, crank the fan width down to 125~150mm and back off on the materials knob until it atomizes finely at the recommended distance and pressure. You don't have to have it cranked open so far that you need to put on roller skates just to keep up.

Load it up with paint and try some various settings, distances and speeds to see what it does.

[psyguy]

What I found cool was shooting the base coat at 19 psi. Unbelievable how little pressure that Iwata uses.

True that... my mini-gun works on 16-18psi and I really like doing things "slowly, slowly", which definitely helps when you are a beginner...

I've also tried high pressure guns and on a small surface area and with little experience it didn't go well...

[nvr2old]

Ahh... Black, you can be so beautiful if done right.


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Ain't it the truth. Nicely done.

[rustybronco]

Don't get too excited, what you see is nothing more than wet sanded base coat on a very sraight tank. When I get a chance to re-base and clear it, I suspect it will look pretty much the same.

What I found cool was shooting the base coat at 19 psi. Unbelievable how little pressure that Iwata uses.

[psyguy]

That my friend belongs to a museum!

[chuck hahn]

WOW!!!! Thats all that comes to my mind!!!