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so it looks like I'm going to have to brush paint the car if I'm going to get it finished before the kit car show - wish me luck!!

I'll certainly wish you luck with your attempt to hand paint the car.

Given that is my plan too, I'll be very interested in seeing how you get on.

Good luck, Paul.

Thanks,
yeah, I spent most of yesterday visiting almost every body shop in Birmingham, they all said they were too busy to do it in that short amount of time.
so I figured I'd try this way.

So today we are taking all the bits off the car and possibly going to do an etch primer layer from spray cans,
then friday maybe we will paint the high build brush primer on, fingers crossed!!

Did you have a go at brush painting your car and was it successful? I've been trying to get a reasonable quote for shot blasting the chassis. So far the cheapest quote is £300, is this normal or are they taking the Mick? For that price I have to completely degrease the chassis prior to the work being done which will probably take me longer to do than it will take for the shot-blasting!

I honestly don't know about the shot blasting prices. I'd say maybe just contact a few places and get other quotes too.

yes I did get the paint on - I made a few fatal errors, which have resulted in the paint finish looking shit close up.

I brush painted the bonnet and boot which resulted in the paint being too thick and causing runs - then I rollered the body which although it had less runs - didn't cover the primer properly (due to my lack of time and prep), so that has an uneven surface too. - if the paint hardens enough to sand it in a week or so I think it may still be retrievable - however if it always remains this tacky - it's going to be a nightmare .... I'll have to wait and see.

- so if I do make it to stoneleigh I reckon I need a rope barrier so no one can get too close

The car looks great from a distance though - I'll upload a pic from home later if I get a chance.

Did you use cellulose paint? I think the advice is that it takes a couple of weeks to dry fully. I hope it doesn't rain at Stoneleigh! A photo would be good to see the colour. I'm still thinking of Jaguar Regency Red for mine.

Really not sure if it was cellulose - it was brushing paint, from Jawel paints but not sure what it was made of.

Ok here we go .... DSC_0156 by paul ward, on Flickr
IMG_20160427_183057 by paul ward, on Flickr

still got to do the grille properly (this one's only a balsa wood mockup), and do some stuff with the interior. also I need to flat and repaint if the paint goes dry at some point.

Sorry to hear you had problems while painting, but it is a great colour and the car looks great.

Good luck, Paul.

It looks really good in that colour, very like the original Ferrari T166 the kit is loosely based on. Well done!

Finishing Touch?

I have these on the bonnet sides of my Mk1 Marlin Roadster, AKA 1931 Alfa Romeo 6C, which is finished in very similar Rolls Royce Tudor Red cellulose, albeit roughly applied with a 4" brush.

Regards, Mick

Cheers guys,
The paint close up really does look pretty bad - so go easy on me if I do make it to Stoneleigh

I'm not sure about finishing bits - I have a bonnet badge, chrome prancing horse and side stickers but tried them all today and I only really thought the bonnet badge looked any good, so not sure yet, maybe I'll bring them to Stoneleigh to get some opinions.

Ive used the paint from Jawel - its a synthetic paint for commercial and plant and can be applied by brush or roller.

It does take a while to fully cure but if you have enough paint on it will flat and polish the runs out. I like that this paint has a gloss but not the deep 2k gloss that looks wrong on a classic car

It looks good in the pics, I think the darker red suits much better than the brighter red that most are seen in

I look forward to finding you at Stoneleigh.
Don't be disheartened, the only people that may comment are the dreamers that don't build cars.

Like everything we do here, its a learning curve and the fix isn't normally as hard as it appears

The original T166 only had a bonnet badge on the road car. The comments from Roadster are absolutely spot-on. Lots of rubbing down in between coats will see you right and as he says, the finish will be more appropriate than the two-pack bling finish. Keep up the good work.

Cheers guys

I think it looks great and I have to agree the colour is spot on for the period look. Will hunt you down if you are there on Sunday to admire accordingly, a great effort!

BAD NEWS... I'm afraid it looks like I might not make it now - on the drive back from the workshop the back wheelarch support bracket broke it's weld - I don't have welding equipment or the knowledge needed - so unless I can think of something it looks like I may be grounded!
Not happy

Update - got it welded, but not feeling that confident now - i think if I come in the car or not will depend on the weather

Well I'm here - unfortunatly not in the car though - just felt a little bit nervous of taking it that far on its first run, also I wasn't sure what the weather was going to do - very sad I couldn't bring it

Photos of the chassis I bought. The removal of parts starts this weekend, once I have erected the marquee/workshop/mancave!

Good stuff,
it's really cool to think in a few months time that forgotten chassis will have a new life once again as one of the best looking cars on the road

I've booked mine back into the garage next week to have some of the niggles sorted, and hopefully getting the aluminium pieces tomorrow to make the new grille with

Good luck with the "de-bugging". I'll be interested to see what the grille looks like when it's finished. I'm not sure what to do about the front grille for mine as I would like to modify the front end a little to either look more like the Ferrari T166 or the T125 F1. Not sure how to go about it though as I have never worked with fibre glass before! That might lead on to modifying the rear too - if the front end goes ok. No doubt I will be asking for advice on that!

Sounds like a lot of work, although I'd have loved to have been able to modify my front slightly too if I'd had the skills.

Grille bits arrived and I roughly put it together to see if it fits tomorrow, it's gonna need alu welding next week

Have you considered bonding the grille parts together rather than welding? Modern cars with ally body parts are bonded together not welded, to avoid distortion I suppose.

Yeah, gonna try the aluminium weld first on a test piece to see how it works