1951 F16

[jaybee]

Seeing that grill in paint makes my mouth water a little.

[chimp koose]

yes grille is nice !

[kb426]

Thank you.
O&S was a worker today. I blocked the fenders and other front end parts again and applied the 3rd round of primer. There's a spot on one fender that I'm concerned about. I started block sanding on the cab but didn't get it all finished when I decided to quit. It was 103 but there was some light cloud cover so it wasn't horrible. 8 hours of pretty good exercise.

[123pugsy]

That's coming along nicely.

[kb426]

2nd app of primer. It no longer looks like a refugee form a hail storm camp.

[jaybee]

I like this truck more and more.

[kb426]

O&S has a little color. I did some smaller parts today to see how the color was to spray. It will test my skills. I tried to take a pic outside and failed. The color is called carbon fiber metallic. It's a silver gray with large metallic. Oh, the new horrible freight paint shaker quit all ready. LOL.

[chimp koose]

That metallic laid out nicely! That is my worry with spraying metallic , that you can get it to look funny if you spray it heavy . If I ever get to paint on the mini chopper it will be huge metalflake ! I have watched videos of how they spray clear and then fog with dry flake followed with more clear to seal it in .

[kb426]

The bear chased O&S all day. It started off with problems and stayed that way all day long. The front fenders are painted. Orange peely. They will need cut and buffing. I changed from the small gun to the large gun to try and get it figured out to paint the cab and bed sides. I don't have the magic yet. LOL.

[kb426]

Cab sanding is completed. Masking and spraying ahead. I hope the paint god smiles on me. This is going to be a tough spray for me.

[jaybee]

I love the color. Looks fantastic.

[chimp koose]

If your paint lays out like it did on the first parts you should be fine  .

[kb426]

Ladies and gentlemen, I present a cab with paint and 4 coats of clear. (cut and buff looming ahead) I wasn't able to do it good enough to not need buffing. Too much orange peel and the Kansas wind deposited the fluffys from the dandelions in a few places. Lots to do before I leave friday morning for Pueblo. The last pic shows the orange peel in the reflection.

[123pugsy]

Looks great. Peel looks not too deep.

[kb426]

O&S has the front inner fenders and the running boards painted. Moving along at a turtle's pace.