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<\/a><\/p>\nConcurrently to all this was the preparation of my new spraybooth built by Garth Prestegaard (apologies Garth if I’ve spelled your last name incorrectly) many many moons ago. \u00a0Off the old spraybooth was the fan and electrics, and onto the new cabinet was the same fan and new wiring. \u00a0Once plugged in, flick a switch and the fan turns on and turns on anything plugged into the electrical outlet beside it – used for lighting and a hair dryer. \u00a0Works well!<\/p>\n
<\/a>Six shells, three ready for paint, three needing some work<\/p><\/div>\n
Which generally brings me up to today. \u00a0I have six units soon to be ready – three units with 48″ fans all complete and ready for painting. \u00a0One unit with 36″ fans required installation of the winterization hatch which I forgot to strip first, a second unit with 48″ fans required fans that I didn’t already have, and the third not-quite-ready unit which will be 8204 isn’t done owing to the fact it’s undergoing a more extensive amount of work – a short-hood upgrade. That one is the one on the far right in the above picture.<\/p>\n
On advice from Dave, I washed the three units, air dried, and then painted the rear end with Tamiya Gloss Black out of a spray can. \u00a0Very good stuff!<\/p>\n
Toilet Paper Tubes make for good handles and stands for painting<\/p><\/div>\n Toilet Paper Tubes make for good handles and stands for painting<\/p><\/div>\n Next up was priming the short hoods and the Cab\/Frame assemblies. \u00a0This was done with Tamiya Fine Surface Primer White. \u00a0After numerous light passes, that was complete. \u00a0Attention turned to masking off the black paint so I could prime the long hoods. \u00a0What an eye opener that process is! \u00a0Obviously one wants to ensure the masking is done cleanly and properly to avoid any paint from bleeding underneath, and this takes time. \u00a0Spent nearly three times longer masking it than I did painting them…<\/p>\n Once masked, the white went onto the long hoods. \u00a0Lunch called at that point and afterwards, got the airbrush hooked up and mixed up a couple drops of Vallejo Retarder Medium into the paint cup 2\/3rds full of True Line Trains Action Red paint. \u00a0Sadly, this paint has been discontinued owing to Testors (manufacturers of the True Line Trains paints) getting out of a lot of paint lines, so I’m quite glad that this paint goes on so nicely. \u00a0After painting 3000 and 3004, plus the three units today, I’ve used up maybe 2\/3’rds of a single bottle. \u00a0I have two more full bottles and think that I’m pretty set in case I want to redo other units…<\/p>\n Following that process, and letting the red cure quite well, on went the masking tape on the cab\/frame assemblies to protect the red which was sticking around. Sprayed the black onto the rest of it, pulled the tape off and after scraping off the (thankfully very few) spots of black which managed to make its way under the tape, have some very sharp looking units.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n