Thread: I couldn't build it for $3 K either!

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Here are the pictures of the painted body as promised.

Like I stated earlier, this is my first complete paint job. I've painted frames and small parts, but never the finished body. I would like to say that it was easy, unfortunately , that wasn't the case.

Due to a malfunctioning paint gun (or bad technique), I wound up with some orange peel. In a few places, it was pretty bad. I called my buddy Brandon who is a pro painter and he said it was salvageable.

So my wife threw some burgers on the grill and Brandon brought his family and buffer over. I spent the rest of the evening getting lessons in color sanding and buffing paint.

I thought it was going to need a redo, but my buddy was right, it buffed up pretty good.

It's not perfect by any stretch, but I'm kinda proud of it, though. I still have a few places to work on. Now that I have a better idea about how to buff, I'll work most of them out.

Here is the body after the initial block sanding and body work:


Here it is after DP90 primer:


The final paint and buff:


A close-up of the firewall:


The firewall was made by Haneline from a pattern I sent them.

I''m hoping that I can get the body on the frame permanently next weekend. Then I can get started on wiring.

Mike