Another build thread? Yep, my track-style T

[J. Robinson]

FRIDAY - This was the big day. With the base and pearl dried overnight, I started off by laying out the scallops. The pattern is loosely based on A.J. Foyt's1964 Indy 500 winning car (mentioned in an earlier post); it's a big red scallop and a smaller blue one around it with a white pinstripe between them. I put the hood and hood sides back in place so I could lay out and paint the scallops. Once the layout and masking was done, I shot the blue first. I forgot to take a picture at that point, but after the blue was dry (about an hour) I covered it with masking tape and shot the red (see pic). When the red was dry to the touch, I removed the masking from the scallops. At this point I had to correct a couple of small boo-boos where the masking lifted and paint blew under it. With corrections made, I laid on the clear. I used Extreme brand high-solids clear acrylic urethane; three heavy wet coats.

The bottom pic is the two harbor Freight "purple guns" I used for this job. Both are excellent sprayers. My only complaint on these guns is they need bigger paint cups. Otherwise, they can't be beat for the price.