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spl65t · Post by **spl65t** » Wed Nov 16, 2022 8:42 pm

Such an awesome bus coming back to life. Love it.
Linz

MID WEST DUBBER · Post by **MID WEST DUBBER** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 7:59 am

Yeah that’s coming together nicely mate

splitthis · Post by **splitthis** » Thu Nov 17, 2022 8:18 am

This is looking so good, makes me wish I had some OG paint to work with.

braddick · Post by **braddick** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:18 pm

Ended up getting a pretty quick turn around with the tinting of the paint from the local smash repair guy
Got it 10 times better but prob still a smidge out from a metre away from it
Anyway need to keep moving forward so done the patina on long side, a lot of the patina can only be seen from close up like the light sandblasting along the bottom of the sill
The little scratches and fresh bullet holes

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The paint matching to the og dog leg and the last paint match sanded back down ready for the next coat of remixed paint

braddick · Post by **braddick** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:21 pm

Long side repainted and with fresh patina

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Also gave it a polish as well

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Short rocker almost finished just needs a polish along with the rest of the side

braddick · Post by **braddick** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 9:27 pm

Going too move onto this little blending job and the rest of the roof

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Beatts · Post by **Beatts** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 10:27 pm

That’s looking great Brad. Can’t wait to see this bus cruising

splitthis · Post by **splitthis** » Sun Nov 20, 2022 11:03 pm

Big improvement on that kingside sill. Keep the updates coming mate.

morts · Post by **morts** » Tue Nov 22, 2022 7:37 pm

Looks good polished too Brad - what did you use?

rusty 55 · Post by **rusty 55** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 5:55 pm

This bus is looking awesome, nice work Brad

braddick · Post by **braddick** » Wed Nov 23, 2022 6:55 pm

morts wrote: ↑Tue Nov 22, 2022 7:37 pm Looks good polished too Brad - what did you use?

Just a bit of 1200 and 1500 wet and dry and a bit of polish
Nothing too hi tech just what I could lay my hands on at the time

animal · Post by **animal** » Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:19 pm

Looking awesome mate... long live the MANGOES

braddick · Post by **braddick** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 8:55 pm

Got a little look at this again today
Haven’t been happy with the paint match and I think I’ve finally figured out what has happened
I’ve had the paint match to the passenger side dog leg and I’m trying to paint the drivers side long side
The bus has clearly faded more on one side than the other side
When spray the dogleg with the paint it is bang on and then u shot the long side and it off a bit

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Here is the dogleg u can see the rusty bit in the middle

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Spot on

braddick · Post by **braddick** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:08 pm

So to me it’s always looked like it needed yellowing up to get it closer
First attempt was to use some yellow paint from my craft paint I’ve been using to do my patina painting
Well that turned out look like a kindergarten painting we all had to bring home when our kids were at kindergarten
And then I spent the next 20 min cleaning my gun out
Was in the local hardware store the other day and spotted some yellow acrylic paint in small tin
So today I headed to the shed to pump a pool inflatable lilo and got distracted and decided lay another coat on

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Didn’t mix so good but we soldiered on in the 38c heat

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Did a little trail section and rubbed it back and decided I’d knock it out of the park so layed on the rest of the bottom section

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Straight of the gun

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After a light rub with the 1500 and polish I’m finally happy with match

braddick · Post by **braddick** » Sun Dec 04, 2022 9:14 pm

So that’s probably me signing out for a month or 2 with harvest and hopefully some family holidays at the end of January unless we get some more unexpected wet weather

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And yes that is a big bull bar that I should of seen

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