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Blondes have more fun - a weekend build.

#221
Gilmourisgod said:
I actually own an ancient Paasche (?) airbrish and compressor, but all my attempts to use it were... less than satisfactory.... probably due to my ineptitude with an airbrush. I should drag it out and try it again with a better mindset.
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Paasche is good stuff, it was the "Rolls Royce" at one time and a well maintained Paasche can still hold its own against Harder & Steenbeck and my own favorite, Iwata. Airbrushing is half technique, half an indefinable "knack". Let me put it into musical terms - it's like sliding a harmonic. Once you get it, once you nail down that indefinable method and lightness of touch, you can do it all day long every day of the week with consistent results.

Edited to add: Yes I know I should have said "an harmonic" as H is an auxiliary vowel for reasons that even science does not understand.
 
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#226
ChickWithaRic said:
old school V8 Defender 90
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There's a small car dealership on my old commute to work. Always has a smallish inventory but only higher end stuff. I noticed a small yellow Jeep looking thing one day and after passing glances for a week while driving to work, I stopped to take a look. I became quite smitten, so when I got home, I looked it up.
They were only made from 94-97, if I remember correctly. Even with high mileage, they were selling for a min of $80k, 10 yrs later.
My brain couldn't quite wrap around that. So I simply stopped thinking about them. I chalked it up to things that aren't real and part of bizzaro world.
 
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#227
RichterScale said:
There's a small car dealership on my old commute to work. Always has a smallish inventory but only higher end stuff. I noticed a small yellow Jeep looking thing one day and after passing glances for a week while driving to work, I stopped to take a look. I became quite smitten, so when I got home, I looked it up.
They were only made from 94-97, if I remember correctly. Even with high mileage, they were selling for a min of $80k, 10 yrs later.
My brain couldn't quite wrap around that. So I simply stopped thinking about them. I chalked it up to things that aren't real and part of bizzaro world.
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They have a cult following. They are routinely stolen to order and shipped to eastern Europe. Apparently the British Army still receives new ones in RHD only. The Defender is the Telecaster cool to the Range Rover's Stratocaster act. I hope that made sense.
 
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Me, doing anything at all, in my own little world, looks like this.

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#240
Thank you so much for this detailed tutorial on waterslide decals.
I do have a question.

ChickWithaRic said:
I've started by applying a thin coat of Future to the areas where the decals will be applied. This gives me a nice smooth semi gloss surface, which is essential for a good result.
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Do you think this is sufficient for applying a decal to a headstock made from much more porous (and unsealed) wood; wenge specifically?
Or might I need another step to create a semi gloss surface beforehand?
 

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