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HOTT wrote:Great colors! tumb2 tumb2


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Agreed! The sliver decals look great!
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Agreed! The sliver decals look great![/quote]

Thanks Track T, I can't wait to get it all back together tumb2
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That really came out nice. Hurry up and get it together so we can enjoy the big picture.

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desertrefugee wrote:That really came out nice. Hurry up and get it together so we can enjoy the big picture.

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I'm starting today "desertrefugee" tumb2
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Sneak peak....

I've wet sanded all the pieces today and now I need to polish them, man what a task.
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yep, that's a fine color, but I am slightly biased as a lot of you already know... :-D
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Looking very good! Hear you on the sanding and polishing. Going to paint the blue trim pieces for my 1500 today. Here's all these pieces setup for paint:
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These only need to be sprayed and clear coat. The white main parts will be done tomorrow. No matter what anyone says, lots of respect for those who do this for a living and the DIY types. Like MasterCard, satisfaction is priceless. Look forward to the end product. Cheers
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230Rocket wrote:yep, that's a fine color, but I am slightly biased as a lot of you already know... :-D

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Rednaxs60 wrote:Looking very good! Hear you on the sanding and polishing. Going to paint the blue trim pieces for my 1500 today. Here's all these pieces setup for paint:Ready to Paint Blue Trim.jpgThese only need to be sprayed and clear coat. The white main parts will be done tomorrow. No matter what anyone says, lots of respect for those who do this for a living and the DIY types. Like MasterCard, satisfaction is priceless. Look forward to the end product. Cheers
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First 17 white pieces laid out for tomorrow:
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Last 13 mid to small pieces in waiting:
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Big day today, nearly there.
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Looking very good! I love this color.
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CYBORG wrote:I like to paint. Just not a big fan of the prepwork :lol:
a hundred percent of the work is the prep work…. the second one hundred percent is actually painting
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rcmatt007 wrote:
a hundred percent of the work is the prep work…. the second one hundred percent is actually painting
Hard to argue with that math. :orange

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LastMohawk wrote:Looking very good! I love this color.
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Thanks Harald, I definitely will :-D
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