NISSAN Fairlady Z

[B61 MACK]

Been a very nice spring day her bit on the warm side so I got this one ready for a splash of colour, But now there is a NW wind on blowing down the valley pullinghair Bugger pullinghair

[B61 MACK]

Nice colour on it.

[Luke]

Wow! nice paint work there Allan. You sure do know how to lay down a coat of paint.

[B61 MACK]

Thanks Luke still needs clear coat on it, The wind stopped so out came the airbrush.
Oh the new little paint mixer help big time too.

[sandboarder]

[B61 MACK]

Inside photo.

roll bar painted flat black.

[slowlylearning]

I'm always jealous of how your painting skills Albo, always so clean!

[B61 MACK]

Not always good paint jobs have had a few flops along the way
This one has turned out a lot better then in the pass using the little power paint mixer that I got from Luke has help a lot, yes! it gets all the metallic off the bottom of the jar and does it in half a min' and its better then a paddle pop stick. yes!
Oh build up light coats first and two heavy wet coats last.

[slowlylearning]

I've got some old video game controllers to get the vibrations motors out of but I cant print myself to do it

My main problem is large flat-ish areas I get some sand-y buildup sorta, going at 45degrees seems to help a little, but its light coats that mess me up

Can't wait to see how this thing turns out!!

[B61 MACK]

I always airbrush on a 90 degrees all surfaces, With my airbrush been a single action i cut the paint flow right back for the light coats it also lets me spray close for wet coat I open the tip a bit more and spray a good three to four inches away from the body an move quickly.
I started using the airbrush in 1984 did a 18 weeks at TAFE, but did not do any more untill 1995 once I got a compressor.
Oh Metallic paints can be a real pain in the butt to airbrush.