my mk1 gets a small makeover

[tango]

Hi,

Had a few spare hours yest morning. Thought I'd try a colour our on frankenstein. Was just gonna try a wing, but got carried away and did one wing a door and the bonnet.

All masked and sanded




Done.




Not bad for 2 hours from thinking about it to being done! lol

Will get some better outside pictures today. I think colour is well nice and suits it. Its a pearlescent dark metallic grey

[2saffs]

From what I can see looks a lovely job mate 

[littlegems4x4]

Yep deffo, looks great does that

[tango]

Thanks! Had the mundane task of flatting and compounding today. Still needs work, but nearly there

All unwrapped n dry


Initial 600grit flatting. Carefully avoiding the edges with the rough stuff










Wet n dried 1500 all over, then 3000 and compound

Buffed out. Still a little foggy in places but back was aching. Its a big frikkin bonnet! lol








Outside pics tomorrow hopefully, it's pishing down now outside

[tango]

Well, the sun is out at last. So some outside pics for you to enjoy/rip apart lol







Finally from the seat, out the screen n down the bonnet


Overall I'm happy considering the amount of time and effort gone into it. I'm really liking the colour. Think it suits it a lot.

[kevchard]

That looks like a superb job.
If you think that bonnets long, i hope it wont put you off doing ours 
It is refreshing to see a car painted without the built in orange peel effect as seen on all production cars.
Cheers
Kevin

[2saffs]

You should be pleased with yourself mate, looks superb now we can see it in detail! Cant wait to see it finished now 

[grimbo]

look really good mate just got the rest to do now

[aries9456]

I like  the  colour !

It will look great  when finished ,  as  the  colour will go well with Chrome .

Carry on -  with  speed  now !

[tango]

That looks like a superb job.
If you think that bonnets long, i hope it wont put you off doing ours 
It is refreshing to see a car painted without the built in orange peel effect as seen on all production cars.
Cheers
Kevin

Your bonnet bigger than a capri?? damn, your price just doubled! lol

You should be pleased with yourself mate, looks superb now we can see it in detail! Cant wait to see it finished now 

look really good mate just got the rest to do now

I like  the  colour !

It will look great  when finished ,  as  the  colour will go well with Chrome .

Carry on -  with  speed  now !

cheers. Gonna be a while till whole car is one colour im afraid. Lots of work needed and a few spares before I strip it completely. Needs a whole front valance as mine it pretty much all filler! lol. Needs a new roof lining and gotta take all the windows out to replace that. Only really wanna do that the once really as it needs new window rubbers too.

[Taps]

Just came out of A&E after looking at this thread as I passed out with disbelief and banged my head 

[tango]

Was awaiting an informative, well constructed comment from you three 

Just Laurie and Owain to go now then! lol

ps got matey's Jag in today n tomorrow if you fancy a peak

[Owain]

You'll get no piss taking from me on this fella, it looks the bollocks, fair play to ya

[XRLaurie]

Tango doesn't do orange peel - he knows what he's doing. Nice job mate. The colour suits it. (informative bit)

Being as your name is derived from the colour of your cars, you may have to change your name from Tango to Pearlescent. I think it suits you   (constructive bit)

[tango]

small update.

All cleaned and polished up! One sexy car lol. Just need to sort the valance and wing to make the front almost presentable 

[Taps]

WTF with the number plate, its a Ford not a Alfa