Flame MACKAZs Vulcan

[MACKAZ]

[MACKAZ]

[xsinclairx]

Woah. I wonder what on earth originally happened to that tank. She’s pretty beat up

[MACKAZ]

Was attacked by a scorned woman with a tomahawk….. Captain Harley bought it from a divorce settlement….. 

[MACKAZ]

Have purchased this lightly damaged tank 

[MACKAZ]

Back guard 99% stripped

Front guard with stripper and cling film attached

Tank should arrive from Katikati on Thursday with all things going to plan

[tortron]

Paint plans? 

[MACKAZ]

Just a plain solid colour. Not metallic or anything crazy. Just needs to be brighter than the black/green. I’m thinking orange but jury is still deliberating 

[MACKAZ]

Fry you bastard

[MACKAZ]

That’s enough for tonight

I’ll do rest with stripper wheel tomorrow night 

[MACKAZ]

Have applied a fair amount of etch primer to the tins. Guide coat on tank/front guard. The tedious task of 400 wet n dry starts tomorrow. We decided on a colour and bought it. I am going to paint it with rattle cans and it is not going to be orange. It’s going to be a light blue with the original badging on the tank. 
Should be different

[MACKAZ]

Aaaaannnnddddd I’ve just been thrown a curveball. Wife has decided that the blue is too much. Back to Bunnings in the morning…..Hhmmmm. 

[governorsam]

[governorsam]

Or blackboard paint and chalk flames/scallops etc

[MACKAZ]

Bought paint yesterday. It’s bright. 
YELLOW. Throwback to my old days where my first 2 bike were yellow. I think it will look okay

[GregT]

1 hour ago, MACKAZ said:

Bought paint yesterday. It’s bright. 
YELLOW. Throwback to my old days where my first 2 bike were yellow. I think it will look okay

Just how bad was the head injury ?  Don't decide paint while stunned.

[MACKAZ]

49 minutes ago, GregT said:

Just how bad was the head injury ?  Don't decide paint while stunned.

Lol. It was a decision made between me, wife and daughter. I was absolutely done and lucid at the time

[tortron]

Yellow bikes are great, I hope you have the matching suit

 

[MACKAZ]

Pictureless update due to being angry at myself.

Had tank and front guard in top coat and had sanded the couple of small runs out.

Gave it a wipe down with a rag and some prepsol. Let it dry and started putting on the (what I thought would be) topcoat before the clear. Finished up and left them in the sun.

Went back half an hour later and the frigging lot has reacted. 
Turns out this Rustoleum paint doesn’t like prepsol.

FUCK

IT

ALL.

so front guard has been ripped back to bare steel again. Tank tomorrow.

Faaaaaarrrrrrrrkkkkkkk it all

[Lord Gruntfuttock]

Did someone say strippers and clingfilm...? 

 

And I've been caught out with incompatible paints too, or just being too impatient and spraying before grease and wax remover has evaporated off. Inadvertent wrinkle finish.
It sucks but you learn...