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Sunshine! [emoji12]

















Still not done... Have 2 more stencils to use... [emoji12]

But these need a good long bake in the sun before that happens... [emoji41]

 

Thanks guys, they are all prep'ed and ready to get the last set of stencils. [emoji2]

Told you they were fine! [emoji12]

 

Going to have to do the final clear first thing in the morning... Had to build up a lot, just for the last two snowflakes, and I'm kinda beat...















They will be glass smooth! [emoji12]

 

Somebody clock me out... I'm going to sleep!

I knew that starting to do work for other people was going to be exhausting, but 7 hours of sleep since Friday MORNING! [emoji12]

All weekend projects are complete though! [emoji2]





Corner was smashed, and needed a little love...



Factory corner...



Repaired corner... (Good enough for the guy Erin dates! [emoji12])







Now I've got to get cracking on the rust sculpture, and RC MINI for Mr. Chappel, and work on some more stuff for Goldsmithy at the same time! [emoji12]

Not tonight though! [emoji42][emoji42][emoji42]

 

With an hour left before midnight, the count is currently 214! I was expecting maybe 100 and thought that might be a stretch! [emoji12]

Don, Thank you for those mirror caps! It's stuff like those that I am looking for to pre paint and sell at the Dragon... The small trim stuff like that is easy to transport and sells quickly. I have a few ideas for them already, and need to start spraying the Dragon parts ASAP if I want to have a good stock that can last a week on vendor row. Sure it will take a little out of my pocket to get them all done, and at the same time I am running the risk of going overboard and making something that won't sell for a while, but I'm really not worried about it. I haven't heard many bad remarks about what I come up with on my own, and with a regular 600+ MINIs attending, there is bound to be one of them that fits the style of the design. [emoji6]

With that being said, if anybody has any good condition old parts laying around they don't want or need I will take them off your hands if the price is right! Not looking for any specific year or model either, anything is welcome! Even if it is just one mirror cap, I could use it as a display only piece... But I am also looking for interior trim, dash panels, scuttle lights and trim, headlight housings, taillight housings, hood scoops... Pretty much if it can be taken off without disassembling the entire car, let me know what you have!

214 People on the first day of the FB page going live, says there is a lot of interest in my style of painting! I might have even sold a tank and tin paint job on a Harley to somebody at Fort Campbell that I served with, but haven't talked to in 10 years! Which is good, because bikes are easy to do, and they are always looking for custom work... One of my reasons for wanting to start the actual shop in Robbinsville. [emoji12]

 

Got the head of the lamp all welded up today...



















Will do more in my free time, but I don't have much of that anymore... I am looking for an R56 steering wheel if anybody has one they don't need though. [emoji12]

 

Just got the masking done on a test panel... Thinking on doing one of the mirror cap sets in a style like this.



It will look pretty crazy after all the shading is done with the airbrush... For the mirror caps, that will be the base layer, and have a colored candy / transparent color coat over the top. [emoji6]

Tomorrow since I don't have anything else to do, I'm going to drag a propane bottle into the garage and shade this in. [emoji12]

 

Merry Christmas everyone!

I went out to start working, and it started snowing as soon as I pulled the Rat out of the shop, so I had to close everything back up. [emoji20] Can't wait for this MAZDA to un-ass my floor space so I can have some room to stash the Rat when it can't be outside... Next week its gone, even if I have to yank it out of here with a rope! [emoji12]