Larry's Hovercraft & Trike Build

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Hovercraft › Chapter 6 of 8

Painting

Off to the spray booth. Sealer, primer, more hours of sanding than I want to remember, then the yellow goes on.

  1. Part 1

    Odds and ends while it’s at the paint shop

    On this page is just random bits and pieces of the build such as parts painted etc, really I just created this page because its been...

    6 photos
  2. Part 2

    Into the spray booth, sealer and first primer

    Here it is after lifting it into one of the two Heshbon spray bake ovens that Sean has. These spray booths are fully temperature controlled with...

    6 photos
  3. Part 3

    High build primer and hours of sanding

    Here the first coat of Ulta-build 520 primer has been sprayed on over the top of the previous tan coloured primer. This is the first of...

    4 photos
  4. Part 4

    Smooth panels and the first top coat

    Ok ok so I couldn't resist putting up further photo's of it to show off how well its starting to come up after hours and hours...

    6 photos
  5. Part 5

    Top decks and duct painted, check out that shine

    The top decks and duct have finally been painted and its come out awesome. I was wondering how my sanding skills would turn out and I...

    4 photos
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