Painting – Larry's Hovercraft and trike build

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 think going by the way it all turned out that the effort was well worth while.

Painting 4

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Post published:January 8, 2021
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View Trike BuildView Hover BuildI'm EmptyPainting 4The 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 think going by the way it all turned out that the effort was well worth while.The craft will sit in the oven being […]

Painting 3

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Post published:January 8, 2021
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View Trike BuildView Hover BuildI'm EmptyPainting 3Ok 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 of sanding. These following three pictures are shots of it after the third coat of primer, each layer of primer has meant i've […]

Today is the 1st Oct 05 and Sean has put the first coat of Altra-prime 504-50 over the top of the wood sealer. I'm over the moon cause finally its changed colour and is starting to look a bit more like it should. After almost a year of looking at the same wood/Q cell combination its nice to see a change.

Painting 2

Post author:lazza
Post published:January 8, 2021
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View Trike BuildView Hover BuildI'm EmptyPainting 2Due to the awkward nature of spraying the inside of the seat area that section and behind the dash will be sprayed black then masked off the rest of the craft will eventually go yellow (PS: I'm not totally convinced i picked the right shade of yellow but to […]

This is a shot of the inside of Sean Blairs paint shop ( Bodyline Refinish Centre, start of Portsmouth Drive, Dunedin), showing both Heshbon spray booths he has. If you want a job done right then this is the place to go. :-)

Painting 1

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View Trike BuildView Hover BuildI'm EmptyPainting 1Here 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 multiple ventilation filters and all the bells and whistles much better than the plastic sheeting i was going to do around my dusty […]

Misc

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Post published:January 7, 2021
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View Trike BuildView Hover BuildI'm EmptyMiscOn 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 over a month since I've had anything to put on the site and thought i better put something just in case people thought i […]