Tag: paint

Painting The Body

Laying on the clearcoat.

Finally – The 99 Turbo is now in paint! Painting in a home made booth does have challenges. One of the biggest is not enough light. Real paint booths have large light panels for a reason – to see what the hell you are doing! 😀 Despite the many lights I had it’s just not… Continue reading Painting The Body

The Doors

Cardinal Red basecoat has a matte/satin sheen to it when dry.

Time to move on to the doors. The major decision here was if I wanted to paint the doors upright or laying flat. Laying flat would be easier but if they were upright the paint would settle down the same way it would on the sides of the car. I decided to paint the upright… Continue reading The Doors

Painting bonnet and the hatch – didn’t go as planned

Second time lucky - looking pretty good.

Well it doesn’t always go as planned. I proceeded to paint the bonnet and the rear hatch and other smaller pieces. Unfortunately some contamination from painters tape got on the bonnet and the hatch so there was pretty much no other options than to wash it all away and start fresh. Thankfully I noticed the… Continue reading Painting bonnet and the hatch – didn’t go as planned

Saab V4 Rally – Some new paint

The North State team color scheme was well known in Finland in the seventies. It inspired a ton of private cars and replicas with the same colors.

The V4 “Rally” is proggressing at a more or less steady pace. I got around to painting a few bits and pieces. The paint scheme is pretty close to the one the car had in the early seventies when racing.