New Cyclone Project

HNB

Arctic White done. Next (once it is nice and dry) I will put part masks on and do my yellowed white on the exposed parts. 😀

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HNB

Got the yellowed white sprayed. First coat. One more to go! Then it needs to dry for awhile to get ready for nitro clear.

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HNB

Masking worked ok. The spots where the pickguard screws go are a little big. Going to try to wetsand it a little to either take the dots off or fade them slightly. I think it went pretty ok. I won't know really for sure until tomorrow. I want to let it dry over night before I do anything else at this point. Next will come the nitro clear which has a MUCH longer drying time. Duplicolor spoils me. I did five coats of paint in about twelve hours today.

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HNB

Looks pretty good. Parts cover the brighter white.

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Stock guard is too yellow. I am thinking white pearl. 😀

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HNB

Oh yeah, topless shot. 😀

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redman1401

Coming along nicely, hell if i ever get around to getting a mustang body and neck i might have to have you do the paint work on it lol

HNB

Would be fun. I like painting guitars. 😀

redman1401

I'm wanting to do a competition mustang with matching headstock in competition blue with a hint of competition burgundy under it, then using some amber tint lacquer to age the top coat of blue so it has a greenish-blueish-purpleish color.

HNB

Sounds nice!

redman1401

I figure, its impossible to find a lefty compstang with matching headstock so screw it, make my own give it some slight touches. Almost like a 3 color sunburst with the green blue and burgundy, oughta come out nice.

HNB

This is clear layer three. Looking pretty good. 😀

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HNB

Clear is finished. Now comes the drying time. Later this afternoon after the fumes have died down a bit, I will move it in to my house to finish drying.

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HNB

Ordered a custom pickguard and tremolo cover from Pickguardian. I realize that I didn't paint behind there white, but honestly I don't know when the last time it had a cover on it was, so it is still pretty true to the guitar. Both pieces are white/black/white. I decided not to go the pearl route after looking at pages of 1950's white strats. Pretty much all of them had white or mint on them. Since this is a warmer creme, I decided to go with white. I think the pickups are creme so the solor scheme will be very much traditional. Need to find something new to keep me busy now that the clear has to just sit... LOL Maybe I will get Cooter's Bronco body and have another thing to paint. 😀

HNB

All wetsanded. I installed the bridge and springs. I also installed the straplocks. Need the pickguard to come to do more. 😀

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Here it is with the neck sitting on it. Man I can't wait for the guard to arrive!

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HNB

Weather checking time. Rather than the canned air trick, I am going to use my freezer to try to cool the whole body. Might take a while... there is also a chance that the lacquer might self repair if it isn't dried enough.

HNB

Here it is in the freezer again.

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So far just cracks where the seams are glued.

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Psittacosis

Why did you put it in the freezer? looks good though!

HNB

To get the paint to check. Paint sometimes cracks and stuff with heat change over time. Example:

HNB

Custom pickguard and trem cover from pickguardian.com came today. I am really happy with it. Tony always does great work. 😀 Just need my toggle to show up and I can do final assembly.

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