JagMustAster - 1 (or2?)

[neverwas]

After some time, have a bit of progress to show.

Finished sanding the body and rounding over the edges, then applied a few coats of dewaxed shellac with a foam brush to seal the timber.

Let it dry/crosslink for about three weeks and sanded with 240 grit followed by 400. It looked like the shellac had done a good job of helping fill the grain until the first coat of primer went on. Plan to give this at least two weeks to dry and then sand to see how flat it is, or isn't. Fairly sure there will be more rounds of priming then sanding after that. Bringing back memories Nitro?

In the mean time it turns out will need to dowel up and redrill the tuners holes as there are a couple out by just enough that the Gotoh Kluson-type tuners don't sit in place right. Keeps me occupied while the paint dries.


Grant

[Andyxlh]

The holes for the machine heads being out is a real pain. I fitted these to theTL51 but the holes were ok.
The shellac as a grain filler is interesting, makes sense.

[neverwas]

There has been some very slow progress with this one.
As the underside of the neck pocket had been reshaped, decided to attempt to make the neck heel follow the same shape. Had already started with a rasp before remembered to take the before pic.

After rasps, microplanes and sandpaper wrapped around dowel, got a smooth looking transition. Haven't got a pic with neck and body together.

Then on to making the template for the pickguard out of 6mm mdf, used a scroll saw for the rough outline and files sandpaper etc to refine the shape. Took a bit too much off on the bass side of the neck cut out and on the same side where it wraps around the bridge plate. Instead of starting all over again, mixed some mdf sawdust and titebond to build up those spots and filed them to get a better fit.

The switchplate fits in its cutout but may need to do a test rout on something to see it the router bit bearing will follow well enough or if more fettling is required. Template by itself.

The headstock has a new maple veneer, same as kingcasey used.

The body has been sanded again and it will need more primer to fill the bits I'm not happy with. It might be finished next year sometime..... maybe.

Grant

[neverwas]

So after more priming and sanding, spot priming and sanding, we have colour. Needed four coats to get the green even and then a few coats of clear to seal it.
In the shade it just looks dark

Had to take pics in direct sun to show the colour, apologies for the glare.


And this is the green used (acrylic lacquer). Will let this dry for a while before sanding and applying more clear.

Grant

[FrankenWashie]

That is looking tasty, great colour!

[king casey]

Looks great neverwas.
Kind of getting a sense of deja-vu also.
Currently putting the clear coat on mine which is now a similar colour.
'Honda Cypress Green' which is also a dark metallic.

cheers, Mark.

[Sonic Mountain]

Very Nice!

[neverwas]

Thanks very much guys.
king casey, looking forward to seeing pics of the colour you went with.

Grant

[Andy40]

Wow, those auto mica colours really good great. I've used a blue and black mica on a couple of builds now and they look superb

[G-Axe]

That's looking fantastic. Definitely making a note to check out that auto paint for a future build.

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