Wokkas IC-1 Iceman

[wokkaboy]

Gav, not sure what clear I'll be using. What did you use on your BC1? Have to do some research. Yer the pizza oven is awesome. We cut a guitar shape handle for wood storage door.

[gavinturner]

Wokka, I used minwax wipe-on poly for the BC-1. Main motivation there though was to let the little fella get stuck in. Worked well for him, but I'm not sure I would recommend it to anyone else - it produces quite a nice shiny finish with little effort, but doesn't take to wet sanding very well. It also doesn't seem that tough, although that could well be because I didn't let it cure. Try telling a 9 year old they have to wait a month to keep building!! .

cheers,
Gavin.

[wokkaboy]

Hi Gav, thanks for the info on the clear you used, I ended up reading this information on your build diary. Think I'll steer away from wipe on clear, already applied about 35 coats of tru oil on 3 builds (thats just earnt me another week in the naughty corner !!). I'll look for an automotive clear can, they seem to be thicker and apply better with less runs than standard cheaper spray cans

[gavinturner]

Auto clear sounds like a great idea. I may well do the same for my RC-1 as the surface is going to be quite uneven.

cheers,
Gavin.

[wokkaboy]

yer no worries Gav, I'll keep my build diary updated when I get to the clear stage, won't get any work done this weekend with Bathurst 1000 on, and I'm going to airbrush the southern cross stars on the body before the clear. Please let me know if you get to the clear stage on the RC before me !

[wokkaboy]

Got 3 light colour coats on, starting to get the finish I'm after, bit more light sanding and another 2 coats should lock it in before southern cross and clear

[gavinturner]

Lookin Schmick!!

[wokkaboy]

Last Blue coat

[Analyst69]

that's really coming up nice. Great colour choice for the Iceman too.

[wokkaboy]

yer cheers Darren, very happy with the colour choice, there are so many different shades of automotive blue so I think any of them would look good on the iceman shape.
Probably give it one more body and neck colour coat, and I've ordered blank stencil sheet to cut out the southern cross stars, hoping that arrives end of this week, but I'm away following weekend so looks like I won't finish this until December GOTM