Gav's Super-Strat Build (Thank's Andy!)

[wokkaboy]

kit looks great Gav. Glad you are back to building axes, must feel good !

plans for the build sound great, can't wait to see how it turns out !

[gavinturner]

Hey guys,

I took Hobastard's advice and lowered my initial flames a cm or two. I think they look a whole lot better. I think I'll do a final version very similar to this and run with it.



cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

placement of the flames looks choice Gav ! So will the flames be red/orange ?

[gavinturner]

Hey Wokks, i was thinking natural wood flames with a trans-black body.

Cheers,
Gav.

[andrewdosborne]

Hey Wokks, i was thinking natural wood flames with a trans-black body.

Cheers,
Gav.

Good to see you up and running Gav, your plans for this axe sound & look awesome!

[gavinturner]

Good to see you up and running Gav, your plans for this axe sound & look awesome!

Thanks man. We'll see how it goes!

cheers,
Gav.

[wokkaboy]

ok nice one Gav, look forward to see how it goes. Hope no stain seeps under the masking tape as you say

[WeirdBits]

I love the idea of natural flames.

You could maybe try reversing the mask/frisket to the non-flame part and put a couple of coats of clear on the natural flames first to, at least partially, seal it agaist the stain?

Then again, a touch of very faint trans-black stain bleed at the edge of your flames could give them a nice soft edge. I think some testing will be in order.

[gavinturner]

Ahh yes Wierdy, testing! I better get on that. I want to go TO on this build not spray clear. If i paint a few coats of TO in the flame part before staining maybe it will seal enough. Yes - testing is the answer .

cheers,
Gav.

[billb]

There's always this. How difficult can it be...


Done by these guys:
http://www.crazyhorsepainting.com/hotrod.shtml