Monday, 21 April 2008

First Coat.





A lick of paint has restored enthusiasm and momentum to the Jeep project. Matt and his team of experts worked a long Saturday to finish preparing the chassis and all the mechanical components for a coat of ‘sand yellow’. The underside of the body had a coat for good measure and is positioned, but not bolted to the chassis. I find it most inspiring that a BIG bit is now almost finished. looking at the Jeep in stripped down form there is really so little to it that a few good weekends would see it finished. There will, inevitably, be awkward snagging items, but I think we are on track for hitting tarmac in late Spring, early Summer.

9 comments:

Peter Ashley said...

This is marvellous, well done everybody. Now, Tobe The Lensman, if you wanted to do a desert location shoot with it posed against suitable scenery, and you couldn't take it out of England, where would you go?

Toby Savage said...

Deep into the bowels of Photoshop. Got a whole library of dez scenes. Nifty clipping path, cut and paste. Job done. Ten minutes, or two hours at an inflated rate if you are a client!

Affer said...

Military Jeep....French....err, weren't they painted all black (to make the white flag stand out more clearly)?

Diplomate said...

Ernst Goldfinger's Golf Club, The Royal StMarks at Sandwich, aka Pinewood.

Diplomate said...

sorry - I meant Auric

Toby Savage said...

Bit early in the day Diplo?

Peter Ashley said...

Photoshop. Toby. Now answer the question properly like a good boy.

And why was he named Auric, Diplo?

Diplomate said...

Latin

Fred Fibonacci said...

A a
U u
Get off of my cloud
(from 'Twenty Golden Greats by The Rolling Stones). Snarf


Fred Fibonacci has been visiting with Ron Combo. Details of this fact-finding mission will escape, like gas, as and when I remember them.

Well done Toby, Matt and Matt's team of experts. The Jeep looks terrific.