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by scoodidabop
August 27th, 2013, 12:05 am
Forum: Vehicle Builds
Topic: My "tour" Explorer WIP
Replies: 79
Views: 332204

Re: My Explorer: Sneak peak

Once you get the hang of rolling the paint on it really is pretty easy. The key is thinning it the right amount. If it's too thick then it'll take forever to dry and you'll see brushmarks. Too thin and it'll run and be too translucent. My mixture was nearly 50/50 mineral spirits to paint and it work...
by scoodidabop
August 25th, 2013, 8:03 am
Forum: Vehicle Builds
Topic: My "tour" Explorer WIP
Replies: 79
Views: 332204

Re: My Explorer: Sneak peak

Nice work and were did you get the wood trim pieces on the doors It's a faux wood finish I did on them. First I sprayed the handles with a tan vinyl dye to lighten the base color (I used SEM "palomino" since I had a few cans of it lying around). Then I used a gel stain applied with a rubber glove t...
by scoodidabop
August 25th, 2013, 7:53 am
Forum: Vehicle Builds
Topic: My "tour" Explorer WIP
Replies: 79
Views: 332204

Re: My Explorer: Sneak peak

How was the paint applied? You stated that you spray painted the running boards but what about the other parts? Did you spray the purple and yellow? The paint was all applied using a high density foam roller. You thin the paint with mineral spirts enough that the paint self-levels during drying, an...
by scoodidabop
August 24th, 2013, 2:15 am
Forum: Vehicle Builds
Topic: My "tour" Explorer WIP
Replies: 79
Views: 332204

Re: My Explorer: Sneak peak

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Dash is stock but I'm making a custom one... and yes I have the black air vents :)

Still doing lots of work on it so my apologies for the messiness.
by scoodidabop
August 24th, 2013, 2:12 am
Forum: Vehicle Builds
Topic: My "tour" Explorer WIP
Replies: 79
Views: 332204

Re: My Explorer: Sneak peak

Step by step... kinda. Condensed version. Started with this: http://i.imgur.com/5g6YqeNl.jpg Used these: http://i.imgur.com/b0ZjNa2l.jpg Wheels first: http://i.imgur.com/QYByru7l.jpg http://i.imgur.com/jcv9fw1l.jpg Added red. Oops you need a frikkin motor! Here ya go! http://i.imgur.com/BSg07mrl.jpg...
by scoodidabop
August 13th, 2013, 9:18 pm
Forum: Vehicle Builds
Topic: My "tour" Explorer WIP
Replies: 79
Views: 332204

Re: My Explorer: Sneak peak

jbc455 wrote:Lookin' good!

I hate doing regular maintenance that adds nothing to the visual appeal.
Ugh tell me about it! I kept having to remind myself how awesome it would be to have a real JP Explorer during the tedious work. Only recently has all the boring work started paying off.
by scoodidabop
August 13th, 2013, 11:50 am
Forum: Vehicle Builds
Topic: My "tour" Explorer WIP
Replies: 79
Views: 332204

My "tour" Explorer WIP

Posted this on a few other forums (rpf, jplegacy) but thought I should also share it here since JPJEEP was the first JP forum I joined. I'll post some "progress" and newer update pics too but I just took these... http://i.imgur.com/maM0dbRl.jpg http://i.imgur.com/7vIcUEll.jpg Here it is a few months...