Page 1 of 19

It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 2:20 pm
by ratrace427
Another Okie JP18
IMG_1546.JPG
After close examination of the HD screen shots my paint guy noticed that the 8 does not center in the body line
IMG_1542.JPG
The 1 goes right in front of the body line on the pass. side
IMG_1543.JPG
I didnt like the size of the hood decal from 8bit so i custom ordered a larger one from them.
IMG_1545.JPG
I chose to paint the wheels before mounting the tires. Two of the wheels flaked some at a little spot on the edge but nothing a small touch up wouldn't cure
IMG_1544.JPG

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 2:32 pm
by ratrace427
My paint guy wrote a summary with pictures. I left the pictures out

On Sep 18, 2012, at 5:42 AM, Marty O'Rourke wrote:

The project was to reproduce the Jurassic Park JP18 stripe's onto a Jeep.

1) This is the one of two still's I used to guide me.

2) Still #2. There are no definite dimension's available so you have to use reference point's and a lot of eyeing. I did visit the Jurassic Park Jeep Forum for plenty of useful information.

3) The Jeep was the correct model and color. Sand Beige poly, low gloss.

4) Decal's installed. Some part's were removed for ease of masking and painting.
DSC02241.JPG
DSC02241.JPG (172.39 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

5) Starting with the wheel's. They were blasted to clean the surface.
DSC02248.JPG
DSC02248.JPG (184.66 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

5) Applied one good coat of epoxy primer.

6) Three coat's of Radiant Fire red base.

7) Next was to apply the clear coat. The red finish on the jeep was a low gloss so I added a flattener to the clear coat. I applied two good coat's of low gloss clear.
DSC02251.JPG
DSC02251.JPG (187.82 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

8) Now the real challenge, striping out the Jeep. Using the still photo's, I found some reference point's. I didn't have a picture of the Hood but I found a starting point of 5.5 inch's on the forum for the hood stripe. This was a reference point from the hood's edge to just past the hood hinge's. Now I could bring the striping tape down to the flare to the second reference point. I found this by using the front of the fender and running a straight edge to the rear of the flare. To keep the curve consistent, I used 8.5 inch's at the lower hood to fender gap. The rear of the stripe by the door was found by finding the center of the second "e" in Jeep and running a a straight edge up to the body line. This gave me a starting point for the tape line that ran down to the flare seam. Fine line tape was used to tape off the stripe. The 18 is in the wrong position at this time.
DSC02254.JPG
DSC02254.JPG (175.76 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

9) Using an angle finder I found the stripe was about 20 degrees. That is a good starting point for the rear stripe. Starting at the bottom of the rear flare I ran the tape up to the top of the quarter, keeping the tape at 20*. An other measurement from the forum said the rear stripe was 12.5" wide. I decided it didn't look proper and eyed it to 14". Then from 14" down to the flare to just past center. Now to reproduce the taping to the right side. Once the taping was completed,I marked the tape with yellow masking tape so it could be seen better. I moved the jeep outside to make sure the angle's were even.
DSC02257.JPG
DSC02257.JPG (306.75 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

10) I was off 1/4' on the right rear aft tape at the top. Easy fix and back into the shop for masking.

11) Plenty of through mask to be done. I used speed tape to hold the fineline tape down in all the compound curve's. I don't want the paint blowing under loose tape.

12) Just before painting, I apply the decal's used for masking. For location of the 18., I found the bottom of the "1" stem is lined up to the bottom of the antenna base and the body seam just to the back of the stem. The "1" is just under 3" from the hood gap. The decal is applied with soap and water.
DSC02264.JPG
DSC02264.JPG (115.88 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

13) The left "18" was placed just under 3" from the hood gap.
DSC02265.JPG
DSC02265.JPG (124.4 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

14) This put the "18" where it suppose to be by looking at the still's. About a 1/4 inch of the open area is lined up with the top of the "J" and the body line is in the right place. The panel was spritzed with soap and water and the decal was applied.
DSC02266.JPG
DSC02266.JPG (155.2 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

15) Once the decal's were dry, I cut the decal at the seam's and used speed tape to prevent paint blow through.

16) The base and low gloss clear is applied. After the last coat the fineline tape was pulled to soften the paint edge.
DSC02268.JPG
DSC02268.JPG (200.59 KiB) Viewed 168927 times

17) Once the paint dried, I pulled off the masking. No leak's or blow through's!

18) Top/front.

19) Rear.

20) The paint has not cured yet, the shine will dull in a few hour's.

21) Installed the wheel's and light bar and moved it outside.

22) Rear.

23) Side.
DSC02279.JPG
DSC02279.JPG (370.7 KiB) Viewed 168922 times

24) Front.
DSC02282.JPG
DSC02282.JPG (303.95 KiB) Viewed 168922 times
25) Back.

26) Last one.

That completes' the Jurassic Park Jeep.

Marty.

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 3:21 pm
by DrewSmith007
Looks great man, congrats!

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 3:22 pm
by piotrzloto12
Is it possible to add in the pics that were taken during the process? It would make it much easier to understand what is going on here with visual references. Amazing job on the Jeep btw :D

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 3:23 pm
by MrScorpio
Sweet! and Congratz! Can't wait to see it in person.

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 4:11 pm
by COBrian
You have a pretty thorough paint guy!

So you started with correct base color.... what did he charge you for the stripe work?

Ohh and Looks great!

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 4:24 pm
by ImperialTrooper
Looks awesome, good choice on the painter!

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 4:35 pm
by ratrace427
COBrian wrote:You have a pretty thorough paint guy!

So you started with correct base color.... what did he charge you for the stripe work?

Ohh and Looks great!
He charged $500 but he told me he should have charged $600 for the amount of work and time involved.

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 4:42 pm
by ratrace427
piotrzloto12 wrote:Is it possible to add in the pics that were taken during the process? It would make it much easier to understand what is going on here with visual references. Amazing job on the Jeep btw :D
He had a issue with sending the pics attached within the email. Even so i will have to attach each one as a single then put it within the post. I will do that when i get all the pics he took but knowing where he had them within his layout will be a guess.

Re: It was "In the making" but now "It's made"

Posted: September 18th, 2012, 5:59 pm
by piotrzloto12
This looks really good, great job for 500 bucks! What I might end up doing is do the main color myself and then take it into a shop for the stripe. Really nice jeep :D