Gee Bee Part two...Williams Brothers

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Medicman71 wrote:It's looking good Lyle!
Thanks. A second, lighter coat is down and drying enough to remove the masking...getting antsy. Must resist.
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Whew....masking is off. I like to get it removed as soon as i can. One area of overspray on the underside of the elevator. Don't know how that happened...but it did. Easy peasy. Looking at the pictures, I think I see a couple of tiny places where there was some lift on the white. Overall, quite happy with the result. No solvents anywhere near the paint this time.

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Sheer perfection my friend, Bravo!!
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Damn Lyle! That looks awesome!! :shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:
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Thanks Mike and Joe. Sometimes, amaze myself! :giggles:

I was able to buff that bit of overspray from the elevator, so that is a good thing. I see 3 or 4 areas that could have been done a little better, but, I can't see messing with it. Appreciate your kind words.
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*cracks knuckles*

*engages Caps Lock*


YEAAAAAAH BUDDY! LYLE! IT’S GLORIOUS! KNEW YOU COULD DO IT!

Man. Those curves came out so nice and so clean and tight. Sexy as hell. I love it.

Overspray? Meh. It happens. Easy-peasy Japaneesy lemon-squeezy like you said. No problems there.

Beautiful work my man. Just beautiful. She’s already a legit Hello Nurse eye-popper. I can’t wait to see the next stages.
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Kenny, thank you so much. I stand (okay,sit) back and look at your work and wonder how the heck you do it. . . so I really appreciate your words.

Playing around with the idea of using decals, homemade of course, for the pinstriping. Not sold 100% yet. Some looks okay, some, Meh. There is just enough of a ridge on the demarcation between red/white to get in the way. Not sure whether I want to try and polish that ridge out or try to touch up th red....touch ups are trick and polishing that red could be a nightmare as well....

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Nicely done! Both attempts. Nice recovery
Thanks,
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:shoutout: :shoutout: :shoutout:

Bravo Lyle! Looking very sharp!
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John and Carlos, thank you.
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