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Thanks Bomp, I can't wait to see yours at this stage!

NOT SOON ENOUGH!

YOU HAD BETTER!, I know that your thread must take up all of your free-time, but you had better throw me a bone when the time comes!

Thanks, Your shtuff looks awesome too! I know it will be sweet when you finish!

Thanks Clem! The biggest bonus of posting all of this is for people to see that our builds are not just nice on the surface. Some of these builds get pretty deep!

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Finally!!!
Between weather conditions, and life getting in the way, we sprayed the roof!
And it looks AMAZING! I am so excited!
I know, I know. Now I have a whole bunch more work to prep the outside of the front-half of the truck. But seeing a shiny surface on the exterior makes me want to work twice as hard to get to the finish!

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And the clear laid-out pretty flat!....Not much to wheel here!

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Wow

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Very nice......

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Thanks man! Looks beautiful as usual:metal: I've been patiently waiting for these paint pics. This is one of the first builds I've been following since I joined this site. It's nice to see this baby start to come together!
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Man that is just stinkin' Sweet.
Makes me so disgusted with myself that I can't even get near the Awesomeness of the Skillz Level you have.
That came out soooooooo nice.

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That is very nice :thumbs:

That makes all the work worth it when you can see some shininess that's smooth as glass.

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Patiently waiting for more Modge-Gyver painting magic. Looking really nice.. What brand of paint and clear are you using..and when you masked the foam tape in the door jambs is it laying flat or does it follow the contour.

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Very nice, love the color.

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I was interested how the foam tape worked also, nice paint..Vernski:metal:

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So Clean, that paintwork is:jdp:
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whoa and a few holy cows ! nice work dig the color

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beautiful job on the paintwork. i dig the foam tape too and it comes is several diameters for different gaps, really gives a soft edge.
driving this fall, maybe? its possible.

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What is the purpose of the foam tape?
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Thanks, man!

I'm trying real hard, Thanks!

Thanks, buddy!
I watch your build religiously, and can honestly say that you will probably out-do me on paint-work!
I don't paint, and it took me forever for me to prep this!
But hey, like I always say: Paint is 90% prep work, and almost anybody can blow it on!...JK!!!

I don't believe any of that CRAP for 1 minute!!!
I have spent well over a YEAR prepping this thing for paint!!!
Look at all of the stuff that you have done in that same year!!!
I have done absolutely everything leading up to paint, except actually holding onto the paint gun and spraying the paint.
I was kinda guestimating... you know, with calculus & stuff, and determined that I have well over 600 hours into getting the body to this stage!
I don't claim to be fast at this, but I am sure that if you put as much effort into this, as you do for everything else that you have done, all will be awesome!

Thanks, it is soooooo shiny!

Thanks, man!
You know, a few of my buddies refer to me as Modge-Gyver, that's funny!!!
All Dupont Chromabase on exterior surfaces!
The foam tape is like a rope with adhesive on about a quarter of the diameter, it locks off the jamb from overspray, and doesn't leave a definitive tape line.

Thanks, dude!

I haven't opened the doors yet, but I can see that there is no tape line, and it will look really clean!

THANKS DON!

Many thanks! coming from the master himself!!!

Thanks, I got soooo much to do before I can drive this thing!
But I doubt that I will be driving this until next year!

The foam tape blocks off the gaps in the jambs for overspray, and divert the spray for a non-existent tape-line.

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600 hours!!!..........,,..,.,,,. I can't even count that high.

You do awesome work Man!

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absolutely beautiful, this is for sure going to be one of the nicest trucks on this site, great work,and sorry its been so long since I last chimed in but looks like theres been some serious work going on in modges garage:metal: very happy for ya.

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I know! (that you can't count that high) Thanks, Bud!
Been workin real hard, even though it doesn't appear that way!

Thanks, Flip!
There is bunches of prep work to be done when you want it to stand above the rest! (i'm not telling you anything that you didn't already know!)
I've been getting everything ready for the next stage of paint!

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Wow Modges !!
You are doing incredible work :clap:
You have gotten more done in 18 pages, than I have accomplished in 45, my hat is off to you sir !!

Looks beautiful so far...

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Hey all!
I got the cab & front fenders all scuffed, scotch-brited, wiped-down, masked-off, & de-greased!
I also dropped a cool grand on paint & clear this week!
I gotta do the same for the hood & grill support, then I will be ready for some more paint action!
Just a few more pics to keep you all happy!
Next week this time, I hope to have the front-half in paint!

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man that paint is smoooooth!!!! good stuff man

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That cab looks flawless! Great work, I'm a fan. :metal:

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:jdp: That is All...

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Can't wait to see the results from next week. Awesome job as always.
I couldn't help but laugh at the caster layin under the cab but then I caught a glimps at the '69 Camaro fender off to the right.

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Ha-Ha-Ha!
The caster is wedged into the seam in the concrete to keep my cart from rollin down the apron to the garage, pretty ingenious, eh?
That's actually an entire '69 X-11 car. My buddies so-called project car.
A shame, I actually parked it there over 20 years ago, under it's own power...He hasn't touched it since, and won't sell it. I tried to purchase it before I bought my truck....I think maybe that the idea hit too close to home for him, and he didn't want for me to restore it, then end-up painting it for me.