Mustang

[Galtbacken]

I'm back to work again. :| But I've managed to make some progress on the bike anyway!

Shot some chrome paint on the light reflectors.

Shortened the bars a little.

Primed parts.

Headlight paint design.

Chainguard paint design masked off.

Painted gold stripes on some parts.

Frame primed, painted red, masked off, painted black and clearcoated.

Still left to do is to paint the fenders, paint the logo on the chainguard, paint gold stripes on the frame, fork and fenders and clean some parts and assemble the bike. Oh, and some soldering for the lights...

That's all for now. I'll be back with more pics as soon as I've got something to show you...

 

[stretch]

awesome! love the paint combo!

 

[herr_rudolf]

hahaaah... The paintjob almost makes the frame look less square. The build is coming along fine. But then again, it has to... Deadline is sneaking up on us. Nice details but I think I have to see the bike completed.
And I really can't wait...

 

[Galtbacken]

Thanks, glad you like the paint! Cool you saw that herr_rudolf!! That's one of my aims with the paint design, to make the bike look a little more rounded and flowing. The other aim is to accentuate the lugs, and I hope that will be achieved nicely with some gold stripes along the edges of them. The logo will be ivory white with gold outlines and maybe I'll add some ivory to the striping too, I haven't made my mind up 100% yet...
Yeah deadline comes closer really fast now! :shock:

 

[sprucemoose]

If H.G. Wells were to design a hot rod bicycle, you would be the man to make it happen. I'm always amazed by your work!

 

[Boardtrack fan]

Very cool build. I don't know how I managed to miss it until now. I love the truss rods and the design on the chain guard. The chain guard reminds me of a Alphonse Mucha painting ( a personal favorite).

 

[herr_rudolf]

Indeed very much like a 'Mucha-painting'... One of my fav artists also!

Thanks, glad you like the paint! Cool you saw that herr_rudolf!! That's one of my aims with the paint design, to make the bike look a little more rounded and flowing. The other aim is to accentuate the lugs, and I hope that will be achieved nicely with some gold stripes along the edges of them. The logo will be ivory white with gold outlines and maybe I'll add some ivory to the striping too, I haven't made my mind up 100% yet...
Yeah deadline comes closer really fast now! :shock:

I didn't get the 'accentuating the lug' -part yet, but I'll have to wait for the detailshots. It's a bit small on my screen... Oh, but you're not done with that. Okay, I'll hold my breath. I like the Idea of accentuating the lugs but must say Ihave seen horrible examples. Like the Batavus-donor for my cartboardtracker for instance. It looked like some kid had been messing about with a permanent marker... But to my surprise it came out of the factory that way. I'm sure you'll be doing a much better job on the striping.

 

[Galtbacken]

Thanks for your kind words!

Boardtrack fan: The shapes of the chainguard comes from how I use to simplify drawing long hair. I started doing it before I had heard of Alphonse Mucha, but I guess after seeing his work some of what I draw and paint now have probably been influenced by him. He had an amazing eye for clean and beautiful lines!!

herr_rudolf: If you're going to hold your breath I'd better hurry up!! :lol:

 

[mudagoye]

Galtbacken, as usual i say the same thing: Your job is uncredible!
What will you do until the 30ths july to the 2nd Aug? If you have some time, go to amsterdam for the Choppernation, it is THE place to go if you like all kind of custom bikes. People are coming from russia, america, france, spain, germany, england.. And some of finland too.
It would be great to meet you!

 

[Galtbacken]

Thanks mudagoye!
Me and a friend are going on a boat trip that weekend. He's just finished fixing up an old boat. I'd like to go to the Choppernation event some time though, so I'll probably go another year. Hope you'll have a good time if you go!


Ok, haven't been feeling too well lately but here are the final progress pics of the bike.

Painted fenders.

Painted the logo.

Painted the gold stripes on the frame, fork and fenders.

Made a strap for the battery box.

Assembled the bike!

Thanks for showing interest in this build and for all your kind words!

I'll post more photos of the bike in the finished section...

 

[stretch]

intense paint job! love it!

 

[Galtbacken]

Thanks! I appologise for the greasy fingerprints in some of the photos...

 

[Tommy Atoms]

Wow fantastic job! You are a very multi-talented person. You should be very proud of the work you do. Cant wait till your'e next build.

 

[Galtbacken]

Thank you! I've made stuff with my hands since as long as I can remember and I often get ideas that I like to try and see if I can make (some ideas I know I can make from previous experience...) A lot of the ideas of things I'd like to try and make lately has had to do with bikes...who could tell? :wink: I'm glad I found this site, there are so many creative and talented people here and the atmosphere is inspiring and friendly!

 

[Skipton]

Wow you sure do have mad skillz! The bike looks fantastic!

 

[uneasy rider]

that is a great paint job. the design and colors are fantastic. you are a true craftsman.

 

[Galtbacken]

Thank you so much!!