DRAG KING ___Raceliner Dragster___

[kingfish254]

This is gonna be fun!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Cool!

Luke.

 

[whitefiretiger]

This should be cool.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

The seat pedestal is also getting the rust treatment. I'm using the same technique as I'm using on the tank. I primed it with black primer and added the rust layer over the paint. The actual metal underneath is safe and sound under a protective layer of paint. I didn't want to actually rust the raw metal, plus I have some control over the final finish.

You can see some of the black primer on top of the seat post that I didn't bother to rust because it will be covered by the tank.

For comparison, this was it just a few weeks ago...

 

[whitefiretiger]

I want to know how your doing the rust.
Looks great

 

[DoubleL]

Inspiring!

 

[DoubleL]

awesome BIKES....really love Old Glory... special to me as when I was drafted and sent to war you never forget the feeling when you see an American Flag after days of wandering whether you will ever have the chance to see it again....does that make sense?

 

[Jake Sensi]

One of the best bikes in the build off, I am a fan. Keep it up guy!

WHAT HE SAID!! LOVING THIS BIKE!!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I want to know how your doing the rust.
Looks great

It's actually very simple. I'm surprised that it hasn't been done here before now. It's an iron pigmented paint that is oxidized after it dries. If you can paint it, you can rust it. It's that easy. I've been wanting to try it for awhile, so making fiberglass rust was the perfect opportunity!

awesome BIKES....really love Old Glory... special to me as when I was drafted and sent to war you never forget the feeling when you see an American Flag after days of wandering whether you will ever have the chance to see it again....does that make sense?

Yes that does make sense even though I've never been anywhere close to a war zone. I'm honored to have evoked such a feeling from a war vet! Thank you for your service!

WHAT HE SAID!! LOVING THIS BIKE!!

Thanks Jake. You always have my attention, so I'm pleased to get just a little of yours!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

The tank is completely rusty now! I've got some more things to do to it, but the base coat of rust is done.

 

[kingfish254]

That is very cool and worked great!!! Did you have to add the pigment to the paint or did you find some paint that already had the iron pigment blended in?

 

[kingfish254]

I have been thinking you potentially had the build off winner ever since the pics with the tank mounted on May 12th. Ever since then you have done nothing but outstanding work on Drag King. I am sure there are other tricks up your sleeve, but that rusty tank is going to be the topper. Have fun in the winner's circle buddy!!!!

 

[The Renaissance Man]

I appreciate your confidence KF, but there are way too many great builds going on to start thinking like that. It's going to be very hard to pick three when the voting begins!

 

[LukeTheJoker]

The paint is coming out amazing!

Luke.

 

[The Renaissance Man]

Thanks Luke.

@DoubleL and @kingfish254 , the paint is from Modern Masters. They also offer other metal finishes. It's very cool stuff.

 

[LukeTheJoker]

Agree with King on this, this is currently the bike to beat...

Luke.

 

[Dr. Tankenstein]

WOW! That tank looks like it was pulled out of a sun baked junkyard, where it has sat for the last 50 years. 'Awesome' is the only word I can come up with.

You're an artist brother.

Cheers,
Dr. T


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[The Renaissance Man]

Thanks Dr. T. Here's the tank and frame put together to see how the rust matches. I'm very happy with it so far.

The photo looks more orange than it actually is...

 

[whitefiretiger]

That's just sexy.

 

[raggedjim]

Great job of keeping it cool. It's a hard thing sometimes.

Rg