Hm...well, the clearcoat came today but they had forgot to order ther red backlight paint. :| I must say I had to take a few deep breaths to fend off the frustration. Then I remembered an autostore that I hadn't thought of before, because I didn't think they sold paint. I went there and found that they had one small can (150ml) of red backlight paint left, somewhat expensive but I bought it since that was my last chance to be able to paint the bike this weekend. It was a different brand than the one I used to paint the chainguard and shifter casing, and when I testpainted on a piece of cardboard it looked it had a more orange shade to it. Once again I had to take a few deep breaths. I decided to paint the frame anyway and hope that there wouldn't be too much difference and to my relief it came out pretty much excactly the same color as the chainguard.
Here it is when it's masked off with tape (and a black garbage bag) and the wingthing I made from clearcoated copying paper that I sprayglued on:
Tadaa!!
I did scallops (is that the right word for it?) on the fork. Don't know yet if that was a good idea or if I had better not done that, I guess I'll know when the bike is assembled. Some paint crept in under the tape, but I think that the pinstripes will cover that...I mean I'll make sure that the pinstripes cover that! :lol:
Before I went home I clearcoated some other parts, and tomorrow I'll pinstripe the frame and the fork and do some more clearcoating.
I't's late here now, I'd better get some sleep! More photos tomorrow!
