One of the site managers at my work wanted her Suzuki Bandit painting so i took it on, all prep and paint is done by me and the art work by my dad, he hasnt picked up his airbrush in 30 years so i think hes done well.

The bits as i got them, the paintwork was very tired batterd and bruised










forgot to take pics of tank and side panels lol sure you get the idea

stripped the tank to metal













etch primed then primed..














guide coat applied






then the metalic black base coat..



















Few little dust nibs in this but its not been flatted and polished in the pic













pics really dont do the finish justice and the colours of the artwork look much better in natural light..

side panels and grab handel are cleared but no pics yet and the tail piece still need this putting on



Just thought id share it.....

these are some of the stuff from the past hes done some of its 40 years old lol hence the scnanned bad quality pics..

































killers one was never finished as the lad took the tank to show to a mate half way thorugh and ended up with it rolling round the back of his mustang causing it damage to the side..



there are loads more so ill get some scanned in.

 

love 'the wall' tank.. thats awesome! Some nice work there

 

stunning fella

 

brillant work that is after he aint picked a airbrush in 30 years hes still got it

 

CheeRS for the comments..

 

Suzuki bandit finished..

 

looks brill hats off to u and ur dad

 

some proper quality work right there, well done

 

class work

 

your both pretty dam talented

 

good work, like the iron maiden one

 

Love it, fancy doing a little airbrush work for me on a Cossie cam cover??

 

Love "The Wall", its crazy

 

Steve, at the moment mate there is no way i could take it on, i have a mk 4 escort just painted and in the process of blocking aswell as a few motor bike bits n bobs do do once the escorts out the garage... Thanks for the offer though its always nice to know people appreciate the work we do..

 

The "wall" is just brilliant.

so much detail.

 

mind me asking what something like that costs?

 

Wow your dad has some skill.Top work by you to.Patto did you paint your own car?

 

tbh gareth ive no idea what you would expect to pay the work my dad did years ago was always done "cheap" as pocket money really more of a hobby than a business and the reaper bike was done for my boss who origionally only wanted it metalic base coat and clear but then decided on artwork now as thats out of my leauge i prepped and base coated it before my dad did the air brush work then i cleared over the top

 

Glenn, my dad painted the rs2k yeah in our garage, ive just painted one of my mk4s though and im fair chuffed with the job once ive finished blocking and buffing it will look gorgeous lol big head alert.

 

Nice one Patto.I would love to paint cars.

 

im only a novice mate the mk4 is the first car ive painted and i think its the bollocks lol i really do have a passion for it though.