Lazy yesterday, was going to go in but ended up with daddy things keeping me home til 4 and by then I just said fuck it. I went in today though, albeit later than I really should have. I also made a stop at the store to grab some paint and primer and things and found a red I like so that's progress.
same panel in two different lights
I had got both pieces to where I thought they were pretty good so I shot another coat of primer on them then cut it out with 320. Had some low spots and a couple of specks that needed filled on the seat. The biggest issue was the line here had a low spot which I hadn't noticed before so had to build it up more. The tank had a low spot right above the right emblem and a couple specs that needed filled.
Got things cut back, cleaned and hung up for another try with the primer. Looking at this picture now I'm seeing what looks like the leading edge of the cowl being completely crooked. Haven't seen anything like that looking at it in person though, so optical illusion maybe?
Both pieces primed again. I ended up being disappointed at this point. The belief before was that both pieces were really close to being good, but with this coat of primer I saw a bunch of pin holes in the seat and a couple of rough lines on the fuel tank. I quit for the night at this point (at 9pm) so I'll have to wait to see just how off things are. The pin holes will have to be filled and that's getting frustrating because ever since my buddy blocked on the seat I've been dealing with pinholes and air bubbles. One of my coworkers suggested just hitting the thing with a heat gun to get all the bubbles to pop that way I'll know just how bad it is. I'm not sure I want to know how bad it is because my worry is that I'll have to redo a lot of what's already been done.
A little side note, I was getting in the car to head home for the night when it hit me that the colors I wanted are almost identical to Ohio State Buckeye colors. Without the context before I hadn't thought of it before and it was purely a coincidence. I'm from Ohio though having moved to Tennessee in 2003 yet don't care what so ever about OSU anything. Struck me as funny though.
It just occurred to me, had I done all this months ago while the TV crew was at the shop this all could've been done in a day and a half "through the magic of television". Kinda bummed now.