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Jeep #18: Construction Begins

A little… I say little… bit of progress:

Sanding paint off the hood, roughing out the clearcoat. At first I was of the impression that I had to get the entire car down to bare metal. This disheartened me because I did not think I’d be able to get it all done before friday. Then Josiah, my painting mentor, came over and told me that the car really only needs to by splotchy and smooth, for the primer. What a relief!

Logan behind the wheel, watch outs! I think it looks awesome without the rollcage. I’ve always wanted to have an old willys to paint green with a big white star on it’s hood. Then Austin could dress as a soldier and I could wear a generals uniform and ride around with my arms crossed all the time.

Ah yes, these came in the mail the other day, along with some old Jurassic Park key chains. The raptor claw originally looked like this:

It looked okay, but I wanted it to be smaller, sharper, and more menacing. Plus I wanted to be able to fit it between my fingers and scare little kids without pulling guns on them. Ahem. So I dremmeled it down and painted it. I need to respray it a flatter color, methinks. This will be hanging from the rearview mirror in the finished car.

Will (or as you know him, Benwahballboy) is making the vector art for the logo I’ll be puting on the doors. He sent me an unfinished version today (the holes in the trees at the bottom were missing), and while I work I made this little thing, I figure we’ll put it on a few tshirts or something…

That’s all for now, more later.

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