Hey guys,
I just thought I would share my latest project with you..
Basically I’m painting up a shotgun in a WWII nose art fashion /look. My thought was, that I'll make the 870 look more like a “cockpit gun”, something that the crew members would grab on the way out the door..
Ok so here’s where I’m at..
I dismantled the 870 as far as I dare go, then I sprayed everything down with Duracoat’s Truestrip Cleaner / Degreaser. This stuff works GREAT for what it worth.
After degreasing the parts, everything was lightly sanded with 400 gr paper, then washed off with just water and thoroughly dried. At this point I sprayed everything down with two light coats of Bulldog Adhesive. I’m not worried about the Duracoat sticking to the metal, but the stock, forgrip, etc are all plastic and well…. Bulldug and never let me down..
After waiting for the BD to dry (15 min) I started on my initial base coat and covered everything in an Urban Mirage White. It’s really more of a storm cloud look, IMO anyway.. now that I’ve got everything dry I’m putting her back together so I can continue on with the base colors.
Again I’m really looking for that WWII forest / olive green at this point, so I’m just mixing up some colors until I find just the right one..
Ahh found it…
Ok so here we have the gun after it’s first few light, sorry about the flash / bright pic
Here we have the base coat done and I’m starting in on the nose art.. This is where I have my fun..
I just thought I would share my latest project with you..
Basically I’m painting up a shotgun in a WWII nose art fashion /look. My thought was, that I'll make the 870 look more like a “cockpit gun”, something that the crew members would grab on the way out the door..
Ok so here’s where I’m at..
I dismantled the 870 as far as I dare go, then I sprayed everything down with Duracoat’s Truestrip Cleaner / Degreaser. This stuff works GREAT for what it worth.
After degreasing the parts, everything was lightly sanded with 400 gr paper, then washed off with just water and thoroughly dried. At this point I sprayed everything down with two light coats of Bulldog Adhesive. I’m not worried about the Duracoat sticking to the metal, but the stock, forgrip, etc are all plastic and well…. Bulldug and never let me down..
After waiting for the BD to dry (15 min) I started on my initial base coat and covered everything in an Urban Mirage White. It’s really more of a storm cloud look, IMO anyway.. now that I’ve got everything dry I’m putting her back together so I can continue on with the base colors.
Again I’m really looking for that WWII forest / olive green at this point, so I’m just mixing up some colors until I find just the right one..
Ahh found it…
Ok so here we have the gun after it’s first few light, sorry about the flash / bright pic
Here we have the base coat done and I’m starting in on the nose art.. This is where I have my fun..