I have not had these issues yet, but perhaps I should be more careful. I use createx balancing clear for an intercoat, and so far I have not had problems. Maybe I should try to paint sooner though? Thanks

Thanks! Got some work done finally. I have been putting off the airbrushing long enough.

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Had problems in some areas peeling the frisket. It took about 5 coats to cover with this yellow. I found a better technique as I went and would do it better if I had it over again. I am hoping I can brush in most of the touchups from here.

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You can see issues here and these will need the most touchup work.

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Still have more touchup to do but much better than when I pulled the frisket.

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Gonna start touching up cyclone's yellow. This is our Thanksgiving week at work so not much has happened. I have frisket coming in tomorrow so hopefully get more airbrushing in by the week's end.

Trying to decide on the white for Comet. If I go back to pure white, it is quite a rabbit hole. I think my best bet is to match the brightest parts where the mylar was.

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Just not my style. I like to preserve as much as possible. Nothing wrong with replacing with repro parts, but it is just not what I enjoy doing. I don't worry about recouping time spent, since I don't plan on selling.

Yeah, I will likely do off white. Otherwise where do I stop? All the people have white on them too. Too much detail to chase down.

I didn't worry about it on Diner and I like the way it looks under the slings and such.

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With my yellow almost done, I am starting to think about the dreaded grey areas on Cyclone. I like to make a small batch to see what colors I will need before making a mistake with a bigger batch. I will test several shades too to get an idea of changes to expect when dry.

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Getting real close on the large batch of grey. Now I will make very small changes till I am right on.

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Also I filled the ball track and some of the drop damage. Sanding it flat with 1200 grit so I can repaint.

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I am trying to fine tune the last bit so I am using a tray to make sure I go the right direction. I also put a single drop of paint into a good bit of reducer and then add micro drops of pigment for this.

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The three stripes here show that I need to use yellow to darken the grey the last bit. The lower stripe is the new starting point. The stripe right above is darkened by adding yellow and is real close. The stripe at the top was darkened by adding more black, but it has a blueish hue compared to the playfield grey.

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Last bit is proving to be a challenge. Don't want to over adjust so doing another test. Above the big stripe is slowly adding more red. I can see blueish still. Below is more and more yellow. Looks like the right amount of yellow will get me almost there. This is after drying and layered with naptha for the pic.

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Just about there. The large patch is real close. Once the naptha hits it, it almost disappears.

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Playfield still has some red pigment compared to the paint. Red is a power pigment and goes a long way. 2 drops and I think I have it!
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Think I will brush in the detailed parts. You can see the one line of people is done but the rest are old paint.

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The grey is pretty far along and I am also painting in some white, now that I have it matched too.

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At this point I am going to mask and airbrush the grey. Some room for error since I did the detail work already. Next I plan on doing the white for Comet while this cures for a couple days. I will likely end up doing the grey on it too since there are tons of ball swirls.

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Decided to go back to a brighter white and I am glad I did. Really makes things pop! Still have a bunch of touchup and the middle section to do, but really happy with the look of it.

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Blasted down the grey on the top part of cyclone. Next I will mask and do the bottom part and then let it cure before moving to the white

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Blasted the bottom and now just need some touchup before looking at the white.

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Moving along, painted in the light orange / tan color.

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Wow! After touching up the little details in white, I am realizing I will need to do all the people. Looks real good though.

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Layed down the green. I can't wait to see what the orange will do. Every color adds so much and the orange is the largest, brightest stripe. I imagine it will really stand out.

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One more color down! This one is moving along nicely.

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Thank you!

White is blasted down on Cyclone. Needs touched up, but not bad.

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This pic is much better.

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Baby steps yesterday. Did the red by the spook house. Also the first couple cuts I made masking off he white are a mess. The blade was getting dull and even though the lines were straight, it was making tiny rips. This led to it bleeding slightly along the lines on a few sections. Not the end of the world, but needs cleaned up.

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Got stencils in to do the 1 2 3 inserts. The one that looks correct is slightly bigger than the original. One looks real close though and should work just fine. Guess I need to look into getting a laser printer and learn how to do decals.

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Thanks!

Going after the blue and the orange now. Once I match those, I will go over all the fine lines of black that need cleaned up. Then just work from bottom to top touching up whatever needs fixed. I still need to replace the insert below the spook house.

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Yes, Thanks! That was a crazy! Roads are a mess and took forever to get home. The center was very close to my house. I was in Anchorage when it went down.

I have been repairing the damaged areas. Had to redo 2 cars and some people that were missing. Still not done but looking better with each pass.

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The quake damage plus icy roads kept me home today. I finished the dark blue and repaied the areas around the pop bumpers. Then made rounds with different colors, touching up. I was supposed to get more yellow today, but fedex did not deliver. Maybe quake related, but was scheduled today. I need that to finish the orange, but Cyclone is nearing clearcoat time.

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Got my yellow paint in, but some leaked in the package. Just hoping it wasn't frozen and damaging to what is in the bottle.

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Lol!!