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wow that elviria is so beautiful!! the resto looks awesome, with the lock down receiver, and new decals. Maybe some day if you need a roof or lawyers, you can sell it to me. (lets hope not)

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so I started working on a quicksilver repro pf, and I saw something that always makes me giggle like a little girl. It makes me think about how its so common to show nude womens' brestesis, but rarely the male member. This reminds me of every time I got a chance to deface someones text book cover, back in elementary school [quoted image][quoted image]

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I just read thru the entire thread on this quick silver install documentation. Since you have done a couple of them, you are getting so good at documenting the work. Since you are doing it to the highest standard, it leaves room for folks to pick and choose, but man, talk about helpful. This will be a great template for someone who is going to do one, (and it sounds like you have a bunch of people who are going to)
I highly recommend reading this thread as it progresses to start digesting the info if you are a soon to be beginner or amateur (as for installations I am right there in the middle of the two, leaning toward beginner. Unfortunately I need to work 6 days a week at my jobie job to make the bills so I dint have much time to expand my self in these opportunities. But life is long).

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Well the gray oil paint on the back finally hardened, and I got some pics of the complete Frontier. The before pics are on page 4 of this thread if you want to go back to compare. It is nos, and dimpled, but it was stored upside down on cement, so the top 10 inches had paint flaking off. All of the inserts got glued and painted, and there was a good gouge on the upper right side that went thru the eagle wing, thru the red, yellow, blue, thru the guys arm, and all the way down the the grass that turns in to fur. I am really happy with the way it came out because it is difficult for me to paint chaos, like where the grass turns to fur.
Since I had to do a lot of paint work, (match colors) and glue, I didnt want to spend any more of the customers money than necessary. So the top apron only got one coat of off white, and the white area on the right side, middle has a scratch I left since its going under the plastics. Its not a huge money game, and even though i doubt the owner would ever sell the game, you have to draw the line somewhere.
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I just got a letter from a customer that a Bally rolling stones is heading my way from cpr.

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I was walking by to shoot the bk2k and noticed the light hitting the surface of this repro pf. I have not worked on it yet. this is how it came
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So friday, I knew I had to close early at 4. there was a customer coming down from canada to pick up 2 jobs, and i was going to a bar (to see a band) with a woman I used to work for 20 years ago who is super cool. So I wanted to do something I could finish and something that was rewarding after the day before's debachel. So rather than re-doing a pf that I all ready finished, I decided to polish out DJBlowes cpr, bally stones. It was the one that had the wood grain pop up so bad I had to sand the first coat with green mesh scratchey. I have to get the gloss down in the little valley's but if I used the sander I would have sanded off the top of the grain mountains. After I got it sanded down in all the valley's, I used a coat of clear to fill them, and then I hit it with the DA sanded and level the surface out.
Then the rotten star roll overs were 60% full of clear that was over a year old.
A couple months later, I let the last coat fully cure before sanding, and I let it sit a couple extra weeks and in that time the inserts moved around enough that they were sticking out. so rather than sanding it level and polishing it out, I checked with Daane, and I sanded it down and level and then laid 2 more coats. I waited another 4-6 weeks and the inserts didnt move and it was still flat, so I knew I was good. I didnt charge for the extra coats, but I had to for the time on those star roll overs. its easy to spend 3o-40 minutes on one.
I know it sucks to wait, but what I described about the inserts happens all of the time, and most of the time, if its fully cured and I level and spray 2 coats, then block sand and polish, we now have a finish that is going to stay like it is. wood tends to move a lot, especially when it is not installed, because its getting all kinds of different temps and humidities. once they are in the game and in position I notice they dont change much at all. This is one of the several reasons that if i clear one of my pfs that is for sale, its best to hold off on the last 2 coats until it gets sold. also I dont have to worry about it getting knocked over by a pooly trained 100 lb pit bull, while in storage here.
I got the pf cleaned, and I will take some pics today

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coffee break. here are the bally rolling stones complete pics.
The spring sun is right above now rather than being far off, so I cant get the tree reflection as much any more.
When customers come to visit or pick up jobs the nice ones bring a gift. most of the time it good local meat, but this time local honey from canada!!! Its no secret that I have a mouth full of sweet toothes
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Who is going to Pin at the zoo this year. I usually go out for tacos after the show at a place by the compound. I am exactly 11 miles to the parking lot of the show.
If you are coming,, are you bringing a game? for sale?
Does anyone have any pfs they want to bring to sell to me? any sisters? ha.

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This 9 ball and quicksilver are the most popular titles to go thru my studio in the last year. Both amazing games. Mirco was smart to do the best classic sterns.
If this or the space shuttle are your pfs please get a hold of me and I will get an invoice out, and get them home to ya.
Thanks to everyone who supports me and makes it possible for me to do this.
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Fantastic. If it inspires you, I have one that I finished the clear coat, for sale right now. its a cpr repro of course, but I have a NOS available too.
Thanks for bringing that daane. I would be over the moon if there were a couple of my pfs at the show!!
The pic of the pf is in my living room on a rainy day.
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While I was playing the RS, a fella walked up and was checking it out and said the cab blue was not right. (It was so beautiful)

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I dont know if any of that make s sense, but I stress over little crap like that.

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I was doing the second coat of black on the inserts, and I had to give up, my arms were sticking and sliding on the pf from the humidity. There is like 7 inserts left that need it then this pf is looking awesome.
Hopefully my friends in the GR/ holland area are ok. they got it worse than us.
Hopefully daane will see the pics of his pf
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Havin a cup before I go out and polish that hot doggin for mr Daane. so idf you see this, start making plans (unless I burn another with the polisher :0)

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And here is the hot dogger.
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