Re: 1924 Sport 136
Posted by Karl On 2024/3/12 13:39:41
……. just a little update on the current work. I've been commuting between home and the paint shop for the last 3 weeks. The paint work is nearly complet. All body parts are fully painted. Only the clear coat is missing. To do this, all parts has to be sanded again with 800 pads. Since this requires special care, I took on this work myself. The side parts of the hood took up the most time here again because the edges of the ventilation slots sandet through very quickly if you grind on them just one time too much. It was important to reduce the hours that the paint shop would have to spend ... by doing it by my self, so that this part of the restoration was still affordable. Because one hour of the paintshop is now incredibly high over here in Germany. I have known the owner for many years and have discussed this approach with him because during the time in which I prepare my car myself for the final two jobs, he can earn money more quickly on accident damage car paintworks during this time. So it's a win-win situation. The preparatory work for the clear coat has been completed now.
All that remained was to prepare the pin striping I chose. The right color also had to be selected. As I have already described on another occasion, I chose the color combination black and red for my car. The red is a very dark red. The tone had to match the red I chose for the interior leather and the carpet. It's about the fundamental tone. Maybe someone knows the replica of the 1926 Type 41 Bugatti Royale Torpedo for which Ettore Bugatti used the body of a 1924 Packard Touring. The color combination can be seen in the photo and I am of the opinion that the leather and body color do not harmonize because the respective basic tone goes in different directions.
For the color of the pin striping, I chose the body color as the base color and lightened it with the light red, which is included in this dark red as one of the mixed colors, until the tone was contrasting enough for me, but not too mutch and not to light.
I made experiments on a sample plate that I show here. The two stripes lying next to each other should... (not like the original) ... be applied to the black painted strip that runs around the body. In addition, these double lines are also placed at a suitable, close distance on the rims, which are also painted in dark body red.
Karl
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All that remained was to prepare the pin striping I chose. The right color also had to be selected. As I have already described on another occasion, I chose the color combination black and red for my car. The red is a very dark red. The tone had to match the red I chose for the interior leather and the carpet. It's about the fundamental tone. Maybe someone knows the replica of the 1926 Type 41 Bugatti Royale Torpedo for which Ettore Bugatti used the body of a 1924 Packard Touring. The color combination can be seen in the photo and I am of the opinion that the leather and body color do not harmonize because the respective basic tone goes in different directions.
For the color of the pin striping, I chose the body color as the base color and lightened it with the light red, which is included in this dark red as one of the mixed colors, until the tone was contrasting enough for me, but not too mutch and not to light.
I made experiments on a sample plate that I show here. The two stripes lying next to each other should... (not like the original) ... be applied to the black painted strip that runs around the body. In addition, these double lines are also placed at a suitable, close distance on the rims, which are also painted in dark body red.
Karl
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k-Bugatti_Packard Rot.jpg (291.43 KB)
k-P1040404.JPG (236.26 KB)
k-P1040420.JPG (70.01 KB)
k-P1040421.JPG (61.06 KB)
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