Projects Giant speedster project

Awesome as always Jerry!

Guess I'll go against the crowd on the color though- if you're going for a Teens-20's style look, then you want black lettering. I can't think of any/many companies that used anything other than black in lettering until the 30's- seemed to be more of an art deco thing.

Happy to be proven wrong, but just my $.02

 

I'm with Mac -- Black lettering against the aluminum background...

 

I also think black would look better, but either way, if you don't like the paint it would be easy enough to remove. I'm having visions of the intake manifold you etched with acid. This thing looks killer!

 

EITHER ONE OF THESE WOULD BE FINE.....Definately NO FENDERS.....

 

You asked ,,,no no no not red !

White
green
blue
gray

look at the engine and match something or ............
No match its a toatally different piece so be non coordinating

paint the whole cap with a little brass on the hex sides showing .. Thats where the surfaces will be beat up

way too late for high end glamour now

 

Rolls used red lettering till Sir Henry Royce died in '33. Then went to black. Really easy way to figure when a Roller was built.

 

Thanks FurB- did NOT know that!

 

I like that idea. Maybe the same color as a the pinstiping or trim. But what color is the counter to red?

Jerry

 

Green

( just look at a color negative of a photo.)

 

Might look a bit Christmasy.

Jerry

 

Yeah, it would probably look horrible, but it is the counter color.

I think I'd go for red, but a different shade than the body.
( either darker or lighter...)

 

I could see the 2 concentric circles in deep red & the lettering & the star in white looking quite upscale for the period.

Jerry, could you post a picture of a machined cap for us?

 

well.... green ????

maybe a different colors so you remember which corner it goes to..

 

Actually, when it comes to light, cyan is the opposite of red.

 

Dark blue looks great with red

 

Forrest green might work.

 

same color as the engine block.

 

My first choice for an opposite of red or pin stripe would be a Cream white color, or light gray

 

I'll take a picture today.

Jerry

 

Jerry,

Dad's '28 Dodge is red with a vermillion pinstripe- looks GREAT!!!

 

Hmmm a bondo color maybe just right

 

You know, bondo would be real easy to squeeze into the letters on the hubcaps and wipe off the excess. Maybe I can tint some glazing putty.

Jerry

 

or just run it through the polisher and leave the polishing goo left overs in the crevices.

 

Or pizza dough or sauce

 

Ready for my closeup.

I played around with the closeups. I think it needs a more diffuse flash--possibly a better photographer. Grey or vermilion or burgandy. Tomorrow I'm back polishing discs.

Jerry

 

FWIW...for closeup/macro pictures, I've found that it helps to hold a piece of white paper (like from your computer printer) just in front of the flash. That diffuses it enough to get a clear picture that's not washed out.

 

battle axe gray

 

Wheel Discs

I spent the day polishing discs. I need to add some little strips on the outer rim inside to help align the discs on the rim. Otherwise they're pretty much done. I like the grey idea too. But what I want to know is when did grey replace gray or vice versa?

Jerry

 

Jerry,

Grey is the U.K. spelling.

I looked at some 1920s paint combinations, with red, the contrasting colors were: turquoise, gold, black, and other shades of red.

Diffusing the flash will also prevent "red eye" in photos, if the flash can tilt, rotating it 45` up works well.

 

is that hub the only one with that spelling