Sorry i've been AWOL

**dragonchick** · 04-30-2010, 04:54 AM

Sorry i've not been on here for a while. So I thought i'd just catch up with everyone on here and let everyone know the progress of Dragonbird. My painter has finally got to start on my T/A. I'm gettin really excited

And believe me, i'm driving my husband crazy cause i'm having serious bird withdrawals, lol. With all this nice warm weather, i'm really excited about gettin my car back. I should only have a couple more weeks to wait

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**Spaz** · 04-30-2010, 05:19 AM

what color are you going with???

**Knight** · 04-30-2010, 06:07 AM

Looks like things are moving along nicely. Bet the anticipation to get the car done and back is killin ya. Keep the pics coming.

**dragonchick** · 04-30-2010, 06:53 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

what color are you going with???

gonna stay with black. i'm hoping to get some airbrushing done too. i want a red bird on the hood. i loved the one that was on my '99. i'm wanting the bird on this one to have more flames to it though

**Spaz** · 04-30-2010, 06:57 AM

Originally Posted by dragonchick

gonna stay with black. i'm hoping to get some airbrushing done too. i want a red bird on the hood. i loved the one that was on my '99. i'm wanting the bird on this one to have more flames to it though

i'm not sure if it will work on black or not... but i've hear of people doing different colors of primer to make designs and what not... i've seen ghost flames on a chromalusion paint job... that was about the coolest thing i've ever seen...

**dragonchick** · 04-30-2010, 07:17 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

i'm not sure if it will work on black or not... but i've hear of people doing different colors of primer to make designs and what not... i've seen ghost flames on a chromalusion paint job... that was about the coolest thing i've ever seen...

i'm not wanting a real bright red, you mentioned ghost flames...that's pretty much how i want it

i want subtle, not something that'll smack me in the face, lol

**Knight** · 04-30-2010, 07:20 AM

Originally Posted by dragonchick

i'm not wanting a real bright red, you mentioned ghost flames...that's pretty much how i want it

i want subtle, not something that'll smack me in the face, lol

Should look sweet.

**Baluchitherium** · 04-30-2010, 07:24 PM

Ooooooooh subscribing!

This is going to be cool...

**Frozen WS6** · 04-30-2010, 08:43 PM

Originally Posted by dragonchick

i'm not wanting a real bright red, you mentioned ghost flames...that's pretty much how i want it

i want subtle, not something that'll smack me in the face, lol

Have them just use a pearl coat (you could use red, or black) for the bird and most will never see it unless the sun hits it just right. I've done that alot for ghost flames/graphix.

**c5z28** · 04-30-2010, 08:52 PM

Originally Posted by dragonchick

Sorry i've not been on here for a while. So I thought i'd just catch up with everyone on here and let everyone know the progress of Dragonbird. My painter has finally got to start on my T/A. I'm gettin really excited

And believe me, i'm driving my husband crazy cause i'm having serious bird withdrawals, lol. With all this nice warm weather, i'm really excited about gettin my car back. I should only have a couple more weeks to wait

fixed one pic for ya

**tatertot91** · 04-30-2010, 08:57 PM

looks loke work is getting done
I'm in for finished pics

**dragonchick** · 05-01-2010, 06:48 PM

here's more updated pics, she's pretty much sanded all over now

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that my hubby took almost all the interior out

**tatertot91** · 05-01-2010, 07:13 PM

seems like there's a lot of work going into it

**gateman** · 05-01-2010, 07:27 PM

Was this the car that was in a wreck coming back from the T/A nats??

**RyanJM** · 05-01-2010, 08:34 PM

Originally Posted by dragonchick

i'm not wanting a real bright red, you mentioned ghost flames...that's pretty much how i want it

i want subtle, not something that'll smack me in the face, lol

Work looks like it's coming along good. Never painted a entire TA yet but have done several Camaro's.

I use Dupont Chroma Base paint and pearls on the cars I fix and paint but if you wanna nice ghost effect PPG has a better pearl flake in the PPG Global BC line, you can go by any store and just put some flake on your finger till you find the right shade or mix a few diffeent red pearls and get a custm look. I am doing ghost stripes on my TA so the WS6 hood doesn't look so plain. been tring to decide between a bird and stipes but stripes are easier and I only plan on keeping the hood till I can get a Firehawk or raptor.

**dragonchick** · 05-02-2010, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by gateman

Was this the car that was in a wreck coming back from the T/A nats??

no, her body was too far gone to salvage

this one is the replacement. we was able to salvage quite a bit of the interior though, and me and my hubby switched over the SLP cold air induction that was on the white one to this one. the white one was known as Dragonbird, this one is Dragonbird BACK IN BLACK!

**dragonchick** · 05-02-2010, 07:03 PM

Originally Posted by RyanJM

Work looks like it's coming along good. Never painted a entire TA yet but have done several Camaro's.

I use Dupont Chroma Base paint and pearls on the cars I fix and paint but if you wanna nice ghost effect PPG has a better pearl flake in the PPG Global BC line, you can go by any store and just put some flake on your finger till you find the right shade or mix a few diffeent red pearls and get a custm look. I am doing ghost stripes on my TA so the WS6 hood doesn't look so plain. been tring to decide between a bird and stipes but stripes are easier and I only plan on keeping the hood till I can get a Firehawk or raptor.

i like both of those hoods