Progress

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:53 am

don't know if it's the same colour but the new &*#@ focus has a nice orange aswell

captainbill · Post by **captainbill** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 2:50 pm

That would look good mate.Are you going to do the roof white or body colour?

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 8:51 pm

Still have plans to do the roof white.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 9:54 pm

thought of another colour that i have always loved on FB/EK's but not sure if it will work on yors due to the flash and wheels, silver

Harko · Post by **Harko** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:35 pm

graphite looking silvers look trick , and the silver over base white is different .
What about chamelion paints hehe

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Fri Sep 28, 2007 10:39 pm

Have seen a silver EK up here in QLD, didn't do a lot for the car at all.
The Harliquin colour that your talking about Harko, when I was in business was a $1000.00 per litre.
Bit to rich for this little black duck.

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 12:00 pm

i seriously think you should go with the colour you had picked, even if it is red, it's yor car and you have to live with it and if you go with something else you might not end up liking it and be pissed in the end

i know when i painted my chev, blueprint off the falcons was my first choice and after changing my mind 101 times

i did it blue and loved it

Thommo · Post by **Thommo** » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:57 pm

ratbox wrote:i seriously think you should go with the colour you had picked

Good advice Mick

smooth · Post by **smooth** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:00 am

oldnek · Post by **oldnek** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 12:59 pm

Harko wrote:graphite looking silvers look trick , and the silver over base white is different .
What about chamelion paints hehe

Only 1 problem with Harliquin paints is that they never made an invisible pigmant, so that when you sprayed it on, it would make the colour totally dissappear, I can't stand those colour changing paints, and to paint a classic in one of those is a damn shame. Thats my opinion anyway.

Regards John

Harko · Post by **Harko** » Sun Sep 30, 2007 2:41 pm

Its my opinion too OLDNEK I was just stiring the pot because I know its the hardest part of a build and those colours suck , but Malcom is thinking of every colour.

Im doing my FC red n white soooooo .
I still reckon black is the best colour ,makes anything look good when done right . especially chevies

EK283 · Post by **EK283** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 6:53 am

Guys,

I renovated a house and choosing a colour nearly ended in divorce!
In the end a consultant was engaged and chose colours we didn't even think about

It is the hardest thing to do because the car can be any colour at this stage.

My opinion, and it is just that, straight colours are the go for a car of this age and calibre. Easy on the eye and easy to repair when damaged. Dont forget a new paint job is a magnet for scratches or misshaps

Mal I dont envy you to choose a colour for the creation but photoshop can certainly help.
Ive got a colour combo in mind and Im not going to change my mind

Regards Greg

captainbill · Post by **captainbill** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 2:50 pm

hey mal just wondering if you win anything when you get 20 000 posts to your thread?

mrs ratbox · Post by **mrs ratbox** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 7:12 pm

you know what to do with the harlequin colours, get a hail damaged or create yor own with a ballpeen hamer and paint it all the little dents look great

saw this a couple of years ago on a commodore ute just after one of sydneys big hail storms, and it was a real showwy ute before the hailstorm, i think it looked better after

but they repaired it

Malcolm · Post by **Malcolm** » Mon Oct 01, 2007 8:53 pm

After 20000 posts I'd like to win my sanity back after trying to choose a colour.
Just about had enough and going to resort to my original colour choice.
Nothing much else happening with the car at the moment as I have the shits with it and need a break.