With the time change for daylight savings still a week off and temperatures still a tad chilly, the yard work is still a couple weeks off. I decided the very best way to combat the cabin fever I am currently feeling was to start a new project in the well lit and heated shop. We've had pieces of an old golf cart in the bone yard for quite some time. I've been itching to turn those bits into something fun. I decided a scratch built, half scale, vintage Jeep would be just the ticket. I took some measurements and did some calculating and then set to work. The seat needed to be wide enough to accommodate two grandchildren plus me. It will be geared low enough to pull a small parade float too (Yarrow Days parade is in June!) With our trusty MultiCam CNC plasma cutter to help this isn't going to take too long. We'll be four wheeling' in style soon!
Over the top COLOUR!
The painting process for our pieces is sometimes pretty jarring at various stages even though there is always a plan to bring it to perfection when we are done. A primer/base coat is the first stage. Since the colour doesn't matter we often use left over paint, which is all dumped into a large bucket and then stirred together. The current primer colour is a puce/taupe. The feature didn't look very appealing at this stage. Once the first paint has cured we are into the bright base colours. Then comes the accents and first blending. Everything is way over the top colourful at this stage... a bit hard to look at. But there are no worries for the next stage is the glazes which will tone everything down and tie things together. Lastly is the subtle dry brushing and highlighting which will complete our original vision and make us forget all the stages that come first.
Proud grampa
It is required by grampa law that I tell of the wondrous achievements of my grandchildren at every opportunity. While most every grampa would boast of the beauty and talent of their grandchildren I do not do so idly or out of mere obligation. I do so because of obvious beauty and talent they possess. I offer proof of course. Here's the latest self portrait of our grand daughter Phoebe.
