The Yellow Thingy-me-bob: Spyder

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The Yellow Thingy-me-bob: Spyder

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Okay, so the Yellow-Thingy-me-Bob is finally getting some attention.
It's difficult working on 3 Projects at the same time.

Here's how I found her:

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.....and then a good old clean-up and wash!
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Time to start stripping and prepping for a total makeover and respray!!!!!!!
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The stripping is the easy part........
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BUT IT'S THE SANDING THAT KILLS YOU!!!!!!!!!
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Needless to say that I became a little yellow man from Mars, only to enjoy a good glass of mine by my SP.
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Even the dog could not keep his nose clean on this one!
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Nice job man, keep up the good work. btw.. whats ontop of the beetle's roofrack?
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Thanx YvaneS........hahaha, I was expecting that someone would ask.....it is in fact a reindeer made from wire!!!
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Looking good! :hangloose:

What is the next colour?
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Pine, I decided on Pearl Antracite Black Metallic (large flakes) basecoat and then a clear-coat.
The bonnet will be carbon fibre as well as the top section (cone-part) that's currently in grey.
I will finish off with billet aluminium striping on the areas over the existing grey (which will then be carbon)

A final touch will be the logo on my surfboard (Safari Spider), except the spelling would be Spyder in billet aluminium on top of the carbon fibre.
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Any suggestions from your side and this site will be greatly appreciated!!!!
I might have an idea of what I want to do, but if I throw the concept in the air, only great suggestions can come from great knowledgable giants :hangloose:
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good work, but I do have to wonder.... how can you work on a VW/Porsche while wearing a Fiat cap?

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Dude, that's a genuine Scuderia Ferrari cap I won on 5FM!!

Chicken.................................Nobody calls me chicken (like in Back to the Future).....lol.........that's why I am changing the colour dude!
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and yet you wear it when you work on your car.... should be in a display
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True dude, TRUE!
I must admit that I did not think I'll have that much dust and yellow on me!!
Luckily, the cap came out unscathed.
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Okay, so now it's time for filling and primer..........and then the wet-flatting that will leave me without fingerprints and with sore arms.
It's a wax-on-wax-off Danielson situation ....... (sigh)
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Bugger 'tuning' a Red Thingy-me-bob at Zwartkops :D
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Wow, that's a stunning finish!!!!! Thanx 4 sharing Dr Watson!
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Bugger is bigger than the car!!
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Bugger is indeed too big for the shortened pan! :D

Okay, so it's gone with the yellow and the primer is done!!!
Very funky camouflage, guess it's ready to be a army dune buggy!!! :hangloose:
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NOW THE WET FLATTING STARTS!!!!! :bn:
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