The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

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The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by irv78 » Mon Sep 12, 2011 11:54 pm

I've got myself a really nice APR 65 Jaguar neck (that already got around in this forum a little ;) )


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... and I'm planning to make a body for it myself. I started to make a routing template. I scaled the Fender PDFs until they fit, fooled around a little with a coping saw and some plywood and this is what I have so far. Some edges are still a bit wobbly but I'm in the process of sanding them to a proper form.

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Colorwise I chose a non-Fender color: It's from a 1969 Dodge and called 'T7 Dark Bronze Metallic'

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I think it will look rad with all the chrome 8)
I'll keep you posted,
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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by Wessel.v.l » Tue Sep 13, 2011 7:31 am

Looks awesome can't wait to see the finfished guitar
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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by LanceLink » Tue Sep 13, 2011 8:26 am

I love the color... if it's good enough for vintage Mopar muscle... it's good enough for a jag!

Very inspiring...I can't wait to see some pictures...

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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by johnnydeformed » Tue Sep 13, 2011 9:30 am

This begs for a matching headstock.

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Post by LanceLink » Tue Sep 13, 2011 11:18 am

johnnydeformed wrote:This begs for a matching headstock.
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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by Janglemaster76 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 12:44 pm

are you using Testors Model Masters DBM? Good stuff, easy to get even coat unlike some metallics
(picture of a model being painted with it)
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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by irv78 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:02 pm

Thanks for the interest everybody!

I'm sorry to deceive your hopes - there will be no matching headstock. I won't be messing around with this nice vintage neck.

As for the paint: I'm going to use MOTIP automotive paint in rattle cans. I hope they work as fine as the model paint you recommend janglemaster.

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Post by Janglemaster76 » Tue Sep 13, 2011 1:07 pm

Im sure you'll have great success with the paint! I just happened to notice that color the other day while browsing the model paint section at the hobby store. I love using auto paint because to get 100's of reference pictures all you do is google image search the car/color! no guessing how it will look :)
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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by irv78 » Thu Sep 22, 2011 3:53 am

Hi everybody! It's time for a small update.
I'm really taking my time with this project ... I'm planning not to mess anything up too much ;)

Here we go: Here I'm in the process of making a 18mm MDF working template. I copied the outline of my plywood template to the MDF and started cutting it roughly into shape with a jigsaw.
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Right before flush trimming the MDF with my plywood template ... which turned out to be a little too soft so I had to be extra careful not to dent it with the bearing. (making a mental note: do not use poplar plywood for templates)
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Then I screwed my MDF template straight onto the body blank (nice and light poplar) and started routing away.
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... and five passes later I had my body :) ... the fixture of the bearing went a little haywire and lightly burnt the right edge of the body on the last pass.
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Today I want to finish the templates for the body cavities and the neck pocket.

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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by irv78 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 10:07 am

Got something done over the weekend :)

Finished my MDF templates (I had to touch up the lower right curve with wood filler because my poplar plywood master template was damaged in the routing process)
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Made a 1/2" round over on the body
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Routed the cavities and started with the contours
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It's really light - around 1700 gramms (3 lbs 12 oz) and it looks like a real guitar! :w00t:

But the contours are giving me a hard time ... I only have a rasp and it took me ages to make the forearm contour
... already getting popeye-forearms :wacko:

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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by parry » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:18 am

That's looking great! I can only imagine how fulfilling it is, to turn a plank of wood in to a beautiful guitar.
I haven't taken the plunge yet, but I've always had the bug to build a body from scratch.

Can't wait to see it painted and together - I think you made a great choice with colour - it's going to look amazing 8)

What's the plan for the pickguard? Tort? Mint? Black?
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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by ludobag1 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:22 am

really nice ;)
but carefull poplar is more soft than basswood and the screw go out easily

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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by irv78 » Mon Sep 26, 2011 11:50 am

Thanks guys! :) I'm really thrilled with the outcome so far.
hansonparry wrote: What's the plan for the pickguard? Tort? Mint? Black?
The guard will be mint.
ludobag1 wrote:but carefull poplar is more soft than basswood and the screw go out easily
Thanks ludo, I will take special care with the screws.

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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by irv78 » Thu Oct 06, 2011 11:58 pm

Time for an update!

I finished the contours at last ... the arm cut turned out fine, but no matter what I did, the belly cut remained a little uneven. I decided to use the last warm days to paint this thing. Here it is: Primered, sanded and primered again and sanded a little more.

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And then the dark bronze metallic. The can spit a little but the successive coats evened it out.

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... so far so good ...



... but then ...

When I started clear coating. I sprayed a mist coat, a light coat, and the first fairly wet coat blushed as if there were no tomorrow! :squint:

Big greyish white clouds all over the body ... I didn't even want to take a picture of it, it's so ugly. I checked the humidity and it was at 70% - should have checked before(!)

I brought the body inside after letting it flash off a little and it got slightly better over night, but still. I'm waiting now for a better time to continue (with less humidity). I've read that a light mist coat of clear in dry weather helps to get rid of the blushing. I also read about "blush remover" but I couldn't figure out how that would be called in german ...

Any tips to solve my blushing issues are highly appreciated!

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Re: The 'T7 – Dark Bronze Metallic' Jaguar Project

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Fri Oct 07, 2011 12:03 am

No tips from me sorry, but damn, that finish looks good enough to eat!!!
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