MOTORIK II - Final pics on page 21 - new owner!

[k o y l]

That's beautiful !

[theworkoffire]

This was the penultimate clear coat - ran out on the next one. Just before this one I wet-sanded with naphtha and 600 grit to get rid of as much of the orange peel as I dared.



Lucky spider's leg - every finish should have one:

[k o y l]

That spider leg makes it the classiest build on the board !

(Let's not forget that somewhere in the world lives a 7 legs spider)

[theworkoffire]

That spider leg makes it the classiest build on the board !

(Let's not forget that somewhere in the world lives a 7 legs spider)

[the older brother]

That spider leg makes it the classiest build on the board !

(Let's not forget that somewhere in the world lives a 7 legs spider)

Maybe he's born with it - maybe it's Maybeline....

[the older brother]

At least you didn't get as much trouble with spiders as Ibanez did in the 80's:

[theworkoffire]

Ooooof! Nasty. I should have gone for one of these inlays - http://www.luthiersupply.com/scarypage.htm

[Mr. Peabody]

Wow. I love that color.

[spacewhale]

let me guess, The Leg (probably the most talked about dismembered spider's leg in the world at this time) is right in the middle of somewhere that won't be covered by the pickguard/hardware?

If so that's unlucky...

...if we take the disabled spider out of the picture...

...and other bad things...

[theworkoffire]

I'm not sure 'disabled' is quite the word I'd use...

And yes, of course it's right in the middle of the back - half way through all my spraying everything in my shed got covered in tiny baby spiders, so it's a miracle there aren't more. I tried to sand it out but it was too close to the metallic basecoat to dig out without consequences. Looks big in the pic, but it's only about 3mm long so it's fine.

[crazyzeke]

I wonder if that's one of the legs of the spider from mars.

[theworkoffire]

You have a spider in your arse??

[Echo Ranch]

hahaha. good one!

[crazyzeke]

You have a spider in your arse??

That's a weaksauce response to a wry Bowie reference, Ben. Better luck next time!

Back on topic anyway, is it just the photography or is the finish significantly less green now? Looks like it had a shade of battleship gray mixed in.

[theworkoffire]

Yeah, I added a load of white pigment and some black lacquer here to grey it down. It's actually a bit greener than it looks in the pics, at least on my screen, but it's nothing like the cow-pleaser it was.