Scout T5329

kevin powles · #1 31-07-13, 21:43

Hi, Nice to see it coming together, will you be getting it grit blasted before painting?, I would recommend this, don't leave it in primer for to long, what's the colour scheme you have chosen?.

Kevin, do you need any cross tube gaitors?.

Ben · #2 31-07-13, 22:03

Yes it going to a local company that have a blasting room and spray booth at the same site. Total sand blast, primer and top coat all in a couple of days. I'm keeping the original painted reg number and laquering over it to protect it the rest will be as it left the factory, khaki green no3. This way I can apply its later schemes over the top as it was done during the war.

It could be KG3 for a few years, then it's N Africa scheme then the Aus camo, all correct for the vehicle showing its progression through the war.

gordon · #3 31-07-13, 22:13

I use SET and SNAP on the T-36 but never heard of Liverpool till now.

One thing about the blasting though. If you have a word with the blasting company, they can spend a little extra time on the new plate to get it to the same surface roughness as the original, before they prime and paint.

I've seen similar jobs where they have just blasted, primed, and painted, and the flatter, shinier finish on the new metal was very obvious.

It should take just a few minutes during the blast process to match up the surface profile and might make all the difference to the end result by making the new and old metal visually the same. Many blasters will just sweep blast the new metal if you didn't ask them specially to do the little extra.

Just a thought.

Ben · #4 31-07-13, 22:26

I know Carl at the blasters pretty well, I've already sorted a couple of grades of grit to get it matched up. That being said the armour on the scout is very nice and has very little pitting, getting it all to match shouldn't be too hard........ I hope.

gordon · #5 31-07-13, 22:30

It's one of those things that is so easy to miss on the way past and a complete bu**er to fix afterwards.

It would be nice to do those colour schemes in order too, as presumably when you do the second and third variations you can just do the outside and main internal areas, and the 'original' colour will show up everywhere you just don't quite get to.

RichardT10829 · #6 01-08-13, 00:34

Just to throw in a shameless sales pitch... I can provide the required snaps, (Liverpool, flush, and cap / button head) for those that have armour to rivet up.