From Red to Grey

After shortening the cab, the weld seams first had to be filled and sanded smooth.

Like everything in this project, this was a first for me. Never done it before. Thanks to good advice and a few helpful YouTube videos, it got better each time.

Red really isn’t my favourite colour. Looking at my photos, you might guess a slight preference for green. Personally it’s more yellow and blue.

But the truck was going to be grey. After a lot of back and forth (“Maybe a colour after all?”) I chose Audi Nardo Grey.

Because of the battle scars I’d seen on many trucks, I went for MIPA Protector – a paint that can take quite a beating ... similar to the well-known Raptor coating, just cheaper.

The paint is very easy to apply. With an underbody gun and different distances and pressures you get different finishes.

I applied the first coat at about 2 bar from around 30 cm. That gives quite a coarse texture.
The second coat was applied at 4 bar from about 90 cm. The result is much finer.

Overall I’m quite happy with my first vehicle paint job. At just under €400 it also stayed within budget. It’s not perfect ... you can still see a bit of red in some places. That will be touched up in due course ... you have to look for it, though. Luckily.

Everything takes longer than expected. As always. I’ll never get used to it and will always be a bit too optimistic. So: night shift ...

We dismantled and sanded until 3 am. Then I crawled into the T1 parked next to it to sleep for a few hours. And in the morning we carried on.

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