Hello paul_c, what a transformation. Looks like you nailed the colour and great close up pic showing us the finish. Well done obtaining the cover plate too.
Ahh, if only victa had kept producing the thumblatch catcher series, they would be in better shape today!
I reckon you could get a better result from the hammered finish by using a brush. I had some left over thinned paint and using a brush I painted a piece of flat tin and it came up great.
To be honest it looks nice being fresh paint and all but the colour is a bit flat, there seems to be none of the mottling like I got with the base colour. The dimple is good for hiding flaws though.
Hi all, I thought I read somewhere on ODK that with hammertone paint to get a awesome finish you spray light mist coats then let it dry a little then repeat.
Hi all, I thought I read somewhere on ODK that with hammertone paint to get a awesome finish you spray light mist coats then let it dry a little then repeat.
Cheers Max
Hey all,
Max, i thought the opposite? Apply wet for a better finish?
I could be wrong in saying this, I've only ever used it for small jobs, not large surface areas.
Start with a mist coat (light coat) If your first coat is a wet coat, you'll get runs and sags. So you mist on a base layer of paint with coats that aren't heavy enough to get glossy, then make it pretty with the last one.
Paint sure is an art to get right. Thanks for the link there Max, anyway moving on. Fitted up the axles after cleaning and fitting in a new set of bushes. It had some axle slot repairs done previous so I guess that's when the bushes were first fitted. No issues painting up the exhaust in heat resistant black and I just placed the cowl on to see how the colours looked together.
Next little job is to make a new bracket for the air cleaner and then it can be painted as well, I was lucky enough to find a new old stock air cleaner hose for it.
Paintwork looks terrific ! and a nice tidy shed. Wynn's sticker in the background brings back memories of the old days. Looking forward to the progressive pictures.
It will run and cut grass Mowerfreak, pulled down the engine to have a look. Had a seized up top bearing but someone had replaced the bottom bearings and seal, a bit of a make do repair on the piston groove to retain the ring. I will fit another 20 over piston and new rings, bore is good so just a hone.
An update on progress, the last of the parts were painted and look great. I opted for Brunswick Green for the bars, originally chromed but the only option was silver paint and having done that before it just doesn’t work for me.
The bars were a real mess, seized broken /bolts rusted through rods, missing springs and of course more rust. Drilled out the sheared bolts and recapped them, found some donor parts from the later Corvette that with machining will work and using a shortened click rod all will be good.
Picked up a blade plate with new thrower blades on it which will be fitted onto my nice painted one. I was surprised at how bent over the blade is to enable enough air to move the grass into the catcher.
This really does add to the record of these forgotten Victas. For me, the highlight must be your record of the base and chassis. These have not been that well recorded.
Paul, your topic has added to my appreciation of the Viceroy. It had so many Victa firsts - the two-tone paint job, double-fold handle, new cad plated axles, 'turboflo' blades!
