Introduction

[lachbeth1125]

Hello All,

My name is Jason, I am from Melbourne Australia.

I have been lurking for some time, admiring the builds, and now I have decided, I want in!!!

I have recently bought a 521 pickup, and have started work on her.

Hope you like it so far, any feedback would be fantastic.

 

Cheers Jase

 

Sorry for the pic quality, taken on my mobile phone.

Edited December 2, 2010 by Bleach
fixed by Bleach

[INDY510]

Hello All,

My name is Jason, I am from Melbourne Australia.

I have been lurking for some time, admiring the builds, and now I have decided, I want in!!!

I have recently bought a 510 pickup, and have started work on her.

Hope you like it so far, any feedback would be fantastic.

 

Cheers Jase

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Sorry for the pic quality, taken on my mobile phone.

 

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I want to say... "those pics are too small" ................. but I know I will just look stupid when you fix the links

 

 

 

oh well....... :lol:

[INDY510]

Hello All,

My name is Jason, I am from Melbourne Australia.

I have been lurking for some time, admiring the builds, and now I have decided, I want in!!!

I have recently bought a 510 pickup, and have started work on her.

Hope you like it so far, any feedback would be fantastic.

 

Cheers Jase

 

Sorry for the pic quality, taken on my mobile phone.

 

fixed........... you had double "IMG" tags ......... photobucket attaches them automatically........ so you can just paste it with the text

 

 

 

EDIT: Daammmnn ..... your truck looks fuckin' awesome!!!!!!......... POST MOAR PICS!!!!!

[oz411]

well done mate

 

 

[wayno]

Welcome to Ratsun Jason, you have what we know as a datsun 521 longbox pickup, awesome find, we don't have the longbox over here in the USA.:crying: What's with the passanger side hubcaps,:unsure: keep us posted on your project, and get that hubcap thing sorted out. :lol: wayno

[lachbeth1125]

Welcome to Ratsun Jason, you have what we know as a datsun 521 longbox pickup, awesome find, we don't have the longbox over here in the USA.:crying: What's with the passanger side hubcaps,:unsure: keep us posted on your project, and get that hubcap thing sorted out. :lol: wayno

 

 

Thanks everbody for your input already!!! Didn't think people would be too interested in my little shitheap!!!

 

Wayno, dont you like the mercury hubcaps? do you think the standard ones look better??

 

Cheers all for the feedback

Jase

[lachbeth1125]

fixed........... you had double "IMG" tags ......... photobucket attaches them automatically........ so you can just paste it with the text

 

 

 

EDIT: Daammmnn ..... your truck looks fuckin' awesome!!!!!!......... POST MOAR PICS!!!!!

 

 

INDY510, thank tonnes mate for fixing the attachments, (can you tell I am new to this forum stuff?).

Cheers also for the compliment, I will definately post some more pics soon.

 

Cheers Jase

[INDY510]

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I love how the paint looks........ .. Welcome to Ratsun!!!! ......... we are a pile of shitheap entusiasts........ :lol:

[bananahamuck]

In my opinion you nailed it and i cant stop lookin at it

[HRH]

Those hubcaps look great, just have to get the Mercury off of them! Wish I still had my 521. Can you get windshields for them in Australia? Or at least easier than in the states?

[Xander_42]

Awesome truck, love the paint, love the hubcaps. How did you do the paint? Did you just hard block the truck, and then clear over it?

[lachbeth1125]

Awesome truck, love the paint, love the hubcaps. How did you do the paint? Did you just hard block the truck, and then clear over it?

 

 

Thanks Mate, I am absolutely blown away with all the positive feedback.

With the paint, I did hard block it all over, then painted the whole truck in a satin red oxide, then sanded all over again (hoping to make it look like red undercoat coming through!), and finally painted a satin clear over the top.

 

Cheers again,

Jase

[bonvo]

Thanks Mate, I am absolutely blown away with all the positive feedback.

With the paint, I did hard block it all over, then painted the whole truck in a satin red oxide, then sanded all over again (hoping to make it look like red undercoat coming through!), and finally painted a satin clear over the top.

 

Cheers again,

Jase

 

mission accomplished man i love the door panels,paint, and merc hubcaps man this thing is sweet

[Xander_42]

Thanks Mate, I am absolutely blown away with all the positive feedback.

With the paint, I did hard block it all over, then painted the whole truck in a satin red oxide, then sanded all over again (hoping to make it look like red undercoat coming through!), and finally painted a satin clear over the top.

 

Cheers again,

Jase

 

Seriously mission accomplished. I totally assumed by looking at it that you had hard blocked the bone color, and discovered the red oxide underneath it. Also, the satin clear is perfect, I couldn't tell if you cleared it, or just finished wet sanding it. Also, on the hood area, is there some like grey primer under the bone color, as well as spots of bare metal? It looks great. I also love the little eye details. They're spot on. Again, nice truck.

[Skib]

now thats a ratsun 521 :cool:

[lachbeth1125]

now thats a ratsun 521 :cool:

 

Thanks tonnes Guys,

Skib, Iam new to this forum stuff, so if I have posted this thread in the wrong area (sorry), please feel free to move it.

 

Cheers Jase

A few more pics while I am at it!

[Bleach]

Welcome! I could tell you were from Australia by your accent. very cool

[CharlieBucket]

Great job with the paint! How long did it take? Seems like a ton of sanding

[Blitz]

Thanks tonnes Guys,

Skib, Iam new to this forum stuff, so if I have posted this thread in the wrong area (sorry), please feel free to move it.

 

Cheers Jase

A few more pics while I am at it!

 

 

Wooow...I keep looking at this and drooling over it. Love it! :D

[lachbeth1125]

Great job with the paint! How long did it take? Seems like a ton of sanding

 

Thanks Mate,

It was a ton of sanding, but as with most things, the first time takes the longest, I could certainly achieve this look much faster the 2nd,3rd times etc.

Answering your question, about 18-20 hours of sanding, painting, sanding, more painting. :sweat:

 

Glad you like it,

Cheers Jase

[moparvwfreak]

normally i am not a fan of 521s, but damn! that thing is beautiful!

[82sunny]

Thanks tonnes Guys,

Skib, Iam new to this forum stuff, so if I have posted this thread in the wrong area (sorry), please feel free to move it.

 

Cheers Jase

A few more pics while I am at it!

 

did you just clear coat over the car to keep looking like that?

looks great!

[lachbeth1125]

Thanks Mate,:thumbup:

I sanded the original paint all over, rubbing through where I thought it would suit, then I painted entire car satin red oxide, then sanded most of that back off, leaving some areas red (to look like red undercoat coming through), and then cleared the car.

 

Cheers Jase

[82sunny]

thats sweet i thought about maybe doing something like just sure how it would turn out

[oz411]

Whitewalls maybe?