JSabah Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 Got tired of the heavy dirty work so I switched to this little project. Before and after pics... 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobT-47P15 Posted October 15, 2019 Report Share Posted October 15, 2019 Looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Hiebert Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwebb Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 Man that's impressive. and timely! I was just starting the exact same process. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. What paint did you use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobertKB Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 It's the little things that sometimes make a big difference. Nice job! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted October 16, 2019 Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 I like your vintage trailer, what engine and transmission is in the car and how well does it pull the RV? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSabah Posted October 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) 10 hours ago, lwebb said: Man that's impressive. and timely! I was just starting the exact same process. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. What paint did you use? best advice I can give is take your time and make sure that the piece is as clean of old paint as possible..... I ended up doing it twice not realizing this. I was luky that I mainly only had the red to do. I used a Dremel on the slowest speed with a nylon brush. It got most of the paint off but not all. Be careful not to go too fast as even the nylon brush will file/melt down the ridges. I also used a watch siezed flathead as a scraper between the ridges. Holding it up to the light reveled that it still needed more work so I carefully used a little acetone on a paper towel and my fingernail to get the rest off. Acetone melts plastic so Very little and let it evaporate before hitting it a second time. Hold it up to a light and when you think it is clean enough you are ready for paint. I used my air brush as it seemed to be a little more even (I tried with a regular brush first). I only had a transparent red so I used that but I would have tried an opaque paint if I had it). I also had damaged the “gold” color a bit having thought that masking would be good (really not necessary to mask if you just have the one color) and did a couple of repairs with yellow ochra detail color. After it was well dried I sealed it with a brown rattle can paint. I used brown because of the transparent red used (just thinking black was too dark) and the gold repairs. good luck. Post pictures of your results Edited October 16, 2019 by JSabah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSabah Posted October 16, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2019 (edited) 54 minutes ago, pflaming said: I like your vintage trailer, what engine and transmission is in the car and how well does it pull the RV? ??? What trailer Edited October 16, 2019 by JSabah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 I guess it’s Iwebb’s picture of a trailer behind a plymouth, sorry. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSabah Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 NP. I was just confused Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lwebb Posted November 10, 2019 Report Share Posted November 10, 2019 Sorry, I've been out of pocket with Vertigo. The trailer is a Wally Byam Holiday. It was a prototype made by airstream for about 6 months 1954-55. They never put it in production but used the same floor plan for the Airstream Bubble later in 55 which had the same airplane shape as other Airstream models. The Plymouth has a 5.7 Hemi Magnum with Mustang rear and front and rear sway bars. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 That Hemi should pull it just fine!!!!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dogedood Posted November 12, 2019 Report Share Posted November 12, 2019 tite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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