.Remember that test panel, for a '40 Ford....here it is. Flames were done by a friend of his, didn't turn out like he wanted, so I got the call, owner liked the style, so I reworked it alittle. I added some flame tips. I used black metallic for the inner part, yellow pearl, orange pearl, some Hemi orange, and some pearled red. In the tips of the flames I dusted some rainbow small flake for an affect, 3 coats of PPG DC3000 speed clear, 2 hours later...I was ready to stripe. I used One Shot's Process Blue and a Mack 00 sword. MY friend, whom took the pics of me in action...calls me "Von Markel"
Ed Birchbigler's Dodge, painted at Automotive Excellance, Eau Claire, Pa....done in pearl green. I added alot! of rainbow metal flake (old school flake), then those designs, in solid silver flake. some shadow affects and some real fire around the rams head, also used some paint that changes colors, pretty cool ride.
Here we go, Steelers!.....Brand new ram!, painted logo on crew cab doors, then on hood....and did a playing theme on sides of bed. I used players like Bradshaw, Franko, and Lambert. I actual was in trouble with this one, laying the clear, my compressor went by-by. And had to run my Granddad's old homemade job, barely made it. Compressor problem is taken care of, this happens to the best of them. This truck hails from Saxonburg, Pa
Snowmobile hood, Jim Judson's Autobody, Jim painted the flake and scallops himself, I came in and painted spongebob hanging on. This was a present for his step-daughter.
I added lettering to this one, that was it. Mustang out of Chicora, Pa
I painted this tailgate, the ripping & waving American flag with his horse in the middle grazing infront of a fence.
Going down scale now. How about a UPMC model truck & trailer for an upcomong presentation! Pics came out alittle burry, but it was shaded, shadowed, a logo painted on, lettered...all that. It has been awhile since I painted a model, I actually thought when I got the call on doing this, it was a joke, after I met with the guy in charge and some other phone calls from the actual trailer builders....it soon became real. I quess, you just never know what life brings.
Here is a old Radio Flyer toy, bought at a swap meet for $20, sprayed plum crazy with hand pinstiping done to it, in hot pink. This was for my ex-girlfriends little girl, whom was turning five, at the time, her favorite colors were purple & pink, and favorite character was spongebob.
Got the call from Dave Cochran's Autobody, to lay down blue fine-line tape for it to be pinstriped by spray gun, that is all I had to do.
How about a welding helmet, flamed, then...hand pinstriped
A Utility trailer for West Penn Cycles, Lyndora, Pa.
This was done with One Shot lettering enamel, airbrushed on both sides & back
This is actually a shot from a cowl induction hood for a Mustang, owned by Mike Vargo...Butler, Pa. Real fire surrounding a skull, some paint changing colors, I also airbrushed some stripes on the sides of his car.
Another trailer, a snowmobile one, owned by Paul Lonchena, Connoquennessing, Pa. Mural also on inside part of it as well, that is Paul, with helmet on too, sitting around a bunch of blenders shooting ice, and people think I am nuts?
Here is a cardboard cut out of a cartoon horse, needed for an upcoming parade, in Chicora, Pa. I also did the opposite, matching side.
How about some car emblems, and you thought you were buying NOS pieces!
A sign to hang on a wall at Precision Automotive, Meridian, Pa. Automotive paint on plywood.
Under tunk/hood pad for a Corvette, out of Pittsburgh, Pa. Is there anything I cannot paint?
Here is an R/C gas car. 1/10 scale....can I do flames or what!
