Hi All,

Here is where I am at with the base.

I put up a small gallery of work over the last two weeks, i've attached a few too. here http://dragonfirecustoms.com/dps

After block sanding the first coat of rolled-on k-36, almost completely off using 150 grit.

I sprayed on a nice coat of 50% reduced k-36 using my new primer gun. It was actually 3 good wet coats of the reduced k36. I shot the primer last Saturday and spent about 4 hours on the following sunday blocking that with 220 grit.

You want to take as much off as possible with the 220 grit while maintaining thin coverage.

You can see how nice the large block works to create "plate flatness" Check this link - http://dragonfirecustoms.com/dps/pages/DSC_7542.htm - you can see the flatness in the side of the fuse and the edges of the turtles decks along the length of the fuse. That edge helps create that flatness that looks so cool. It''s just time consuming and you only sand the plane with the block, never touch the plane with a piece of sandpaper in you hand.

What I did was sand the spayed primer wit h220 grit till I started sanding through some high spots. Try to sand consistently over the largest area possible. And look for balsa color to come up though the primer. I really enjoy sanding the k-36, 220 cuts it really nice. You can almost carve the primer base with the sanding block and create defined edges.

t's okay to lightly sand thru some high spots as the next step I do is go back and using a small sprayer, to basically airbrush reduced primer over the thin areas - just enough to get an even and thin coat of k-36 with fairly even coverage...

then sand to 400 grit wet or dry - you could go to 600 but it's not really needed...

We have had two cold fronts come through during the last two weeks, with any luck I maybe able to finish my primer base this weekend and I'll be shooting color next week. I may actually have a good amount of time to get things done next week. ( I hope I didn't just jinx myself )

So I hope to be ready to shot some color real soon !!!

cheers all !

Dean