Project Day
07-24-2011 | 05:31 PM
#48
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From: Las Vegas
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.oL H.O. 784 injectors, EV6 to EV1 connectors, APN header, Dynomax exhaust
07-24-2011 | 05:36 PM
#49
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From: Las Vegas
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.oL H.O. 784 injectors, EV6 to EV1 connectors, APN header, Dynomax exhaust
07-24-2011 | 06:10 PM
#50
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From: Central Valley, CA.
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
Me too. I was hoping it would be a bit darker. I went with Aervoe because their paint meets federal color standards. The PDF file I got from them looked like the light green and field drab were a dead on match. Next time I will have to get real color chips from them. It does look a lot better than the Krylon though.
These are the last two jeeps I painted with Krylon and a HMMWV for reference.
These are the last two jeeps I painted with Krylon and a HMMWV for reference.
08-05-2011 | 12:49 AM
#52
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From: Central Valley, CA.
Year: 2000
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0 I6
08-05-2011 | 03:04 PM
#53
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From: Sin City
Year: 98
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.0
One way to do it is to paint your base color, and then use some pin striping to make your patterns, then mask off the rest of the space you dont want painted so that youre only painting inside the pattern areas you make with the pinstripe.
08-06-2011 | 10:21 PM
#54
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From: Las Vegas
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.oL H.O. 784 injectors, EV6 to EV1 connectors, APN header, Dynomax exhaust
My OP has my template (a Humvee or HMMWV). I really just free hand the whole thing. Using hard templates, tape or pinstripping really ruins the final look. There needs to be a soft demarcation line between each color.
I wanted something really really authentic looking. You can always google search til your brain melts. I ran searches for everything imaginable;
camo vehicle
army vehicle camouflage pattern
humvee
hmmwv
armored personnel carrier
etc, etc, etc.
I got some pics I will post shortly.
M1009 is a good one too, that's the militarized version of a K5 (full size blazer) from the 80's.
I wanted something really really authentic looking. You can always google search til your brain melts. I ran searches for everything imaginable;
camo vehicle
army vehicle camouflage pattern
humvee
hmmwv
armored personnel carrier
etc, etc, etc.
I got some pics I will post shortly.
M1009 is a good one too, that's the militarized version of a K5 (full size blazer) from the 80's.
Last edited by duafacia; 08-06-2011 at 10:27 PM.
08-06-2011 | 10:29 PM
#55
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From: Las Vegas
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.oL H.O. 784 injectors, EV6 to EV1 connectors, APN header, Dynomax exhaust
Here's a link to my photo bucket camo folder; http://s562.photobucket.com/albums/ss70/duafacia/CAMO/
08-07-2011 | 08:40 AM
#56
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From: The Florida State University
Year: 2001
Model: Cherokee
Engine: I-6 4.0 L
Looks like real quality work there! Don't know about the pattern and the colors though. But to each their own. I live right by the Everglades Swamp so I'd do something to reflect that. I'd go with a sawgrass type camo on a base coat of like a dark OD Green. There was a nice one on here that was Dessert Tan with the grass coming up. But, I really like the quality of your job!
08-11-2011 | 10:22 PM
#57
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From: Las Vegas
Year: 1992
Model: Cherokee
Engine: 4.oL H.O. 784 injectors, EV6 to EV1 connectors, APN header, Dynomax exhaust
Time for pizza...where's the beer?
Yea baby. Crappy cell photo but project done!
Crappy chrome mirror for legality. Set will be black soon.
Crappy chrome mirror for legality. Set will be black soon.
