A little update as dropped by the painters yesterday with my wife.
In primer ready for final blocking before top coat!
All coming along very nicely.
My cab is on its back getting the floor and firewall ready to be painted and Raptor Lining sprayed on.
This is why you have a test spray out done. The one left in the picture we had done originally and in DeBeer's paint and the right was just done by the painter in Mipa branded paint that they want to use on the Truck. Way different! The original looks the same as the original Harley Davidson colour, supposed to be Olive Gold Pearl, where Mipa's version of the same paint code is much more green and has more sparkle. Not what we are after as too pretty for a truck. Also we are after olive, not green.
You can also see how the Mipa one on the left loses colour quickly when not in direct sunlight. Something we want to avoid on the truck.
This is what it is suppose to look like and the DeBeer's version looks spot on.
So now I am going to see what Mipa's version of Harley Davidson Olive Gold Denim is like with a gloss clear over it, but they haven't the formula for it! It is a lighter version of the other Olive Gold and normally doesn't have a clear over it as is a matt version. I have also the option of ordering and having it painted in the DeBeer's paint, (made in the Netherlands and owned by Valspar), but they feel the quality isn't quite as high as Mipa, (made in Germany). I don't know myself.