It turns out that the
land far away, new home of our BD3 replica, was actually Canada. The new owner found
my other blog and contacted me about some additional work. One of these projects was new artwork on the fender. Jay was fond of his original endeavor there, so we swapped out the seat pan at the cost of painting labor and shipping.
Jay brought it over to Tim Dixon at
Gas Axe, who had helped him build the "original" replica seat pan. Below is the rebuild, along with another rebuilt softail fuel tank.
Jeremiah received design approval for the top and bottom rocker banners so painting was upon us. The client wanted to galvanize the phrase from
Harley Davidson and the Marlboro Man : "It's better to be dead and cool than alive and uncool." Classic.
Banner outlines and lettering were freehanded from a scaled print of the concept illustration. Layers of pencil, pen, and then paint marker were used before applying final coats in 1-Shot enamel paints.
We sure do miss that crappy old camera.
Above is the final paint job with several layers of clear coat. The skull on the fender is just under three quarters of the size we painted onto the gas tank, so it presented an extremely tedious task.
Fender artwork with replica grip tape detailing and Jay's insanely well crafted custom seat pad.
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