· Get a Cloudy Nights T-Shirt · Submit a Review / Article Click here if you are having trouble logging into the forums Privacy Policy | Please read our Terms of Service | Signup and Troubleshooting FAQ | Problems? PM a Red or a Green Gu… uh, User You are not logged in. [Login] Entrance · Main Index · Search · New user · Who's Online FAQ · Calendar Equipment Discussions >> Classic Telescopes Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | (show all) tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5071902 - 02/14/12 11:21 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Bill: Yep, I bought that gun in a box with a larger one (also gravity fed) with a 20% of coupon at HF. The gun never seems to be one of their on-sale items, so I waited for the 20% coupon. It seems to be a pretty decent gun, though I have had to close and reopen the air jet periodically to maintain a good paint flow with it. I may need to thin my paint more, perhaps. It might not be the gun at all. -Tim Post Extras:       greju Carpal Tunnel Reged: 10/13/05 Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: Bill Griffith]       #5071967 - 02/14/12 12:06 PM Attachment (20 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   It looks like adhesive thru at least #348. Edited by greju (02/14/12 12:14 PM) Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: greju]       #5072070 - 02/14/12 01:00 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Interesting. I'll have to pull out my 1975 model and see if it has screws holding the cells to the tube or adhesive (but I won't take it apart to determine that!). -Tim Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5072095 - 02/14/12 01:11 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   So... Were the OTAs glued/epoxied together with the optics in place or before they were put in? Anybody know? -Tim. Post Extras:       actionhac Post Laureate Reged: 08/09/08 Loc: WA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5072456 - 02/14/12 05:19 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Project Tinky is coming along nice Tim, beautiful job. One way to find out is if you can slip the primary sideways through the corrector cell. Seems to me the later front (corrector) cell is notched for this purpose. If you can't get the primary assembly down through to it's own cell that will tell a lot about the early model you have. Robert Post Extras:       BRisley Carpal Tunnel Reged: 09/04/06 Loc: SW Florida Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: actionhac]       #5073157 - 02/15/12 03:07 AM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I get the mirror in and out of #458 with no problem. It was glued together. Brian Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: BRisley]       #5078599 - 02/18/12 02:08 PM Attachment (19 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Well, I don't think I'll really work on Tinky this weekend (got to work on the house and the Model A again), but I did want to "drylab" the tube and cells together to see how the colors look together. Tell me what you think (I, speaking for myself, like the cell color better than the later brown): Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5078608 - 02/18/12 02:12 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Found a small nick through the paint on the corrector cell, though! Think I'll touch it up with a small brush. The paint on the tube went on somewhat dry in places, so I may give it a very light wet sanding with some 600 or even 1200 grit wet/dry paper. I think I'm going to go ahead and order some of the Alsacorp soft feel suede clear. Likely will take a couple weeks to get, once I do. So, Tinky gets to harden a bit longer, before I try that and try putting it all back together. -Tim. Post Extras:       jwaldo Smart Mime Reged: 04/26/04 Loc: Simi Valley, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5078884 - 02/18/12 05:01 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Dang Tim, you're making me want to go down to harbor Freight and pick up a spray gun and repaint my C4. Maybe a nice classy eggshell white... Post Extras:       clintwhitman Caveman Reged: 01/01/07 Loc: CALI SoEasyACavemanCanSlewIt Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5078908 - 02/18/12 05:26 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Very nice Mr Tim WOW!!! Post Extras:       Compressorguy Carpal Tunnel Reged: 03/14/09 Loc: Clayton, NC Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: clintwhitman]       #5081054 - 02/19/12 08:41 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Tim, that scope looks fantastic!!! Can't wait to see her all back together. Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: Compressorguy]       #5089566 - 02/24/12 09:05 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Picked up my Alsacorp soft-feel clear today! If all goes well, I may have the most expensive Orange Tube C-8 alive! LOL! I'm going to try this stuff out tomorrow. -Tim. Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5090302 - 02/25/12 12:34 PM Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   Cool! The sun's burning off the fog after all! I'm going to try this stuff out on some non-Tinky parts before doing the scope. I want to be sure I know what I'm doing, as I gather if I screw up I'll have to strip and start over! (and I don't have enough of the paint to do that). -Tim. Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5091054 - 02/25/12 09:11 PM Attachment (14 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   This Alsacorp Soft Feel paint is pretty interesting. The hardener is similar in viscosity to the thinner, but the base is really thick, almost like Dipity Doo (remember that stuff?): Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5091060 - 02/25/12 09:17 PM Attachment (12 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I didn't take pictures of everything, because I thought I might need to work fast (turns out I didn't, though), but it's fascinating how well the paint takes the sheen off the color coat. When I shot these pics, I deliberately chose an angle where the sunlight glinted off the painted surface, so the difference could be easily seen. Here's the drive base before applying the alsa clear: Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5091062 - 02/25/12 09:18 PM Attachment (12 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And here it is just after applying the clear: Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5091063 - 02/25/12 09:20 PM Attachment (8 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   I think the sheen still left toward the top might be because I'd just painted it there. It turns flat pretty quickly even when I sprayed it on pretty wet, but that part was still wet, I think. Here on the finder bracket, the difference is really pronounced. Before: Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5091064 - 02/25/12 09:20 PM Attachment (14 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And after the clear: Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5091066 - 02/25/12 09:21 PM Attachment (11 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   And the camera bracket before: Post Extras:       tim53 Postmaster Reged: 12/17/04 Loc: Highland Park, CA Re: Tinky's got paint! [Re: tim53]       #5091074 - 02/25/12 09:29 PM Attachment (17 downloads) Edit   Reply   Quote Quick Reply   and after: Post Extras:       Pages: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | (show all) Previous   Index   Next   Threaded   Extra information 5 registered and 11 anonymous users are browsing this forum. 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