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Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :

So ... my wife waitress Fridays at this little restaurant/bar (they cover the pool table for the salad bar on Fridays for a killer fish fry)
Anywho ...
She told her boss I’d paint something for him for to hang in the bar (for Christmas) ... and rode me for months about it.
Now, the way I figure it, it does me no good to go half fast on anything I display that I put my name on. Figuring that at this bar they sponsor bike runs and A LOT of bikers travel though there, I ask one of the guys if he knows where I can get a beat up tank.
He gives me one that a buddy of theirs died on last summer, major dents to fill (one side crushed in). Left free to do whatever I want, although their menu has a cartoon Indian in a canoe.
So this…

All one shot … even the clear … going on a wall not on a bike. (hardeners scare me and I am not safely set up to spray them in my garage)
Don’t think I could achieve the over graining in the wood with any other paint either (the pics really don’t capture the grain)
Back panel was a hand routered afterthought.(more fun)
Enjoyed the heck out of this (I don’t get to do this type of thing very often)
A GREAT excuse to grab a beer, head out to the garage, crank tunes and be left alone. [Smile]

Would really like to learn uro chemistry and do more (better)... but where.

Posted by warpaint (Member # 2395) on :

WOW! That's nice. [Eek!]

Posted by Joey Madden (Member # 1192) on :

A real Knockout Mark, I love the overall appearance and the background which looks like smalts or pebbles. I'm sure you'll go far in this line of work!

Just beautiful

Posted by Robb Lowe (Member # 2121) on :

double homer.... composition AND execution!

I am guessing here that you routed the outside for shape, then routed the inside for depth, and filled that with some sort of glue then the pea-gravel?

The tank really stands out on that background.

Posted by Mark Matyjakowski (Member # 294) on :

Thanks [Smile]

the back panel was because I don't want them banging it up on hanging (remeber no hardeners) ... like I did while painting [Frown]

haha
I glued (biscut) together three 5/4x8 pine planks ... run through planer... drew 1/2 pattern on big paper - fold in half - cut pattern - tape and rattle can pattern to plank(s) - jigsaw outside - router inside down 3/8 - router round edges - sand-n-paint - pour in "liquid glass" two part epoxy - fill with irridecent(sp?) silver/gray fish gravel.
cut the tube line ends off tank and tapped (threaded) the holes - attach to panel with stove bolts

I saw the gravel smaltz thing in a recent SBI article and had to do it on something ... so I made something up

Posted by Glenn Taylor (Member # 162) on :

For fun, eh?

I'd love to see what happens when you get serious! [Big Grin]

Posted by Stephen Deveau (Member # 1305) on :

Sweet!Sweet!Sweet!

I love it!
Nice going Mark.

Posted by Janette Balogh (Member # 192) on :

Absolutely beautiful, and I love the details.
The wood grain and metal are terrific, and I really like how you have the water dripping out of the end that the canoe breaks thru!

Very creative!

Posted by Rob Clark (Member # 787) on :

Now thats an inspired job if ever I saw one.

Love it, excellent work.

RobC

Posted by Bob Darnell (Member # 27) on :

If you don't mind me saying so, Mark, it seems that each time I've seen you post something - I've seen an improvement in something. You must be working very hard.

This one - is just phenomenal. Very well done.

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