taylorslandy72
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Hi guys, looking to purchase NATO green satin for the landy, any recommendations on where and how much to buy, I'm painting it by hand with roller btw
Don't do it!!! Do something original
I bought from here Chassis Paint Vehicle & Military Bodywork | eBay
2.5l has done a full coat on me 109 with a couple of coats on the roof and there's approx half of it left to tidy it up another time
eBay
Item number 321093866619
£32.99 with free postage
Regards,
John.
I was just reading an old post you replied to saying the same thing, made me laugh, what u recommend then, wanted to give it that army look
I could shoot some holes in it for you ?
Sand coloured ? There's fewer of them and IMHO it's nicer than moldy green, or a nice classic land rover colour like limestone ?
I just have a pet hate for NATO green being splashed on everything to make it in your words "army style" real ex MOD yeah but why do it to a normal road car ?
This is one of my mates series's
Isn't that a lot nicer than old NATO green ?
True but looks fully restored, has that been sprayed properly?
Well he is a classic car restorer but I don't think he rebuilt it, you can get a good effect through roller though and it would look just as good from a distance
It's only close up you see the painting technique
You go for what colour you want, sod us lot!
I chose nato green because it is matt and thus looks better than gloss with a roller/brush job, and my V5 says Green, so NATO green it was.
I got mine off ebay and it was good stuff. Made it look much tidier. One piece of advice would be to make sure you buy an expensive brush and different roller sizes (again not cheapos). Do it in the summer and spend a day masking it, not 10 mins like I did! It just looks much neater. Prep it properly etc... but with a hand-painted finish, it isn't going to be pretty up close, so just bear that in mind.
Good luck
With regard to paint application I was also pondering using the spray gun that came with my compressor. Trouble is I have never used a spray gun. Was thinking maybe be best to use the rollers which i have seen on a couple of land rovers and the finish looked pretty good in the matt. And the chaps who applied it had no experience prior.
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