From Prep to Final Coat is a book that covers all the bases when it comes to restoring or painting a car or motorcycle. It is a complete guide for anyone who is thinking about or restores and or paints cars, trucks, hot rods or motorcycles. It’s designed for the beginner as well as as the more experienced painter or restorer. Its is without a doubt the most comprehensive book ever written on paint and bodywork.
Paint, bodywork, and restoration technology has changed quite a bit in the last 20 and even 10 years and this book is the most comprehensive guide to understanding and using that new technology such as waterborne paints, with easy to understand guides to getting the most out of the products being used.
The book is split into two parts. Part 1 covers everything: explaining solvent and waterborne paint and most materials used in the restoration and painting process, as well as the tools used for these tasks: understanding paint spray guns, welders, plasma cutters, air tools and hand tools. There are 12 step by step instruction chapters that show the processes of restoring and painting a classic musclecar, bodywork, panel bonding seam sealing, repairing and painting plastic and fiberglass parts, designing and mixing custom colors.
Part 1 also contains a very comprehensive and easy to understand guide to painting with waterborne paint. Recent EPA regulations have restricted solvent-based paints for use only in approved professional paint booths, meaning that do-it-yourselfers can no longer use them–and it won’t be long before their use is banned entirely.
Part 1 also features a chapter on Troubleshooting Paint Issues, and how to avoid them.
Part 2 contains 12 chapters that cover painting most kinds of custom artwork on hot rods and motorcycles. There are whole chapters devoted to painting ghost flames, real fire flames, flag graphics, cutting edge and retro flake graphics, wood grain and stone effect basecoats and even a chapter devoted to using waterborne paint to create classic traditional hot rod flames. And Chapter 26 shows how to apply a cleacoarcoat finish over all your hard work, then buff it to a glassy show car result.
JoAnn Bortles has put all her 34 years of restoration, bodywork, painting and custom artwork experience into one easy to follow step by step guide that packs an incredible amount of information into one book.
Automotive Paint from Prep to Final Coat is the first book to provide instruction and hows to for waterborne paints. In addition to this critical information, author and top professional painter JoAnn Bortles covers all the techniques necessary to get the great results your car deserves. From initial body-panel preparation, to troubleshooting common problems, to application of the final coat, and all steps in between, this book is the only reference you will need to ensure your DIY automotive paint job is done right the first time.
A softback book of 76 pages about the trials to open an air service between Norway and the USA. One’s the world’s largest airlines with a network spanning the world: Pan American Airways. The history of this airline is without doubt very interesting. A service to the small country of Norway was just one of the air services operated, but generated some 30,000 to 50,000 passengers per year. In this special magazine, we take a look at the history of Pan American World Airways and its routes to Norway.
How diverse its history is can be understood, when we ask you the following question: when was the first air service to be inaugurated: 1936? 1940? 1946? You might be interested to know that Pan American Airways as early as the 1936 wanted to start a trial service and in 1940 actually an air service, but it had to wait until after the Second World War. Its fascinating story is told here, all the way until the end in 1991.
The author describes the intense conversation between the Nordic airline companies and Pan American Airways before the war and gives a historic detailed description of the post-war development, including many photographs, timetables, posters and advertisments from that time. Pages are dedicated to marketing and sales, the Oslo office and its two most well-known directors: Derek L Blix and Berit Sjølund. A final chapter describes the work of the World Wings International, the Norwegian Chapter, the association of former Pan Am stewardesses. The softback magazine includes a beautiful painting of the Norwegian Sikorsky S-43, LN-DAG “Valkyrien”. Plenty to read and look at.
Volume 2 of the Encyclopedia 727 about one of the most famous and important airplanes in history, and Boeing’s first bestseller, best-selling commercial jet for more than two decades. The Boeing 727 is an aviation icon! Its grandiose story is told in detail in Encyclopedia 727. For the first time in history, an entire encyclopedia dedicated to a single plane!
The 6 volumes will tell the complete story in 2,640 pages, with more than 3,200 photoreal profiles and exclusive to the 727 Encyclopedia, showing the plane in every painting in the airlines that have operated it in the more than 59 years of use of the model until today. All books have digital content with access via QR code and the sections will receive updates on the data of the aircraft in operation, which can be downloaded in PDF and printed, keeping your 727 Encyclopedia up to date.
In volume 2 you will learn about the different models of the 727, with details of each variant of the factory Boeing 727 and the modifications received to extend its operational life, testimonials from pilots and other professionals about the trijet, the most unusual stories that happened with the model , an account of all the accidents involving the device and more: the 727 in the media, flight simulators, statistics, preserved planes, in addition to the production list and a complete chronology of the model’s history. Finally, a section dedicated to plastic models and collectors, with the 727 at scale.
Volume 2 has 376 pages.
Sections of Volume 2: 1. MODELS & DESIGNS, 2. THE 727 AND ITS FRIENDS, 3. FANTASTIC STORIES, 4. ACCIDENTS, 5. THE 727 IN THE MEDIA, 6. THE 727 AT SCALE, 7. THE 727 IN THE SIMULATORS, 8 The 727 IN STATISTICS, 9. THE 727 PRESERVED, 10. PRODUCTION LIST, 11. CHRONOLOGY.
Details: more than 100 photos (some exclusively colorized for the book), more than 259 photoreal profiles of 727’s, 370 artwork, maps, infographics, 71 tables and 149 QR codes with external content, including videos, documents and miscellaneous content about the trijet.
Over the years the E-type Jaguar has built a reputation among Jaguar enthusiasts and classic car collectors for being the ultimate classic to own.
If you are lucky enough to own one and are planning to undertake the restoration work by yourself, this manual will take you through the full nut-and-bolt restoration of a very early example, E-Type Jaguar Chassis No 60.
Restoration experts from the world’s premier Jaguar restoration company, Classic Motor Cars Ltd, have written each chapter, giving you a first-hand account of the process. Topics covered include preparing a workspace and dismantling the vehicle; restoring and painting the body; engine, electrics and transmission restoration; assembly of the sub-assemblies; final assembly; trimming; road test and the first outing.
Enjoy the striking aviation art of award-winning artist Russell Smith! Lavishly illustrated, the book features 44 full-color paintings and 20 drawings by Russell that bring WWI aviation to life. More than a dozen respected WWI aviation authors contribute to the story with chapters providing the background for the paintings to increase your understanding and appreciation of Russell’s exceptional art. Finally, in a well-illustrated chapter, Russell tells you how he creates his art. Chapters by Javier Arango, Lance Bronnenkant, Dennis Gordon, Jon Guttman, Adrian Hellwig, Jim Miller, Fred Murrin, Colin Owers, Stephen Skinner, Ed Soye, Alan Toelle, Greg VanWyngarden, & Charles Woolley
