So the fenders and nose are done. Time to start on the hood. My custom "true fire" is going away. I have some cracks in the scoop to be repaired. I think I'll leave the flapper the same.

 

Have I mentioned how much fun sanding paint off is?
I got tire of sanding the hood so I jumped to the cracks. I gouged them and drilled holes at the ends. Then I epoxied them. This should hold.
If you look close you can see a skull and many spades in the fire.
I hadn't realized it before, I don't have the same paint issues in the scoop as the rest of the car. The only difference is I clear coated the scoop.
It is single stage urethane that doesn't require clear. I only cleared here because the flames are flat without clear.
HMMMM

 

That looks mean man

 

wow that looks sweet my brother is professional airbrusher,does that for a living,my cars gonna be tahoe blue,with lighting on the hood and down the sides of my car,he will do it for free.good job think ur hood looks cool.

 

Looking good! Hope the epoxy saves the cowl section!

 

Hood doesn't look so cool now! I sanded it off. Yes I hope the epoxy works. I've used it on the nose as well. Thanks all for the encouragement.

 

are u gonna redo the flames again too i hope,that looked cool on your scoop.

 

I like the flames but with one small criticism. The stencil he used seems like it was just one size circle and i can see that same circle repeat over and over again. He did a good job don't get me wrong. I see a lot of Mike LaValley wanna bees around here. Your guy blows them away. If you have ever seen Mike LaValley paint fire his stencil is more of a French curve. Keep up the work. Your kickin my but.

 

I have a bunch of stencils, but I think that your right that I seem to go back to the same one kinda with out realizing it.
Lavally has talent. I don't I, have drive and the BA**s to try anything.

It's still early but the plan is to paint the car red with gloss black stripes. With the 1/4 " pinstripe. I'm thinking I may put ghost flames in the stripes or old school hot rod flames just in the stripes. I was also thinking about crazy pinstripes in the stripes.
Old school LA style.

some pics of my other flame jobs.

 

wow them look sweet,just remember whatever u choose will be the right way,its ur car and ghost flames in the stripes would look awesome thought about that myself.