Looking for Mel Hubbard

[Buggy1]

Hey Mel,
E mail me at lonestarbuggy@aol.com and plese leave contact information.

Neal

[mel hubbard]

Hello Neal, now we can talk shop,, still waiting for Allen to post up pics on the DSB,, change of posting plans, hope thats OK,, should be up tonight.


Hello to everyone else on the TMC forums,, I live in UK so guess its unlikely we will get to meet up,, but if you guys ever happen to be on my side of the pond your more than welcome to pop in for a brew. Mel

[Buggy1]

glad to locatee yu mel, I have lots of questions

Neal

[mel hubbard]

Neal, bit of a delay on the pics & how to text right now,,, should be up soon then you can fire away, and I will do my best to oblige.


Woke up this morning to gale force winds & heavy rain in England something tells me its sunny in Texas,,, beam me over Scotty

[mel hubbard]

Neal, the FG post is up now, can also get the link from Meyers site,,,,,,, looking forward to seeing your project. mel

[Buggy1]

I will be posting photos as the body design gets done Mel, again thanks for you post on DSB. It really gave an old f$$$t a hand up on something I have wanted to do for many years. I know she won't be what one would call KISS, but then I am Stupid

I have one question, did you brush the metal flake on in the construction of the buggy in the pick,she sure looked good.

Neal

[mel hubbard]

Neal, the metalflake is sprayed on, but its no big deal to do, you don't have to be a paint guy to spray that stuff in the molds, in fact a brush gel buggy is harder to do IMO. Will go into that later though.

You can use a brush to put ''flake jewels in gel'' but I feel this method is best used on very small parts > it has to be 'stippled' on taking care to ensure that the particles are distributed in such a way that they do not follow and show up brush marks.
If metallic jewels are brushed on in the nomal 'solid color' way the effect will be comparable to that of a grass lawn mown in different directions.

[manxdavid]

Hey Mel, get back in that shed...you'll never get anything done hanging around on these Goddam message boards... take it from one who knows!!!

Hey Neal, how's tricks buddy?

[Buggy1]

I just looked at Mels website over there in good old England..........great site.
I am glad your out of the shed..........your articles on the other sites ( I can not remember how to get on them 0 lost all the darn passwords ) but your articles with allen's help are very informative indeed.

Welcome to the TEXASA MANX DUNE BUGGY SITE!! Always good to have a new member...........yep, come donw and have some BBQ with us, kick a few tires, and enjoy!

Neal
Buggy1