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Originally Posted by dkozloski  My dad pinstriped some of the very early classic cars such as Duesenberg, Packard, and Pierce Arrow back in the 1920's when he worked for custom body maker Erdmann Geider including one of Henry Ford's personal cars. He used pinstriping brushes with very long bristles. The pinstripes were created with one stroke of the brush from front to rear. There are still some of the masters who do it the same way as the oldtimers like my dad. |
I had an uncle who did the same thing on old (early model) Cessna 120s/140s. One long stroke, and it came out perfectly. He was also an excellent painter of motorcycles, cars, and airplanes. RIP. No education, but sharp enough to rebuild Cessnas from scratch. He was a flt instructor in WWII, and he taught me to fly when I was a teenager (in the 60s). He always told me I should not hot rod an airplane until I have 20,000 hrs. I am still working on the last 18,000 hrs. There are old pilots; there are bold pilots; there are no old bold pilots.