German translation

The phenomenon of the shrinking planet, mentioned last week, continues. This morning we uploaded the files of two of our airbrush books: Airbrush 101 and Advanced Airbrush Art, to a publisher in Europe. A German firm, Editions Michael Fishcer, is combining our two books into a single, German-language airbrushing tome. The money part of the deal is based on a per-copy royalty. To be honest, it’s not a great deal of money, but it’s money we didn’t have before, and it’s a good way to take the edge of the Monday blues.

Another example of the shrinking globe, a German firm bought the German language rights to Airbrushing 101.

The Jon Kos Paint Booth

Lately I’ve been spending way too much of my time in a certain paint booth. The paint-booth in question, is owned by Jon Kosmoski, master painter and partner to a new and unfinished Kustom Painting Secrets book. A book that’s just a little late getting to the printer.

One very fresh pinstripe done with a mix or two colors from House of Kolor’s urethane pinstriping selection.

The bad news is the fact that the book is late. The good news is the other fact, that the main painting sequence – of Jon’s ’34 Ford sedan, is nearly finished. On Sunday Jon painted the pinstripes, with a little help from some pre-cut tape custom made to match exactly the width and spacing used by Henry when the car was built.

The guy who doesn’t know how to spell “retire,” applying the final coat of clear to the sedan body.

The pinstripes in question separate the violet used on the upper body from the deep pearl blue applied to the lower half of the same body. Both paint colors are one-off mixes, created from House of Kolor’s new Shimrin2 system, and both are off the scale for pure retina-burning intensity.

Stay tuned for more information and photos of Jon’s very classy and very trick ’34 Ford sedan.

One very bright, and straight, old Ford body. Both the violet and the blue are kustom mixes from the new Shimrin2 paint system.