Painted Reels sticky...gone but not forgotten

facelessnewsouth · Post by **facelessnewsouth** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 3:42 am

Well my friends, it seems that the destruction of the forums wiped the painted reels sticky, which is unfortunate to say the least. I thoroughly enjoyed seeing everyone else's handiwork and unique pieces, so how about we start it up again?

Please post pics of your custom painted reels! I need some inspiration!

facelessnewsouth · Post by **facelessnewsouth** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 5:46 am

ok...here's one to get it started...a BPS custom I did...my first paint job

There's definitely room for improvement, but hey, not bad for the first time, huh?

In the second pic, you can see where I tried to touch it up where I accidentally dropped the sideplate before the clear went on. A tip to those of you who are going to try this: one color CANNOT touch up 4 layers of colors.

bstuckey · Post by **bstuckey** » Tue Mar 01, 2011 2:01 pm

1st paint job, wow! Nicely done!

DepsMan · Post by **DepsMan** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:12 am

Now that's pretty freakin' cool!

facelessnewsouth · Post by **facelessnewsouth** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 2:17 am

Thanks. I figure it was a good way to make a $9 reel look and perform a lot better. The handle is a 100mm I found, from some old browning reel, and the star drag and tension cap are from the same reel. I replaced the bushing under the tension cap with a bearing, and put 4 more in the handle, two in each knob. Cheap upgrades, but pretty effective, using junk reels to frankenstein.

jdaddyok · Post by **jdaddyok** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 5:44 pm

anyone know the guy that did the green and black tdz and the burgandy shimano? or i may be wrong on the color of the shimano he did.

zodiak311 · Post by **zodiak311** » Thu Mar 03, 2011 6:23 pm

very nice! I love the pattern.

facelessnewsouth · Post by **facelessnewsouth** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 1:39 am

The green and black td-z and the shimano would be Pizz Customs. I don't know pizz personally, but have seen him around this and other forums, and he seems to be a pretty good guy. I know the work he does is stunning.

DougL58 · Post by **DougL58** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 3:59 pm

Custom painted for me at Office ZPI in Japan.... My first custom. Was sorry to let her and the matching custom rod go.

zodiak311 · Post by **zodiak311** » Fri Mar 04, 2011 7:44 pm

DougL58 wrote:Custom painted for me at Office ZPI in Japan.... My first custom. Was sorry to let her and the matching custom rod go.

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Man that is gorgeous, what kind of line is that?

DougL58 · Post by **DougL58** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:32 am

Berkley Big Game 25#

dan1942 · Post by **dan1942** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 1:48 am

That rod is beautiful!! This stinks having to start all over again

facelessnewsouth · Post by **facelessnewsouth** » Sat Mar 05, 2011 3:55 am

WOW. That thing is gorgeous. So sorry for your loss.

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