Truckers and Airbrushing

Truckers and Airbrushing

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Notshortnottall

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589 posts

183 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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Driving to work each morning I see a line of neatly airbrushed trucks waiting for ferries. Great artistic skill no doubt and I wish I could draw more than anything with angles but I'm curious why truckers feel the need to do this?

Went past a 'Die Hard' liveried one this morning with "Welcome to the party pal" right across the front. Horses for courses obviously but very curious to see what history (if any) evolved into this.

jjones

4,422 posts

192 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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Notshortnottall said:
Went past a 'Die Hard' liveried one this morning
it sounded crap, until...

Notshortnottall said:
"Welcome to the party pal"
now it sounds awesome biggrin

ColdoRS

1,796 posts

126 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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Just a way of putting their stamp on their truck.

A friend of my dads owns this;



His only truck and it's used every day for general duties, believe it or not! Think it used to be done in James bond airbrushing. he changes it up every few years and wins alot of shows.

Edited by ColdoRS on Monday 14th September 22:36

Fartgalen

6,630 posts

206 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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A mate of a mate spent a lot of money airbrushing a truck. Wasn't even his. Just got permission to do it from his employer !!??

caelite

4,273 posts

111 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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If your gonna be spending potentially years of your life and hundreds of thousands of miles in a vehicle why not personalize it? xD.

Hrimfaxi

1,036 posts

126 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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I think it's quite cool!

Few weeks back, one huge truck drove past that had a Child's Play theme - had a big Chucky face on it. thumbup

cootuk

918 posts

122 months

Wednesday 9th September 2015
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A builder opposite us had his LWB Merc van fully liveried as "Bob the Builder".
Also a fair amount of engine work given the delicious noise his van makes when he sets off.
He's now redone it all as "The Italian Job".

No idea what his company name or number is though from looking at it.

ya_bollox

212 posts

121 months

Thursday 10th September 2015
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20-25K wouldn't be unusual for jobs like them. worked with a guy who travelled country to country just to paint trucks, big show scene, some are extremely well done and most are actually 'brushed' not stickerd up vinyl, cool stuff

Edited by ya_bks on Thursday 10th September 23:08

grumpy52

5,565 posts

165 months

Thursday 10th September 2015
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One of the best and most heartbreaking ones I have seen is a tribute to the company owners son who was sadly killed in Afghanistan .

MadMullah

5,265 posts

192 months

Thursday 10th September 2015
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I saw a great assassins creed truck coming down the m6 a few weeks back - looked fantastic.


chilistrucker

4,541 posts

150 months

Friday 11th September 2015
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I admire the work some people have done, and good to see people having pride in their kit.
Just annoys me when some companies pay fortunes tarting their fleet up but then pay peanuts as wages, and yet the lure of a big flashy truck to drive will still appeal to some people.
I'd rather just have a clean and tidy wagon with better wages thanks.
Horses for courses I guess.

GEARJAMMER

445 posts

138 months

Friday 11th September 2015
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Yes its all about showing off and taking a pride, a truck is a very big canvas, and a very big advert for your company, no better way to get it noticed than with a bit of air brushing and mods.

You either 'get it' or you don't.

This one is my favourite.....







........but hey, im biased.

Its air brushed by a fella called Adam Haden, worth checking out his Facebook page 'Adam Haden Airbrushad' if you get a few minutes to spare.

Edited by GEARJAMMER on Friday 11th September 21:13

Nickyboy

6,700 posts

233 months

Monday 14th September 2015
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ya_bks said:
20-25K wouldn't be unusual for jobs like them. worked with a guy who travelled country to country just to paint trucks, big show scene, some are extremely well done and most are actually 'brushed' not stickerd up vinyl, cool stuff

Edited by ya_bks on Thursday 10th September 23:08
There was a discussion on Trucknet about the costs of airbrushing and one of the best truck airbrushers in the industry came on and said most jobs are £3-4k and even a full cab and chassis paint wouldn't top £10k. A lot cheaper than i thought.

chilistrucker

4,541 posts

150 months

Monday 14th September 2015
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Nickyboy said:
There was a discussion on Trucknet about the costs of airbrushing and one of the best truck airbrushers in the industry came on and said most jobs are £3-4k and even a full cab and chassis paint wouldn't top £10k. A lot cheaper than i thought.
Blimey I'm surprised too, I did think it would cost more.
The guy you're on about, was it Matt from the West Country? Very talented chap.

Nickyboy

6,700 posts

233 months

Wednesday 16th September 2015
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That's him, some of the best in the country under his belt.


ya_bollox

212 posts

121 months

Wednesday 16th September 2015
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quote=Nickyboy]

There was a discussion on Trucknet about the costs of airbrushing and one of the best truck airbrushers in the industry came on and said most jobs are £3-4k and even a full cab and chassis paint wouldn't top £10k. A lot cheaper than i thought.

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I work in euros, and I'd be shocked if that includes the trailer because we get that for a decent sized car re-spray,



if he'll do that for 3-4grand then fair play is all I'll say, lad I knew romo travelled most of Europe, do a job every month and move on, making nice money too, its some cool st airbrushing. used to go to truckshows in punchestown, just to see quality paint,

im sure the average job is quite a lot less but start adding marble-effect/flip-colours,pearls/metal-flake etc.. my point was some spend big bucks.. like anything can have a little or a lot,

3-grand wouldn't buy a truck&trailer's-worth of custom paint for example

Nickyboy

6,700 posts

233 months

Friday 18th September 2015
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ya_bks said:
quote=Nickyboy]

There was a discussion on Trucknet about the costs of airbrushing and one of the best truck airbrushers in the industry came on and said most jobs are £3-4k and even a full cab and chassis paint wouldn't top £10k. A lot cheaper than i thought.
I work in euros, and I'd be shocked if that includes the trailer because we get that for a decent sized car re-spray,



if he'll do that for 3-4grand then fair play is all I'll say, lad I knew romo travelled most of Europe, do a job every month and move on, making nice money too, its some cool st airbrushing. used to go to truckshows in punchestown, just to see quality paint,

im sure the average job is quite a lot less but start adding marble-effect/flip-colours,pearls/metal-flake etc.. my point was some spend big bucks.. like anything can have a little or a lot,

3-grand wouldn't buy a truck&trailer's-worth of custom paint for example
Slightly extreme but yes that would be a hefty bill.

He was talking about his typical jobs which were back of cab jobs, side of cab jobs. Remember he only does the airbrushing, the chassis, cab paint etc is done elsewhere normally.

Forthright MC

8,362 posts

282 months

Tuesday 22nd September 2015
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Notshortnottall said:
Went past a 'Die Hard' liveried one this morning with "Welcome to the party pal" right across the front. Horses for courses obviously but very curious to see what history (if any) evolved into this.
Sounds like J Davison from out Manchester ways latest FH16. (Same fleet as the 007 themed R730 ^) -







A very tidy fleet for a scrap metal merchant! They run an equally tidy V3 FH16 with a Terminator themed livery too (Custom interior too with a shotgun mounted inside the drivers door!)

ETA -





Stanian Transport are another notable fleet of highly customised wagons too -





cool

Always nice to see operators and drivers who take pride in their kit and theres some amazing rigs out there I've seen on the road and at shows over the years. Off the top of my head Joe Sharp, Daltons and David G Davies run some particularly impressively airbrush liveried motors too...

Edited by Forthright MC on Tuesday 22 September 02:38

StuntmanMike

11,671 posts

150 months

Sunday 27th September 2015
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Nickyboy said:
ya_bks said:
quote=Nickyboy]

There was a discussion on Trucknet about the costs of airbrushing and one of the best truck airbrushers in the industry came on and said most jobs are £3-4k and even a full cab and chassis paint wouldn't top £10k. A lot cheaper than i thought.
I work in euros, and I'd be shocked if that includes the trailer because we get that for a decent sized car re-spray,



if he'll do that for 3-4grand then fair play is all I'll say, lad I knew romo travelled most of Europe, do a job every month and move on, making nice money too, its some cool st airbrushing. used to go to truckshows in punchestown, just to see quality paint,

im sure the average job is quite a lot less but start adding marble-effect/flip-colours,pearls/metal-flake etc.. my point was some spend big bucks.. like anything can have a little or a lot,

3-grand wouldn't buy a truck&trailer's-worth of custom paint for example
My FH has just had a chassis/tanks/axles respray, its also had a set of injectors fitted, they were 2.2k so the paint cost 1.8k as the total spend was 4k, the bonnet and front bumper were done as well, no airbrushing, this is a four wheel unit with custom tanks.
pretty pointless post but I thought I would point out the cost of paintwork on a truck.
This was about four weeks ago.

Edited by StuntmanMike on Sunday 27th September 21:04

rpguk

4,458 posts

283 months

Sunday 27th September 2015
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Nickyboy said:
That's him, some of the best in the country under his belt.

For a brief and terrifying moment there I thought that someone had done a Jim Davidson themed truck eek