Hawg Wild U.S.A. : by XcaliburFX

 

It was now time to lay out a paint scheme. I used photoshop to simulate several paint designs and finally decided to use black over orange scheme with silver racing stripes and pin striping. I then decided to use the hammered metal finish as a base coat/texture coat. I thought this would tie in with the textured front bezel nicely. I then proceeded with the Orange and Black paint as a primary coat laid down over the hammered texture. After painting the side panels and the top, I laid out the racing stripes on the top and painted them. After all paint had cured appropriately, I applied about 5 coats of crystal clear acrylic enamel. Now it was time to dry a bit.

So, at this point I headed to my local auto parts store to find some cheap pinstripes to match the silver, and I did. However, as I was walking out I happened upon the clearance items and found a nice roll of Harley Davidson emblem pin striping for .99 cents. It was a no brainer, lol.
 
Back to the side panels, I lay two silver pin stripes one on each side of the HD emblem stripes to separate the orange and black paint. Then I took some nice Harley Davidson metal emblems and did a small amount of embellishing. I also added some small Harley Davidson vinyl decals to the bezel and in various spots on and in the case to dress it up. I contacted my local Harley Davidson dealer and they gave me a few Dip Dots, little brass round emblems that you mount to the Harleys Dip stick as an advertisement. One became the front power switch, one the speaker magnet cover and two the fan centers on the rear of the case.

 
With all the embellishing done I installed the window, with a nice Harley Screaming Eagle on the plexi-glass. I was almost through when, I decided to add something that would bring a neat wow affect to the case. So, I bought a small “Hawg” in a display case. Took it out and disassembled it, then I proceeded to paint it to match the case, right down to the dual silver racing stripes on top of the gas tank. After it was reassembled and back in the display case, I attached the display case to the inside of the window, making sure that it would not interfere with any case internals that might be added later.