1. IAN D PINK
12 Pound Close
Shipston-on-Stour
Warwickshire
CV36 4QN
Mobile Telephone: +44 7946 733731
Email: pinkian7@ymail.com
CLAY MODELLER / RE-SURFACER / HIGHLIGHTER / PAINTER / HARD
MODELLER
Experienced in all aspects of
automotive surfacing, finishing and
modelling
Over 30 years experience
including overseas (Japan, US,
Brunei)
2 ½ years working for Royal Family
of Bruneii
Supervised the Nissan Skyline
Show Car Project
City & Guilds Part I -Vehicle Body
Craft Studies
City & Guilds Part III - Clay
Modelling Automotive Vehicles
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
Self Employed (projects and motor show vehicle preparation) 2006 - present
Provided clay modelling, painting and resurfacing, highlighting and hard modelling
services to a variety of automotive manufacturers. Projects included
Audi, Ingolstadt Germany June to October 2015
Volkswagen, Wolfsburg Germany, clay modelling (interior and exterior)
November 2011 to May 2015
Jaguar, clay modelling
Jaguar concept vehicle X250, modelling interior components for colour and
trim
Land Rover LRX concept vehicle, resurfacing and painting
HBL (design consultants), full size foam stack, resurfacing and repainting of
hull of boat (10 metres long)
HBL (design consultants), surfacing and highlighting for high performance
concept vehicle
Concept Group International (design consultants), preparation of Nissan NV
200 motor show vehicle with regards to colour
SEG.C Estate, viewing vehicle, model surfacing, repainting and highlighting
GM, 13 off ¼ scale model, surface and refinishing and one full size foam
stack of viewing vehicle
Jaguar, interior trim and buck preparation X351, hard modelling, component
fitment including gapping for a variety of trim and painted components,
remodelling to accommodate design alterations, component preparation for
paint and chroming processes as well as complete build up of four bucks.

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IR Dancey Ltd, (motor show vehicle preparation), Cheltenham 2004 - 2006
Auto quality control, resurfacing and refinishing. Stripping and re-building engine
components for display purposes. Clients included Cummings, Ford, Aston Martin
and Land Rover.
Hard modelling, resurfacing and finishing of cars. Projects included show car,
prototypes and work on Marcos TSO 2 and 3.
Hand production of display cabinets, props, show stands and show marine
equipment (MDF, GRP, Perspex).
COSTA, show vehicle, part modelling, front and rear bumpers, seat frames,
surfacing, colouring of rear lights – resurfacing and painting whole vehicle
Design & Realizations Ltd (Yoski Yamamoto – designer) 1999-2004
Manager of paint shop for design studio. Surfacing, highlighting, clay modelling, hard
modelling and quality control on projects listed below. Clients included Mitsubishi,
Subaru, Nissan, Daihatsu, Daewoo, Triple 8, Brian James Trailers.
Projects:
C-Class Interior: ½ scale interior model, hard modelling, surfacing and
painting.
E-Class Estate Car: Full size interior, ¼ scale exterior, surfacing and
painting, ¼ scale hard model alteration, highlight
surfacing and painting.
Sub-A Class Mini-Van Full size model, clay preparation and loading.
I.C.E. System Interior component, modelling, surfacing and painting.
Sub-A Class City Car ¼ scale model, modelling assistance, surfacing and
painting.
Brian James Trailers New race car trailer design, full size model high-density
foam re-shaping, re-surfacing and painting ready for
fibreglass casting. 7m x 2.3m x 2m
888 Touring Car Clay modelling to Astra-touring car for moulding to
create exterior body parts.
Sub-A Class Car ‘Life-Style’ vehicle (city car with off road potential).
Detail component modelling. Imprinting ‘plastic effect’ to
clay surface via fabric pressing. Surfacing and
painting.
E-Class Off Road Estate ¼ scale model, hard model alterations, highlight
surfacing, wheel casting, moulding for lens covers,
tinting PU lens covers, surfacing and painting.
Nissan GTR Show Car Scale and full-size show car, clay loading and
modelling, re-surfacing and painting clay, carbon,
aluminium and epoxy; research into colour chrome
effect (silk matt), tinting carbon blue.
Nissan Clay modelling two prototype seats.

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City Garage, (Mercedes repair centre), Chichester 1998 - 1999
Repairing and spraying crash repairs and showroom vehicles.
RBPC5, (private collection), Jerudong Park, Brunei Darussalam 1996 -1998
Paintshop Supervisor of specialist paint shop for Sultan of Brunei. Involved in paint
spraying, hand finishing, panel beating and prepping of luxury cars, coaches, boats,
jet skis, motorcycles, helmets, carriages and other items as requested. The paint
shop had a staff of ten skilled and semi-skilled personnel who were mainly Thais and
Malaysians.
Manufacturers included: Pininfarina, Rolls Royce, Bentley, Aston Martin, AMG,
Porsche.
Principal duties included:
Liaising with automotive and paint manufacturers to ensure satisfactory
quality standards on exterior finishes
On site training of personnel
Use of Kerridge system to schedule labour, parts requirements and update of
vehicle history
Liaison with stores and purchasing to ensure materials ordered and available
as and when required.
RW Masters, (prototype vehicles), Littlehampton 1985 - 1996
Paintshop foreman, day to day duties included responsibility for four staff, liaison with
customers and preparation of quotations. Specialist work included racing cars
(including F1), boats, simulators and restoration involving the use of:
Polyester resins – chopped strand mat
Vinylester resins – chopped strand mat
Epoxy resins – carbon fibre – wet layup
RTM resins - transfer mouldings
Acrylic resins (Modar) with glass, carbon or Kevlar
Low temperature cure pre-glass
Ciba Geigy Fibredux 920