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« Reply #10320 on: April 01, 2018, 10:09:42 PM » |
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 I'll be in the garage tomorrow -promise. I use the same fine grade filler Loony uses. It sands nicely with no air bubbles to cause those annoying pin holes in the surface that you have to go back & fill again. It comes from the local paint supply shop, (same place that mixes the aerosol paint), which won't be open till Tuesday.
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« Reply #10321 on: April 02, 2018, 11:22:40 AM » |
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« Reply #10322 on: April 02, 2018, 12:31:18 PM » |
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Heading to the garage as we speak!
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« Reply #10323 on: April 02, 2018, 07:45:34 PM » |
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All afternoon & early evening in the garage, sitting in the cab with a piece of broken hacksaw blade, cutting unwanted brackets off the chassis. I can't even remember what they were for, but they're squares of 3mm flat strap, welded to the chassis under the rear of the cab, inside the gearbox tunnel. Can't get an angle grinder or hacksaw into them, so just slowly cutting through them by hand. I don't want the MOT guy putting it up on his ramp & seeing chunks of hacked off bracketry underneath. 2 done. 2 to go.
Sometimes I think this thing'll never get finished. It is making progress, but there's a lot left to do.
Being British Springtime, I had the heaters on all day.
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« Reply #10324 on: April 05, 2018, 05:04:53 PM » |
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Finally some warm sunshine today.
One of my customers had his Armstrong Siddely out for the first time this year. This is a bit darker than the green on the Pop, but a good example of the green bodywork/black mudguards combo.
He has yellow coach lines too. Maybe a bit brighter than I have in mind, but I'll be getting the website name sign written on the doors in a slightly paler yellow.
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« Reply #10325 on: April 05, 2018, 10:08:28 PM » |
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In the garage till 10.0.clock this evening. Nice to find ally have some dry weather. I was hoping to mask up the engine bay bulkhead & not have to paint it, but having messed up the paint code, the Pop's going a slightly darker shade of green. So I've stripped all the fittings off the bulkhead & taken the opportunity to smooth out the wobbly panel, (lots of sections welded together & it distorted a bit with the heat). So I'm still messing about, sanding filler, but it's looking much better now.
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« Reply #10326 on: April 05, 2018, 10:09:26 PM » |
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« Reply #10327 on: April 05, 2018, 10:29:59 PM » |
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That's what Billy Connolly would call your "windswept and interesting!" look....  ..me, I'm not so sure! |
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« Reply #10328 on: April 06, 2018, 10:03:06 AM » |
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I call it my covered in filler dust look.
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« Reply #10329 on: April 07, 2018, 10:46:05 PM » |
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Bulkhead filler rubbed down & yellow filler/primer/spray on custard added, plus half an evening spent with a hacksaw blade, cutting a couple of unwanted brackets off the underside of the chassis. At least it's stopped raining. |
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« Reply #10330 on: April 07, 2018, 11:31:32 PM » |
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Andy. Do you use or have you ever heard of ,knifing stopper,, ??
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« Reply #10331 on: April 08, 2018, 01:58:26 PM » |
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Yeah, but just prefer the stuff I've got.
I'm obviously just a very slow worker, but quite enjoy pottering away on it, listening to the radio in the evenings.
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« Reply #10332 on: April 09, 2018, 05:46:34 PM » |
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Are the jelly babies not helping you?
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« Reply #10333 on: April 09, 2018, 07:00:18 PM » |
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A previous garage tennant obviously had shelves along one wall -there's lots of holes drilled in it. I use Halfords "Little Joe" air fresheners in my car & when they start to dry out, I poke their mounting pegs into the holes in the wall. I'm curious to see how many I can collect before Halfords stop selling them. Having said I'll stick to the filler/primer I'm used to, I stopped in at the garage this evening to find it's reacted with something on the bulkhead. There's a patch in the top right hand corner that's wrinkled slightly. The custard filler goes quite powdery & chalky when sanded so I usually seal it with a coat of normal grey primer afterwards. Looks like I'll have to refill & sand that corner again tomorrow. Spent an hour with a hacksaw blade, cutting through a small bead of weld, then filing it smooth after spotting I'd accidentally welded the body to the chassis when fitting one of the rear mounts. Would've caused some swearing when/if the body's ever removed, but sorted now, thankfully before final painting.
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« Reply #10334 on: April 10, 2018, 11:05:02 AM » |
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To be honest I'd have waited till the weather had warmed up ( living in hope ?) before attempting paintwork in cold/damp conditions..your never going to get a good finish in that lockup until it's warmer ?  And you'd most likely get more achieved sir ? But saying that your keeping busy on your project..more than I can say  |
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