Manky's Pop.

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Brush painted in a thick coat of red oxide primer. It looks red here, but is actually orange.
Once it dries I'll sand out the brush marks & tidy up the welds with a dab of filler.

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Red oxide flatted back & filler added to smooth out the welds.

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Not much to report this week.
Because of the hot, sticky humidity at the moment, the filler I added last weekend was going off almost as fast as I could mix it. I mixed several batches with less & less hardener in -so, predictably, it didn't harden properly. I've spent a week trying to sand something with the consistency of damp putty. It eventually went off, but now it needs a 2nd skim to fill the low spots.
Lots of very small batches with more hardener I think.

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I'm going to have to paint the chassis with the axle stands in place, then touch in the areas where the stands are once it's back on it's wheels. I also need to jack up the engine & remove the mounts, so I can paint around the frame mounted bits, (yes, that' s a lump of wood taking the place of the lefthand mount at the moment).

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I've decided to re-spray the bulkhead. It looked fine when the Pop was facing the other way in the garage & it was in shadow, but in the light it's very orange-peely & there are badly filled & masked areas around the bottom edge that are just nasty. I also need to sort out the corners, up under the front wings -bits of chassis & body that need masking & spraying now I can access them more.
Does anyone make a good, textured stone-chip paint in aerosol form? I need to hide various panel joints & edges that aren't very pretty & will be visible when it's finished.
My target date was the Popstalgia show in early September, but I really can't see it making it, (I've seriously thought of paying someone to transport it to the show in Leicester for the day, but can't find anyone).
A more sensible target might be Wheels Day on Good Friday -that was the Pop's very first outing, back in 2013, so might be nice to re-launch it there too.

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Nothing much to show. A bit more filing, a bit more sanding -but now I've run out of filler & sandpaper.
Headlight mounts more or less sorted & primed.

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Really struggling with motivation lately.
Popstalgia, the show I've been going to each year but still haven't managed to get my own Pop to, was cancelled at the last minute.
So now I have no deadlines until the Spring. Still so much to do, but surely it'll be done by then?!
Front chassis rails finally cleaned up ready for primer & the bulkhead stripped of fittings & flatted back.

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Front end primed.
Added a couple of little dabs of filler in low spots that showed up once it had some colour on it.
Also found that my cheap ass trolley jack had lowered itself over the last couple of days, so the engine was resting on the chassis, (engine mounts temporarily removed). Might have to buy a new one before I paint the top coat.

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New Halfords trolley jack installed, (low profile version cos that's all they had in stock).

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Bulkhead flatted back, masked, primed & squirted with green.
Several huge runs, but it'll do as a base coat.
I'll leave it over the weekend then sand the runs out & try another coat on Monday.
I hate paintwork

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Obviously, I've waited till the temperature's plummeted before tackling the paint  
I pre-heated the garage & the roof & door are insulated, but the drips & runs are more likely caused by a heavy paint coat sprayed too close, (limited access with the engine in place).
Flat it back. Do it again.