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[stevede]

Afternoon ladies & gents. How formal does that sound? Ah well...........

Bean, thanks for the comments. Bit like a house, only cheaper!!! (sometimes)!!

James. Yes the colour is Surf Blue.

Bit more painting done in preparation for the long easter weekend event.

Did the backs of the doors and the engine bay along with the hinges. (Boot hinges were chrome but a bit rough so now painted)

I'll let the pictures do the talking..........................















Don't look half bad even if I do say so myself.


Oh by the way......... Almost forgot..............





The roof.............................









Now why is it that you only spot the dent after you put the topcoat on? Bu@%er!! Probably can't spot it on the photo but it's above the passenger door. I think it's from one of the tyres when we had the car turned over on the spit. Not huge but I know it's there.

Never mind. In the words of the great Blackadder................... I have a cunning plan!

That's all for this one. Back to work tomorrow to pay for it all but only a 4 days and then hopefully, final paint.

Thanks for looking

Best regards

Steve

[Mini Basher]

Well what can I say Steve, looks fantastic, love the colour combination , it works really well, keep up the good work mate

Andy

[myredmini]

Looking great steve, cant wait to see it done.

Danny

Edited by myredmini, 28 March 2010 - 06:38 PM.

[Shifty]

Nice one Steve, at this rate you'll be at Malvern in it!!

What are you gonna do when this one is done, do you have anymore kids that you can build minis for???

[xBR4DLEY]

Nice one Steve , will be PM'ing you quite soon about the centre clock bits
Can you not pop that dent out from the inside?

[Scallywag630]

Excellent work. Good luck with the final paint and refit.

ps. Its Baldrick that has the cunning plans....lol

Edited by Scallywag630, 28 March 2010 - 06:48 PM.

[marvin151173]

Looks stunning, cant wait to see it finished

what's the tube for on the back of the boot lid??

M

[bubabule]

Wow, what a lurvly colour combination.....turning out very nice. Have been enjoying your project and hope to see you start a new one after this.

[stevede]

Hi everyone

Thanks again for all the kind comments.

Just a very quick update with some pictures of the journey to the paint.

My pal "forgot" to mention that the trailer he borrowed was about 2 feet off the floor!!

Still, could have been worse, could have had the engine in.










Arriving at it's new temprary home




Lots & lots of space...... Heating too!!!!!






I'll keep you all updated over the weekend with progress.

Cheers

Steve

[stevede]

Next update on the painting ........................


After spending a couple of hours covering up anything that would get affected by paint dust we set about masking all the openings.









Before going back on its side again for the first time in a while. (Like stepping back in time)





Now here's a bit of encouragement for you... The lad in the picture is James, my pals son. He was 16 earlier this week and has never weilded a spray gun in anger before. After a few minutes tuition he was a natural.



Just goes to show. Don't be afraid....... Give it a go!!







At the end of quite a long day.............................. Success.









Big day tomorrow as we tackle the main body.

Tune in for the next update

Regards

Steve

[mighty mini jack]

Looking good Steve, nice work from you lot!

[Shifty]

Nice work Steve, just one thing though.......

Couldn't you have got a gun with a bigger paint pot?

Thats gonna cause you no end of hassle on the top coat.

[stevede]

Nice work Steve, just one thing though.......

Couldn't you have got a gun with a bigger paint pot?

Thats gonna cause you no end of hassle on the top coat.

Hi Shifty

I've got a full size suction gun with a 1ltr paint pot well. I bought the little one for a few quid to do the engine bay etc as it's much easier to get into all the corners. It's a cracking bit of kit and very accurate with little overspray but the 100ml pot is a pain.

Once we had done all the nooks and crannys and an initial coat, the big gun came out to get plenty of paint on.

[Shifty]

Well better get the big guns out tomorrow then!!

Looking forward to seeing this in paint, will look spanking!!

[Pending]

you,ve left someone in the mini and they dont look happy

good work so far

matt