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[Alburglar]

After I recieved some very swift advice on technical page, I went and fetched a hammer and my boss came off.

So I just could'nt wait to get the bracket finished and test fitted before painting.

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[Alburglar]

After a lot of bending bracket to shape, and eventually figuring out I could bend the indicator stalk too.....
....It fits pukka!

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[Alburglar]

It looks so neat behind the wheel.
I'm really impressed with it.

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[Alburglar]

Don't be fooled by the photo. There is alot of space between the wheel and the bracket.
Got to take it off and paint it now, gonna paint the steering wheel too.

[Dom]

great work

[Mini1275]

looking good

[Alburglar]

Bit annoyed with myself as I haven't done any of the welding jobs I promised myself I'd do. Especially as my girlfriend is away so I have no distractions.

However I did do some little jobs and they count as progress.

First I took a normal kitchen scourer (you now the green pads for washing up) and scoured the surface of bracket, steering wheel and hub/boss. then applied two coats of zinc primer.

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[Alburglar]

Everything is now gonna get sanded with 800 grit wet/dry then two coats of body colour paint with sanding after each coat and same again with two coats of lacquer. Should look pretty cool.

Here is a boring picture of the hub for the sake of it

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[Alburglar]

Also tried fibreglassing for the first time today and it went really well I think.

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[Alburglar]

I will gradually build this side up with filler till it is flush.

Does anyone know what works as a thinner for epoxy resin because I put the brush in white spirit and it is now solid.

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[F1 Mini]

I use cheap throw away brushes, easyer and less time consuming.. But Acitone is the recomended Thinners. I also have used ordinary thinners but it's not good if you get any mixed in with the resins when you are laying up your next time after cleaning the brush.

[Alburglar]

Ta

[Alburglar]

Got some more little bits of progress:
Finished spraying the bracket, wheel and boss.

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[Alburglar]

Gonna spray dash soon but need to trial fit de-misters first

[Alburglar]

In order to let some more of those hot engine fumes out I drilled two holes in the boot.

This pic also shows the filled in holes where the rear plate light was.

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