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[BusheyTrader]

Nice work on the front wings and A panels there.

Adam

[hughJ]

Shifty, Scott, Graham and Adam a big thanks.

I managed to get my right wing 'adjusted'.

So trimmed back the wee panel I made up last night - you can see I work to quite a bit of wastage!!



Cleaned up and some weld through primer



Clamped





And tacked



And butt welded



Now here's where I had to put in a bit of tension. I managed to get a hacksaw blade into the scuttle gap and between my fingers sawed a relief cut to the flange. I got Anne to help and jacked up the wing a bit and forced it in position. Then got my line of plug welds in.



You can see it is lying a bit better - here are two other pictures

A bit of a gap - but better than it was. You can just see the relief cut - me being me I went just that wee bit too far.



But its still a bit lower than I'd like - I can't do any better other than start again from scratch - I'm not doing that!



I'm much happier with the look of the two wings now.

I've a bit of plug welding to finish at the front and on the inner wings.

Then its trying the bonnet again. I think I will have to weld a wee strip all the way down it as Neil has shown on project Erm.

Winging along

Hugh

[minifcd]

Nice use of the copper there Hugh! Wing to scuttle gap looks good now.

[Shifty]

That looks much better now Hugh, digital hi-five coming your way!!

Onwards and upwards!!

[minimuk]

becoming a master welder you do,......

[CLM]

Good job on those wings Hugh! You are going to need to come build mine for me when you are done!

A bit of sealer and those wing/scuttle joints will look mint.

Chris

[Deathrow]

That looks much better now Hugh, digital hi-five coming your way!!

Onwards and upwards!!

We've a smiley for that!



Looking good Hugh. You've really shown that front end who's boss!

[grahama]

Well done Hugh, a trial for sure on those wings but you have got a nice result.

[ToM 2012]

well done hugh you are doing a cracking job keep at it mate

[mini danny]

That's looking amazing she's coming along nicely and some very nice fabrication work on those wings


Danny

[vaughn1]

Excellent progress with the front end Hugh well done!

[racingenglishcars]

Very nice job Hugh. Hats off to you. The fenders are just about where they should be despite some earlier (rather small) misplacement of welds. It's really looking quite good.

This is what it means to be a hand-built car. I've done work on various older Park Ward, Williams & Pritchard and the like, and seen about the same or more deviation between the two sides of their products, than between your Sky and any other Mini.

[hughJ]

I have to thank you Scott, Shifty, minimuk, Chris, Adam, Graham, Tom, Danny, vaughn1 and racingenglishcars. My e-friends!

I finished the plugwelds at the front of the left wing. Then refitted the bonnet. and adjusted the catch so it latches just right.

Here's what needs sorted now

Left wing



And right wing



So I'm going to cut the bonnet like Neil did and put filler pieces in.

The front looked like this - a lot better than the trial fit. This is the right side.



Adjusted to this



And at the left front



To this - not that great a profile



From a bit back



A bit dark I know - the bright nights are coming though.

I hit 57 yesterday. Getting awful near 60!! This was from Anne (chosen by me). A little brightness and bling for my wee Mini.



I'm most impressed by the quality of these stainless parts from Smiffys Bits. Smiffy himself (Mark) is a really helpful guy.

http://www.smiffysbits.co.uk/

I used his Ebay shop.

So not an exciting night but every little helps

Hugh

[sonikk4]

Well done for persevering Hugh, its looks a lot better than it did. Good luck with adding the filler strips. Do take your time with it.

[minimuk]

nice one Hugh, got there in the end, bet yr happy with the end product sofar.