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[venkman]

Just confirming everyone else is thoughts.....great, STILL make it look to easy.

Keep them coming.

[Van13]

Amazing workmanship,wish I had half the talent

[Cookiez]

Great work on the boot

 

Really like what & how you do things.

[sonikk4]

Skin is now on but there was quite a bit of prep work to do first so a few pulg weld holes and pins and top coat.

 

Then it was plug weld time

And all knocked back

Ready to fold over

First pass

And the finished folds

And the finished article although there is more tweaking and the all important gapping to do

[pete l]

How are you going to do the gapping Neil ? Mine is exactly the same as yours, weird gaps all around.

Pete

[sonikk4]

How are you going to do the gapping Neil ? Mine is exactly the same as yours, weird gaps all around.
Pete

Pete I will be using welding rod, the same as I used on the doors.

[sonikk4]

Continued with the panel gapping today

 

Welds knocked back

 

I add some weld to the l/h side rather than welding rod and ended up with this

 

And all primed for the time being

 

Needs some final tweaking here and there but basically ready for filler.

[venkman]

Damn that's good, are you the "saint of patience" don't think I have your skill, definitely not the patience!!

It's going to be a perfect mini when finished!!!!

[sonikk4]

Damn that's good, are you the "saint of patience" don't think I have your skill, definitely not the patience!!
It's going to be a perfect mini when finished!!!!

Not sure about perfect as there are a few things I would do differently but that's life. The hard bit is coming up and that's paint prep and paint.

[MacGyver]

Hello Neil, brilliant work on this! 😎

Are you filling the little gaps between panel and welding rod? Or will it not pose a problem? Looking forward to doing this on mine too. Thx!
Ben

Edited by MacGyver, 16 January 2017 - 07:01 AM.

[sonikk4]

Ben I will be filling the small gaps. Some with weld the rest with filler.

[jamesquintin]

Is there any particular reason you used lots of plug welds to hold the skin on before folding the edges over..? At the factory they had a spot weld under where the hinges go, and two right in the middle near where the numberplate holes would go.

 

(I've got to do this to mine soon)

Q

 

[sonikk4]

Is there any particular reason you used lots of plug welds to hold the skin on before folding the edges over..? At the factory they had a spot weld under where the hinges go, and two right in the middle near where the numberplate holes would go.
 
(I've got to do this to mine soon)
Q

It gives it all a bit more rigidity plus my skin had more spot welds than just the ones under the hinge and on the lower frame.

[mattmiglia]

Are you painting the shell your self? Gaps are awesome!

[sonikk4]

Are you painting the shell your self? Gaps are awesome!

Yes I will be doing all of it. Going to wait though for warmer weather although I will be spraying Gravitex next week after sealing.