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[dondo]

Operation "keep filler dust off the rest of my shiz" is now in force!



working in a polyester film plant has actually come in useful!!!!! who would have thought.

know the feeling, your project is looking good.

Hope to see it at a Scottish mini event in the near future.

 

Don

[dougie1142]

Dude, how have I just seen this?! I'm just along the way, got relatives in Lossie too! 

 

I'll have to come see it once you're done, and if you need a hand give me a shout..

 

Once you're up and running it'd be cool to see it as i'm thinking about Promotive-ing my Mk1  

 

Keep up the good work.

[thespikeyone]

Dude, how have I just seen this?! I'm just along the way, got relatives in Lossie too! 

 

I'll have to come see it once you're done, and if you need a hand give me a shout..

 

Once you're up and running it'd be cool to see it as i'm thinking about Promotive-ing my Mk1

 

Keep up the good work.

 

If you want to come see it you will have a bit of a trek.  I have moved back to dumfries and  galloway.   

[thespikeyone]

right then folks. since th last update i have been busy sanding and filling and sanding and filling and sanding!!!!! I now have the front end passengers side and rear in first coat zinc primer but.........

for about the eighth time the filler on top of the wings has cracked where the bolts are welded for the flip front hinges. It only happens when the front is lifted to its limit and normally after a good few days of drying. 




The cracks are only hairline but i don't think i can paint over them because they will show through. so my question is do you guys know of anything i could use that is more flexible than upol fantastic or will i have to cut the bolts off he inside he wings and weld a plate in so the load is distributed across more of the panel rather than just the two spots where the bolts are welded in???

[Magneto]

You need to reinforce the panel, the flex will continue to crack the filler and paint.

[thespikeyone]

right well I have done all of the body work on the car and given it a coat of zinc primer, there are a couple of little bits with pin holes which i will get with some dolphin glaze. 

so that left one thing to sort out 



So cut the bolts off inside the wings and that obviously destroyed the filler top side but most of that will be sanded off again. so i have now made some new mounting plates that will hopefully spread the load a bit better and stop the sheet metal moving as much.


but this meant the wings would sit too high on the existing hinge brackets so I had to make some new ones.


I will weld them in tomorrow and hopefully everything will be hunky dunky.

[thespikeyone]

Right well I welded in the brackets and i couldnt get the thing set up right so I went back to the drawing board and made a set of ones which are pretty similar to the minitec ones 

 

I dont have any photos of them because I am sick to the back teeth of the f^&king front end!!!! but it is now working.

 

the whole car is now in zinc primer

 

i am now getting the arches to fit perfectly with the help of some fibreglass filler

 

 

think i will guide coat the whole thing before high build primer

[thespikeyone]

took down the dusty old polythene gave the garage a good clean then put up some fresh stuff with a little help from my furry friend 

 

 

 

now had 3 coats of 2k high build.  will leave it for a couple of days before sanding back with 320 then a couple more coats of surfacer before final wet sanding with 600.

 

[thespikeyone]

soooooooooo bored of block sanding!!!! 

[lawrence]

Be worth it in the end! Looking forward to seeing her in paint :)

[racerlike]

Agree it's looking good. Have you settled on a paint scheme yet?

[thespikeyone]

Agree it's looking good. Have you settled on a paint scheme yet?

 

I haven't bought the paint yet but i am going for vw candy white body and arches and vw black magic roof, wheels, bumpers etc anything that was chrome will be black

[thespikeyone]

So got it all blocked down and today sprayed 2 coats of thinned primer should be ready for wet sanding down to 800 in the morning.

 

 

 

[fiestaharry]

looking good!

[thespikeyone]

so thats the shell and front end all wet sanded down to 800, nice wee sheen off it already.  just doors, boot lid and arches to do then have a clean up in the garage re-mask then its paint o'clock!!!