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[sonikk4]

Hurrah its taking shape mate. Looking good.

[zeemax89]

 

Well made some progress today:


Interior floor.


From another angle.

It's by no means perfect but at least it's done now and I can get on with other things.

Thanks for looking .

hi i was just seeing where did you get all your primers and other paints from for your mini build as i willl be doing one soon and was just trying to find a good place to get all the paints from?
hope you can help
cheers
jordan

 

Hi,  Great re-build thread.  Can you tell me what thinners you used to spray the the red oxide?

[Deathrow]

It just thinned with white spirit .

[GraemeC]

I call foul - I was hoping for an update!

[Deathrow]

Forgive me Graeme!

Recently my weekends have been taken up with decorating I'm afraid. Sanding and painting (sounds a lot like working on Elliot doesn't it).

[browny300]

I have just read all 105 pages of this thread over the past few weeks.

 

Really good work and an inspiration to us all! Almost didnt dare click on the last page as i was really looking forward to seeing it finished by the end!

 

Dont give up, but no update in nearly a year is worrying?

[GraemeC]

I can confirm Elliot has moved house.  Whether that means progress we wait and see.....

[Deathrow]

I have just read all 105 pages of this thread over the past few weeks.

 

Really good work and an inspiration to us all! Almost didnt dare click on the last page as i was really looking forward to seeing it finished by the end!

 

Dont give up, but no update in nearly a year is worrying?

 

Sorry for the let down; I know you'd think the project must be nearly complete by page 100 haha. However never fear, as Graeme says, Elliot is still in my possession although has now moved to another address (first time since 2008!) which I'm hoping will mean I get more time to spend on her.

 

I can confirm Elliot has moved house.  Whether that means progress we wait and see.....

 

Thanks again for all your help with this, I really appreciate it :). I just wish I could have been more useful loading and unloading haha.

[myredmini]

Cant wait to see this progress again! Great project, was great seeing you at MITP too!

[Deathrow]

Cant wait to see this progress again! Great project, was great seeing you at MITP too!

 

It was great to meet you finally too sir; although it didn't actually occur to me who you were at the time. I need to work on the faces to the names game for last this year!

[Deathrow]

As I mentioned a few months back in a previous post, with much thanks to GraemeC, Elliot has now been moved to a new home which is only feet away from instead of 70 miles. After the move Christmas and everything that goes with it got in the way but I can now state that over the last fortnight I've spent more time in the garage than I have in the entire year before that.

 

The first job now that Elliot has moved is to get a work area sorted out because the new garage has no provisions for anything and I want to have somewhere where I can work on a surface instead of on the floor.

 

I used SketchUp to design a workbench using common and cheap materials from Wickes.

 

In to the garage where Elliot is waiting patiently. The area you see to the right at the rear of the garage is where the bench will go.

 

Started cutting everything to size. I've already notched the front legs.

 

One leg done.

 

Then there were two.

 

I'm recessing all the screws for neatness.

 

A quick test fit up before I packed up yesterday.

 

I've still got to notch the legs so that the shelf supports sit flush with the top of the legs. Once that's done I'll take it all apart and I'm going to glue the joints in the legs for strength. Once complete though it should be possible to flat pack it by removing both shelves and the back.

 

Fingers crossed this is the start of some momentum.

 

Thanks for looking .

[sonikk4]

Woo hoo finally got him move then mate. Now hurry up and get him finished.  

[myredmini]

 

Cant wait to see this progress again! Great project, was great seeing you at MITP too!

 

It was great to meet you finally too sir; although it didn't actually occur to me who you were at the time. I need to work on the faces to the names game for last this year!

 

Haha always the case, except I could'nt mistake Shifty and I never met him before MiTP

[Shifty]

 

 

Cant wait to see this progress again! Great project, was great seeing you at MITP too!

 

It was great to meet you finally too sir; although it didn't actually occur to me who you were at the time. I need to work on the faces to the names game for last this year!

 

Haha always the case, except I could'nt mistake Shifty and I never met him before MiTP

 

 

That happens to me a lot...........

[Deathrow]

 

 

Cant wait to see this progress again! Great project, was great seeing you at MITP too!

 

It was great to meet you finally too sir; although it didn't actually occur to me who you were at the time. I need to work on the faces to the names game for last this year!

 

Haha always the case, except I could'nt mistake Shifty and I never met him before MiTP

 

 

The first time I met Sean he rubbed my belly and made a joke about putting me on the barbecue...