Mac - Cheers.
The next big job is joining these arches to the rear frame work.
Although based on today's efforts that still seems a long way off at the moment.
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Another one of those days...
I picked up some more black paint this morning and finished off the "sunny side" of the rear arches
While that was drying I finally bit the bullet and headed to the front drive.
It was two weeks ago when I applied the seam sealer to the rear frame work.
But this was the first time I'd checked it and it was not good.
It had stuck in some places, but not others, and had also "lifted" away from the metal on some edges.
I must confess I was having a major sense of humour failure as I dug all of this stuff out.
It took ages to remove it all and in the end I was still just back where I started.
Thankfully I saw a bit of the D-Day anniversary during lunch and that gave me some perspective.
No one has been shooting at me during this build and I am unlike to die working on it either (
Touch Wood ).
Note to self - I must find some time to watch
Band of Brothers again.
Before I returned to the rear frame I went back to the rear arches.
I was planning to use the bed liner stuff that
Mac used on his build.
( Note to Mac - My offer to buy your "left overs" still stands. )
But I am going to try "normal" stone chip spray paint out of a can just for convenience.
I sprayed the underside of the arches and this stuff dries a nice "matt" black.
So I thought I'd wait until the whole thing was dry before taking a photo.
Obviously I only remembered this idea when I can to write this up and the arches look like this.
Then it was back to the front drive where I mixed up some fibreglass filler.
I had to do lots of smaller batches as it was very hot out and it was setting quickly.
I left the front edge as I decided to cover this is fibreglass matting rather than "stuff" filler in the narrow gap.
After a couple of layers of matting were added, it looked like this.
I need to do a little bit of work to finish this off, but it is mainly done.
Given the heat it didn't take long for everything to be touch dry.
That way I could get the frame out of my wife's parking space.
Although I did leave a dust sheet over the top to protect the cover from fibreglass strands.
The only good news is that the rest of the family have had a tough week so there is a curry on its way.
So I'll end on a positive note, despite the sealer set back, I've still make progress.
Although I will be very glad to see the end of the work required on these two big pieces.
Until next time, take care, Paul.
