SOME UPDATES AS WE NEAR THE TASK OF PUTTING THE PRIMER ON ....
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We are hoping to prime the buck this weekend.
Glan has started to go round the body doing some final tweaks ...
Bonnet line is being straightened up ...the bonnet is going to have returned edges and not a naked edge like my previous example has ...
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Part of paint prep. is the re-discovering of the doors and shuts . These popped out quite easily as Glan had used 3mm hardboard gap formers that he had waxed , so the doors released pretty well ..we had a slight breakout on the front edge that needs a fix , the passenger one popped out nearly perfect ...
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This pic shows the shut area and the nice deep cill , or half door feature ...The shuts will be squared up and moulded as show with the excess and then trimmed back afterwards ...
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This pic gives an idea of the door in relation to the body .. The doors were made as a box initially to create the shuts . Now Glan has to step the rear inner edge back a couple of inches to give us a door that not only will open , but has room for a latch mechanism . As with the moulding of the bodies , these will be moulded oversize , in relation to internal depth and then trimmed back afterwards . The mould will be marked with a trim line .
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The final pic today shows my little aluminium template that we are using to create the little platform for the screenpost .
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