Micky1Mo - Thanks.
Pops - Cheers, although I'm not convinced this approach was
"Faster, neater or cleaner." 
Good luck on the work front.
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Christmas Countdown:
Hard to believe that this day next week will actually be Christmas Day.
So, unsurprisingly, available car time is reducing, as my Christmas chores are increasing.
Thankfully the weather is on my side at the moment, so progress continues...
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Session 1:
First job of the day was to "calibrate" my disposable measuring containers.
Then it was time to remove the brackets from the wheel arch brackets.
I left the brackets in place at the bottom of the leading edge of the arch.
As I wanted to leave filling this big gap until after the other parts were in place.
So some more parcel tape covered cardboard was fitted to provide a former.
Then more parcel tape was added to the outside of the arch.
I then tidied up yesterday's fibreglass work on the inside, which was a very messy job.
I used a "work light" today, which makes it slightly easier to see what I'm doing and take some photos.
This shows what little room I have to work in, between the Spitfire wheel arch and the body shell.
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Session 2:
Added the second round of fibreglass matting on the inside covering all the screw holes, like so.
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Session 3:
Thankfully, by the time I could do some more work, the earlier fibreglass session along the inside had set sufficiently.
So I removes all the tape from the outside, cleaned up the joins with my grinder & counter sunk the screw holes.
( Which was a biblically messy job. )
Then I built up several layers of fibreglass matting in small sections along all the joins.
I still need to add a bit more matting (both inside & out), but at least some strength has now been restored to the arch.
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That was all for today, hopefully I can continue to tidy this mess up over the weekend.
( And finish off the bottom corner of the leading edge of the arch opening. )
So until next time, take care, Paul.
PS
I'm just heading back outside now to hose down my neighbours garden as it is covered dust from my grinder.
