Thursday, November 15, 2012

Sanding and Painting!!

Well, the photos will speak for this blog!
It was a huge effort to clean up the panels and get them prep't for priming.


The sanding was a huge effort and took many hours! 

The drivers door and the entire tub/tray had 4 previous colours. Due to the damage done by sun and weather  we had to remove all paint and get back to the bare alloy.

John, Gerry, Frank and Myself having a dreaming and planning session!
I dont remember where Paul was.. he was probably working!!!

Paul adding primer coat after the etch primer
It looks like Paul has been doing all the painting but actually they all took turns- in fact they would almost fight to have a turn using the gun!
After the etch and primer coats were applied we did 2 coats of the colour to all the inside parts and hard to  reach spots on the panels.
The painted guards baking in our 'oven'
The careful fitting of panels

Bolting it together and trying to align things

Theresa loves the Landy project and its hard to keep her out of the workshop!!
We will be assembling the panels and next week working on the canopy and hopefully finish all the painting. The engine is ready to fire but there have been delays due to huge effort on the sanding and prep for the painting!  The mechanic boys are very excited and had huge smiles as the tub was lowered on the chassis and the frontal started taking shape!

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