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[Retro_10s]

Hi Em looking good!

I'd put money on most of these reactions stopping if you ditched the red oxide and used an etch primer instead....

[emalee]

Hi Em looking good!

I'd put money on most of these reactions stopping if you ditched the red oxide and used an etch primer instead....

don't tell me that i've just painted the wing in red oxide!!! LOL, i think the red is fine with the primer -the boot was just in red oxide which the primer went on with no problems, i think is mainly the spray putty i was using, and the white paint... which i won't use any more!!! and the paint on the wing was a reaction between some acid anti rust paint and the red, but i've stripped it all back now and painted red, so that should be fine. i think its all learning and because i am kinda rushing it a bit i'm doing things in the wrong order and not waiting for things to dry propery.... its all learning and all good!!!

[emalee]

ok so as above, the drivers wing needed more attention (reaction), so i completely stripped the paint off



and painted in red, which is quite annoying because i had spent ages getting most of the dinks out of it, so i'll have to start all over again, but it should be too bad!!

then i rubbed down both rear quarters, pass wing and a panel, and boot,



the boot needed a full coat of primer, but the rest just needed a few tocuh ups

then my dad arrived with his new wheels


compomotives!!!!!, they do need spacers to fit his morris, but they are well nice, (not as nice as my 13x7's tho, because they not as dished!!!

so then i primed everything up


lovely wheel trims, it's taken me ages to get all the straches out!!!



and i love this panel line, its starting to get really smart!!!!



and hopefully i've mixed the paint alright so that it goes off quicker!!!

[BMC Paul]

Keep at it Emma you doing really well, this is your first time preping and painting remb! All good

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

lol great work nice seein progress

[emalee]

sorry i haven't updated this for a while, i've just been madly rubbing down where the dents are an re primering and again and again and again!!! LOL,

its getting there, the dinks are coming out slowly!!!!

the nasty reacting wing LOL!!!!



i've started on the inside as well



and primed



then made a frame to hold the doors, boot and bonnet





the door should be the other way round tho, i was too lazy to get the door for the other side, but you get the idea!!!

then trail fitted the seam strips



then today i've been playing with my green mini, the main problem that i have is that the washer bottle doesn;t sit in the holder probably, then knocked wires (stereo) off the soldnoid, and with my broken wire the other day!!!, i've basically rewired everything that goes on to the soldnoid - (airhorns, stereo, alarm etc etc), then i rewired the earth for my washer pump, because it was soldered on there so it was attached to the car all the time!!!, then packed out the washer bottle bracket so its sits in the holder nicely now
before





then routed everything a bit better and put it all back together



then i tried to adjust the rear brakes and one of the adjusters is seized , another thing to fix!!!!

then polished him up lovely



and here are my brazed scuttle joins





worse bit



i might try and find somewhere nice to take some pics, as he is sooooo shiney!!!

[BMC Paul]

Wow! the green mini looks fantastic emma, real shiney! is it brg> or brooklands green? also the seams are superb, i like saves them being left open to the elements like mine are going to be! unless i use some fine seam liner but that cracks so prob wont! also only just noticed the no bootlid handle on the green mini, looks very different lol! also great work with the frame for hanging the panles, your covering all cases in this restoration lol !

[emalee]

Wow! the green mini looks fantastic emma, real shiney! is it brg> or brooklands green? also the seams are superb, i like saves them being left open to the elements like mine are going to be! unless i use some fine seam liner but that cracks so prob wont! also only just noticed the no bootlid handle on the green mini, looks very different lol! also great work with the frame for hanging the panles, your covering all cases in this restoration lol !

its a little rough around the edges now tho!! , and the drivers scuttle join is starting to crack a bit, hence why the skys are gonna be left open, but they do look really smart!!!!

its BRG colour, i dunno what car maker its from, we just asked for BRG from the paint bloke, he said light or dark, and this is the dark version, its well nice, i love it!!!!

and my boot has a handle, just no number plate light housing!!!!, its a mk1 fibreglass skin bonded to a metal inner frame, with the mk1 light housing filled, then the lights for the number plate lights are from chrome LED waher jets, cheap, small, but effective!!!! and they hold the number plate light on!!!, But because the boot is fibreglass its gracked quite badly, so i have a metal mk1 to go on at some point in the same design, and the fibreglass one will go on the trailer

i quite enjoyed making the frame, made a change from rubbing down

[Saxo-Fiesta-Mini]

do u not get a strange satisfaction from preparing body pannels for paint, gettin the wings 100% smooth i know i do lol

[emalee]

do u not get a strange satisfaction from preparing body pannels for paint, gettin the wings 100% smooth i know i do lol

have to say not really!!!, i just want it painted!!!!! be worth it when it is painted tho!!!

[BMC Paul]

Yeah i love the colour of the green mini, wash them wellers tho lol

[emalee]

Yeah i love the colour of the green mini, wash them wellers tho lol

shhh, they were washed, should of seen them before!!!

they need painting!!

[BMC Paul]

oops sorry lol! i recon they would t cut up tho

[emalee]

oops sorry lol! i recon they would t cut up tho

yeah i was gonna but i ran out of t-cut, they are in the original paint, which is well pants, so they need repainting. i'll get round to it eventually!!!!!,

[emalee]

back to the sky, no real progress, just rubbing down priming, rubbing down priming, etc etc etc.

but its slowly getting there, the outside of the doors, boot, and bonnet are all dent free and ready for final flatting, and i've started on the insides, the bonnet and boot just needs final flatting, then the doors might need another coat or two, the on the body the only areas left to do is under the passenger rear side window, then a bit on the driver wing at the front

and the wheel trims should just need a final flat - hopefully

so the plan is (which i hope is realistic) is to paint the roof on tuesday evening, then underneath, boot area and engine bay on firday evening, then saturday paint the body doors, boot, bonnet, wheel trims etc

the only things i havent started is the seam strips, and boot and door hinges which shouldn't take too long

the reason for saturday painting instead of sunday, giving the underneath a extra day to dry is that there is a quad bike race at the farm on the sunday which will mean LOADS of dust!!!! not good

anyway pics








and my lovely front panel with perfect joins