A German is trying to invade my Japanese territory

[Pops]

Pics of the first round of filler, the rust isn't bad really but it would be much worse if left for another winter

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Shed is getting covered in dust now

[Steve]

Great to have the space to do it. Fab work as always?

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[Pops]

All treated and filled now, used fiberglass filler as it's supposed to be a bit better where rust is involved, a couple of coats of Lowe direct to rust primer applied by brush which will be left for a couple of days then will be sanded back and then given a couple of coats of 2pack primer before painting

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[Pops]

All the filler and first coats of primer sanded back

Wet sanded both sides, filler/primer sanded with 180 and around the 180 was done dry with the red sanding cloth which is equivalent to 400 paper and then the rest wet sanded with 600 grit. Black high build primer applied, had just enough for 3 coats,
next will be to flat all of it again with the 600 paper and hopefully get it painted tomorrow

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[Real Rayzor]

Only just found this thread, don't know how I missed it. Well wear pops and as usual great work. Love it

[Pops]

Hi Ray, some threads don't appear on the recent for some reason, I like the merc but the mx5 is much more enjoyable.
Any news on the spitfire?

[Pops]

All rubbed down now, it's almost ready for paint but it's fairly crap weather with rain so I might leave the painting till the weather improves


Still have to cover the shed with plastic sheets and mask over the rest of the car

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[Pops]

Ready now, hope to get it painted tomorrow

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[Real Rayzor]

Hi Pops, the Spitfire progress is very slow. I'm not happy with where I'm storing it so I have not started work on the body. I'm working backwards really, i have the engine tottaly stripped apart, cleaned and painted. Just need to buy a few parts like pistons, bearings etc. to put it back together. I'm hoping that next year I'll be able to bring it into work where its dry and I'll have access to electricity.

[Pops]

Well done, even working backwards is still progress, I've seen them on done deal every so often and they seem to be making decent money

[Pops]

Painting done

The good side


The not so good side

A massive run, almost half the length of the door.
There's as good as 4 coats of lacquer on it so should be able to sand the run out, it is going to need flatting and Polishing anyway

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[Pops]

This is the lacquer I used, supposedly its designed to be more for the DIY side of painting so no need for a spray booth, going to leave it for a week or so before sanding and Polishing, we'll know what it's like then.
No real fumes of it compared to other lacquers


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[Pops]

The bonnet was looking a bit poor compared to the freshly painted sides, it has a couple of rust spots on the front edge, I thought a good session with the polisher and a touch up by brush on the rusty bits would do. As always, a small job turns out to be anything but.

Bonnet, after thinking I'd only do the front edge

Applied some rust treatment and will leave it till next week

Used a blade to scrape the worst parts of the runs, intention is to try sanding them back and polish them up before I paint the bonnet, that way if the Polishing doesn't work I can re do the door at the same time



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[Pops]

Spent a few hours sanding the passenger side to try removing the runs and reduce some of the orange peel, started with 800 grit and ended with 3000 grit, next will be compound and polish, looks like I won't need to repaint it thankfully

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Shine has returned after 3000 grit even without Polishing

[Pops]

Few pics of doing the bonnet
Rubbing down the black hi build primer

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Lots of dirt on it unfortunately.
I think the spray gun has had its day, if I'm painting anything else I'll have to get a new one, this one had problems spraying without thinning the lacquer which I didn't want to do so it's pretty heavy but there's enough on it to be able to sand back and polish the same as the sides