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Old 04-08-12, 11:12
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Tony Baker
 
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Default Well, i'll be damned.

Bloody hell Tony, I haven't even thought to check Macs yet. Cheers for the info. My next purchase from Macs will include one of those I believe. I need to order some supension and brake parts anyway.
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The afternoon has been spent playing panelbeater again. Determined to get all the driver side step/battery box parts looking as good as can be. Unfortunately, that involves a considerable amount of body filler, sanding, body filler, more sanding......
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Guess this is how they faked the moon landing. The eagle has landed!
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If i'm calculating accurately, there is about 1/5 of all filler applied that actually remains after the sanding & shaping.

I won't get paint on the step/battery holder parts tomorrow. The photos shown above were taken around 3pm, so both those parts with filler are now under primer. The heavy steel battery tray base now has it's second (lighter) coat of filler, but not primed / spray puttied yet. The step has not yet been touched either. It is in good nick but does require a light skim of filler across where the tray bolts to it. With all that in mind, I wouldn't dream of trying to get final coat on tomorrow. Not enough time for the primer, spray putty & blade putty to dry. Paint them too soon and all sorts of nasty problems will eventuate.

I suppose I could paint the battery box itself, but no point soiling a gun, and all that cleanup afterwards, just for one part. I'll do em all next weekend..............as always, weather permitting.
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