Complete TAF, fullish rebuild

[Paul]

Lol oh dear, gimme a shout when you want payment btw

Gonna give em a shout and see what's happening - doesn't usually take this long - depends when they have a run going on tho - however saying that my last lot should have taken a week and took 2 days, so I guess the law of averages.... lol

 

[RudeDogg1]

No probs

 

[Lee ellison]

Decals have not arrived yet , but I have to get on with stripping the old ones , hope the new ones don,t get lost on the way over the big pond !

 

[Lee ellison]

That's all 5sides stripped , bit more glue to come off , then fill all lumps and bumps , a lick of paint , wait for decals to arrive , ! All sounds easy peasy , I wish !

 

[Paul]

Looking good there Get that orbital sander going

 

[RudeDogg1]

I didn't get any glue left when I re did the shadows head. All I did different was heat the decal till it softened and started to bubble slightly. About 4 inch strips at a time, use the scraper so as to be able to get ahold of an edge and just pealed it just kept doing that. They came off in about 2 or 3 pieces took no more than 5 mins a side

 

[Steve]

Nice job Lee. I would maybe try and get a bit more of that white residue off with the heat gun before sanding as it goes like boogers and may clog up your discs.

 

[Paul]

unless you sand with 80 or 120 grit first to get the crap off... couple of discs per side should do it and they are cheap as chips on Ebay, and will even out any imperfections in the original before progressing with 180 and then 240 grit....

However I do bow to @Steve 's superior knowledge as his are nicer and he's done more than me

 

[Lee ellison]

Nice job Lee. I would maybe try and get a bit more of that white residue off with the heat gun before sanding as it goes like boogers and may clog up your discs.

Yeh , cheers , gone back over with heat gun , then with paint stripper , coming up a treat

 

[Calimori]

The best colour for the bottom of a cab would be the one that lets you see the lost screw quickest.

 

[Lee ellison]

The best colour for the bottom of a cab would be the one that lets you see the lost screw quickest.

Would you go for a shade of pink then !!!!

 

[Lee ellison]

After some sanding , sanding , sanding, more sanding and yet more sanding, I feel as though I am getting somewhere! . Decals still not arrived , but bench polisher has , so it looks as though I,ll be polishing some hardware.

 

[replicas]

There seems to be a few people restoring there machines in there house.
Spraying paint indoors can't be good .

 

[Lee ellison]

Weather is not helping at the moment ! I am doing as much of it outside ,rain dependent. Wife's not happy about the mess and the smell , but you can,t win them all !

 

[Steve]

Backbox is looking really nice Lee, how did the bolt holes come out?

 

[Lee ellison]

I filled them fully , drilled them with a small hole from the back ( by hand) then drilled out from the right side to the correct size , put the coach bolts in and tapped them fully down with a small hammer , this put the small square indentation in the hole and the filler still looks good , so should all be good when I put the decals on !

 

[Lee ellison]

Some of the hardware polished , ready to bling it up ,
Having a nightmare with the paint on the cab- might have to put some thin ply on the bottom !

 

[Steve]

Looking good mate!

I would not be using those small leg brackets though, they allow too much movement of the leg and it will ruin your new decals.

These are much stronger and stay in place:

 

[Lee ellison]

I don,t bl--dy believe it , just on last coat on back box and it falls off the table , 2corners mashed , looks like more filler and sanding required

 

[Lee ellison]

Fix in progress

 

[Spandangler]

****ing nightmare. These things are sent to try us!!

 

[Lee ellison]

****ing nightmare. These things are sent to try us!!

Correct, I thought about booting it around the room , then managed to calm myself down just in time

 

[Steve]

Damn!

Look on the bright side, you are getting more practice at repairing damage. The next one will be that much better.

 

[Lee ellison]

L

Damn!

Look on the bright side, you are getting more practice at repairing damage. The next one will be that much better.

Lol, I find it funny now , but at the time ! Nearly repaired now just needs a tiny bit mire filling

 

[RudeDogg1]

I quite like the woodtech colour scheme

 

[Steve]

I quite like the woodtech colour scheme

I didn't spot that when I first looked, that colour works very well!

 

[RudeDogg1]

I didn't spot that when I first looked, that colour works very well!

Think the purple compliments it well

 

[replicas]

I don,t bl--dy believe it , just on last coat on back box and it falls off the table , 2corners mashed , looks like more filler and sanding required

Ouch.
Look on the bright side you could had dropped it when the decals were installed.
Points to note , make sure it does not happen again.

 

[Lee ellison]

I quite like the woodtech colour scheme

Thanks guys

 

[Lee ellison]

Change of plan , the old bottom was to rough , so decided to line it with 3mm ply , might even change the bits I,m going to paint ! Watch thus space !