Well it would be rude of me not to celebrate this painting milestone

Well thats it folks !!!! Painting finished, well Im all for not wasting and certainly hope that I dont find anything that I haven’t painted as Ive only got a jam pot of paint left over from 5lts just enough for the odd stone chip touch up 😂

Where did you get the chandelier in your conservatory 😉

Doors, tailgate, sills, windscreen frame and inside of the wings are all painted and shining 😀

Day 2 of painting and been troubled by orange peel 😖 right then back to the original recipe 2:1 and no thinners….

Well todays the day that I’ve been waiting 6mths for …. Its painting time …. Few minor adjustments with the mixing ratio and Ive got the hang of this Selamix 5-1-20%

Spray booth started to take shape, slight upgrade from the mk1 with a forced inward air fan with filter duct. Hopefully this should provide a positive air pressure to avoid any chances of dust ingress. Collected 5lts of PPG selemix today so...

New rear tailgate etched ready for primer along with some new heavy duty steel front wings. Have to admit they are so much stronger that ali ones, not that much heavier and shouldn’t cause any galvonic affect or corrosion to the bulkhead.

Doors, sills, floor plates and headlamp bezels all etch primed ready for grey primer

Whats the score on the “doors” George doors …. Well its only a new set of series style galv doors from sp4x4 ! Glass removed a little tidying up of the welds with the flap disc, a quick once over with 80 grit on the DA and they are ready for...

Air filter housing all cleaned up and painted, couldn’t get any landy spring clips but ordered some JCB ones that are very similar and after a bit of fetteling should fit

Been a while since I updated or in fact done anything due to a sinking cold. That said Ive cleaned and sprayed all of the front seat frames and sliders, cleaned up all the galv pieces and got the galv bulkhead etched and primed. Series style...

Driving down to Herford tomorrow afternoon with my youngest William then off to the Malvern landrover show on Saturday for some retail therapy \ spares hunt… heard they have a good autojumble have armed myself with a highlight pen and a long list.

Its starting to look like Christmas everywhere you go … Shiney landy bits adorne the man cave ! Very happy with the quality, a few hours of cleaning with a flap disc, few holes to re threaded and jobs a goodun!

Whooooohoooo! Galvanized bits are back and looking bloody amazing! Apparently theres an extra levy on the standard galvanising service its called the silver service 😂 , or in this case a tip !

I'd put some sound deadening stickies on that before re-fitting it ... yer know yer want to ...

Ok so theres more glue on my hands than there is in the tin bit aftet some stretching, pulling and pushing I’m pleased with the results, unfortunately the glue reacted slightly with the expanding foam and theres a slight dip where I’ve filled in...

Bit of filler to smooth out the dash, vinyl cut to size ready to glue.

Re shaped the foam backing then stuck it back onto the steel panel using high temp contact adhesive, all the gaps filled with fire resistant expanding foam. Will trim it back and sand smooth tomorrow once its fully cured. I’ve retrimmed over the...

Lower dash cleaned up small repair done to lower edge, then rust converted and sprayed. Made a new lid out of 1.6mm galv sheet cut shaped drilled and sprayed. Foam all cleaned ready to be stuck on tomorrow when the high temp contact adhesive...

Well done Tommy :). You make it sounds so easy, looks great, have a beer:D. J

Next up on the list is to eradicate the tin worm that living in the dashboard, patch up, paint and re cover.

Heater box stripped, cleaned, painted, re rivited, re stickered, polished and photographed. Jus like that !

Chassis build up is on hold again for the moment as I need to focus on completing a different project first. However I have been looking at developing a new warning light cluster. My original idea was to remove this cluster and the smaller...

Rude not to celebrate todays progress with a beer ! Or better still 2 beers ! Cheers everyone

Day in the man hut today… another productive day, cleaning screen hindges, bulkhead flaps, window claps, and heater box, everything ali was epoxy etched, then everything primed. Heater box and dash panel rust treated then sprayed black. Will need...

Oh and I’ve found the ideal spray booth ! Forget building it in the garage! I’ve just been granted planning permission for an extension on the back of the house replacing my conservatory which we seldom used for a 8x6mt kitchen / family room, so...

Steady progress this weekend have got the gearbox tunnel cover and the steel bit that joins it to the bulkhead ready for primer after some patch repairs. Handbrake and gear sick cleaned and painted, window hindges cleaned up and ready for some...

Yes price is per kg, not sure how much that is at the moment. Previously Ive sent them to Roften in Merseyside but this time they are heading to Shropshire galv.

I’ve had two bulkheads galvanized so far and had no issues, if they do decide to drill a hole I can always fill it in with lead solder before painting, I’ve used this method on galvanized front bumpers to fill in the end cap holes. Beauty with...