Catch up with PART ONE here
Well I know I said I wasn’t going to get carried away but I ended up spending several hours today just reshaping one front fender, thinning one side and filling lots of holes. Cleaning up the suspension took a while too. So I’m already a day behind schedule and I haven’t done the other side yet. So tomorrow I’ll get that done, get the hull top onto the tub and get the bits and pieces onto the upper hull that won’t get in the way of adding the zimmereit. Then I should be able to start adding zimmerit to the hull tub on Thursday.
A couple of progress shots ( keep in mind that there’s still a lot of final sanding to do and a bit of clean-up, but I’ll do all that once a base coat is on so I can see exactly what needs touching up ).
The redone front fender versus the original fenders ( I’ve added some light bends and dents, nothing too over the top ).
The thinned down side fender versus the original side fender. Holes are filled and a small dent added to the side.
Hull tub with the suspension added. The panels are just random panels to cover the holes in the bottom. They shouldn’t be seen anyway but are there just as insurance.
The reworked gap between the engine hatches and the rear plate.
The rear plate with a quick application of zimmerit using putty and the smallest Tamiya zimmerit applicator. As most of this won’t be seen once the exhaust etc is added this area was done by sumply using the applicator to trowel on the putty by scooping a little up then dragging the applicator across the surface on a 30 degree angle leaving the ridged putty. The areas marked in yellow need to be cleaned off to attach parts, or in the case of the bottom one to redo as a seperate part to distinguish the access hatch and its bolts from the surrounding areas.
