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4 years 7 months ago #203122 by Oilman
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Progress has been pretty slow over the winter months, but I continue with the body work. The doors and grille surround are finished and the cab is about 90% there. I have a months leave planned for October and hopefully the weather will be warm enough by then to do some painting.
1975 Atkinson, 180HP 6LXB Gardner, RTO910, 34000lb Rockwell on camelback
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4 years 6 months ago #203129 by cobbadog
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Sometimes you keep putting in the hours and feel as if your getting no where. This is done they are next and the list goes on and on like a whinging woman BUT one day you get to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is NOT a bloody train comming.

Look forward to seeing more progress.
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4 years 6 months ago #203132 by Gryphon
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cobbadog wrote: Sometimes you keep putting in the hours and feel as if your getting no where. This is done they are next and the list goes on and on like a whinging woman BUT one day you get to see the light at the end of the tunnel and it is NOT a bloody train comming.

Look forward to seeing more progress.


And you slap a coat of paint on those doors and people will say you have been working hard lately not realising what small percentage of the effort is in the painting. :)

Terry

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4 years 6 months ago #203133 by Lang
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Ahh but there is nothing like peeling off the masking tape and standing back to look at the result.

Lang
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4 years 6 months ago #203137 by Zuffen
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Cobba,

Unlike a truck restoration the woman doesn't stop whinging!
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4 years 6 months ago #203148 by cobbadog
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Zuffen, nor does a David Brown gearbox stop whinging but they have straight cut gears. I don't know the reason for the women. :blink:
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4 years 6 months ago - 4 years 6 months ago #203182 by Eightpot
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Ah, yes, the painting. The most difficult part I find is being able to faithfully reproduce the paint runs.............
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4 years 6 months ago #203231 by cobbadog
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With practise the runs come naturally. I managed a couple on the tractor but I had to fix them up but there are some on the underside of the fuel tanl that I left there as you cannot see them as the tank sits on a shelf.
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4 years 6 months ago - 4 years 6 months ago #203244 by Oilman
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No problem with runs, but I think I managed to replicate the factory 'orange peel' effect pretty well!. First time I had used a HVLP spray gun and didn't go too bad.
1975 Atkinson, 180HP 6LXB Gardner, RTO910, 34000lb Rockwell on camelback
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4 years 6 months ago #203253 by cobbadog
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Looks very nice and a good gloss off the gun too, well done.
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