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Well it's a case of, the Good, the Bad and the Ugly around at Mario HQ. The good being the seat rails. I had just enough saturn black left to get them done and they came up really nicely.
Builds Mouldy Mario gets defoliated.
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The bad was the seat frames. I picked up 500ml of cheap gloss black 2 pak. I'm not sure if it was the cheap crappy paint or I was doing something wrong, but I just couldn't get the paint to 'run out' and I really pumped it on. Not to worry.
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And the ugly. I cleaned up the covers for the seat mechanism and gave them a coat with VHT Vinyl Dye. I have previously had good results with this stuff. But on this occasion the outcome wasn't great. I think I'll give them a rub back and try again.
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I'm back to work on the rear window panel. It ended up being in worse shape than I thought. I've cut out most of the rust and drenched inside it with a rust converter and primer, until it ran out of the seams. Hopefully tomorrow, i'll get some patches welded in.
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Well I spent the last day of 2017 in the shed welding in a few patches. I couldn't actually think of a better way to end the year to be honest. I've nearly got one corner on the back panel done. It's not perfect, but with a couple of kilograms of bondo and 600 coats of high fill primer it should come up alright. This is how the day started.
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This how the it looks tonight. Hopefully I'll get this corner finished tomorrow night. Have a great NYE mud-mates and I'll catch you in 2018. Cheers, Ben
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Well, I've managed to get some time in the shed over the last few nights. The right hand side corner is pretty well finished.
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A majority of the left hand corner is done.
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One of the more fiddly parts of the process was folding the seam back over. I had to weld a bead along the top edge on both sides to get a straight edge. I'm hoping with a bit of filler they will come up okay. A slow process but gradually making headway.
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your work is awesome mate. i wish i had the time and space to do such things. but for now, i'll just watch you.
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G'day Indestructible, I wouldn't say awesome. Not by a long shot. Most things look okay after a bit of grinding. Cheers, Benyour work is awesome mate. i wish i had the time and space to do such things. but for now, i'll just watch you.
P.S. You'll notice there are no images of my welds pre-grinding!
Dont bother. It is the result that counts.
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G'day Pauci,
I see the time gods have been kind! Glad to see you're motoring along like a freshly re-ringed 2H with only minimal blow-by. Not only is the truck looking ace, the welds are too! HNY to you, the fam and the 47!
I see the time gods have been kind! Glad to see you're motoring along like a freshly re-ringed 2H with only minimal blow-by. Not only is the truck looking ace, the welds are too! HNY to you, the fam and the 47!
You are busy *
pretty sure your truck becomes a Triple A rating
Cheers Peter
* I do little
pretty sure your truck becomes a Triple A rating
Cheers Peter
* I do little
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G'day All, Well a degree of normalcy is returning to our lives. The school year is about to get underway and we are back from a couple of weeks holiday in an area of South Australia called the Lime Stone Coast. I grabbed a couple of photos on the way. The first one is a wheat silo in western Victoria and a couple of other random shots.
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Now onto some Land Cruiser stuff. I picked this lot up the other day. 8 litres of Beige 464, 500 mls of Cygnus white 012, 4 litres of high fill primer, some seam sealer and a 4 litre kit of tintable Raptor liner. The Raptor liner included the shutz gun which was good.
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We are in the middle of a heat wave at the moment with temperatures hovering around 40 degrees (I think this is about 100 fahrenheit) so I have avoided the shed. I'm pretty close to finishing the rear window panel. The bottom corners are complete. There are a few rust spots on the top, but nothing too hideous. I've also introduced a 'safety first' policy in the shed this year, much to Molly's disgust.
