johnny86
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I never thought anything like this would interest me. This is fucking amazing mate. Fair play to ya top work
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Balling
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Registered: 7th Apr 04
Location: Denmark
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Looking good.
To be a bit pedantic, that's some god awful dry brushing on the radiator.
And you have a fingerprint in the paint on the fog lights.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Fingerprint? I hadn't even touched them when I took the pics lol
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
How can a man this bloody patient & attentive be single? 
He's not. That's the annoying part.
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VrsTurbo
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
quote:
Originally posted by DaveyLC
How can a man this bloody patient & attentive be single?
He's not. That's the annoying part.
Hung like a horse maybe.
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Picking up parcel this morning, exciting times
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Balling
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quote:
Originally posted by Steve
Fingerprint? I hadn't even touched them when I took the pics lol
Looks very much like a fingerprint on the bit that fits around the bar.
[Edited on 03-01-2015 by Balling]
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Ah yes that part is separate and won't be used like that. That bit will actually be cut off
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
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So my box finally arrived, well actually I went to get it
Top layer nice metal parts
Second layer
Then a box inside a box
Inside that box a hard plastic shell, hand there for scale
First job is to take all the axles apart and pack with grease as they only come lightly coated
Took the axle completely apart, note the metal bearings
Reassembled, thread locking everything
Transmission unit, all metal
Opened that up and greased
Insides of the transfer box
Then onto making up the chassis
Had to make up a load of these tie bar links, rose joints
Chassis rails made up, and transmission mounted
tx box in
One of the shocks, these are quite cool because they are like coilovers, so can adjust the height
Filled up the shocks with shock oil
Rear axle made up
Front
Mounted both axles to the chassis
Driveshafts, the ONLY plastic component on this chassis!
Connected those up
Servo in
All the electrics in, fuel cell in the rear doubles up as a receiver box
First job on the shell, turn it into a van! So made up the panels out of styrene sheet and glued them in place
Final job for this evening, I purchased a resin scale fuel filler cap/unit as the one on the model isnt accurate to my vehicle and needs relocation too
Cut the incorrect one out, and stuck a piece of styrene in the gap left
Cut off the rivets around it
Filler, probably too much 
Started on cutting the hole for the new one whilst that was drying
Needs a little more work but its almost there
Sanded down the one i covered at the back, feels totally smooth
Test mounted the new one, not permanently as has to be sprayed seperately
Also bought a rear handle for the back door
That's where I left it tonight
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taylorboosh
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You are an awesome man
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Todays update, working a bit slowly today as have had stinking cold
Cut this plate out from behind the rad, so I can run spot light wires, and mount my rad that I painted, also allows me to offset the grill a bit futher in as its a bit close to the spot lights
So talking of spot lights I mounted by A bar and spots
Then I set about the final piece of custom bodywork/cutting I needed to do, fit the afterpart rear door handle recess
located the template
Drilled 3 Holes
Cut the rest out and sanded and stuck the piece in behind, still got the handle to glue in there, but will wait until after its painted
Set about removing the moulding lines off the body, the main ones are here, the rest are quite well disguised but I did them all anyway
Bit of wet and dry later
Masked off some bits and primed the inside of the shell
Then 2 light mist coats
Followed by a couple of wet coats
Doesnt have to be amazing this area, most of it you wont see
Cut the arch liners out
Fitted the other tyres
Thats about it for today Im afraid
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Brett
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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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N16K
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Registered: 4th Oct 04
Location: Belfast, NI Drives: Corsa D SRi, Tuned Cooper S, B
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looks good
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Daniel_Corsa
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Registered: 21st Apr 04
Location: Wigton, Cumbria
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Impressive work!
April '06' Corsasport Feature Car | Aug '08' Total Vauxhall Feature Car | Spring '09' Fast Car Feature Car
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kennySRi
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Registered: 12th Nov 10
Location: Lancashire
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This is so cool. Keep up the great work
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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So two nights worth of updates in one hit here
Masked off the open areas to stop the outside paint going in
Two coats of primer
Then tonight was a quick wet and dry sand down then the top coat. First light mist coat
Second light mist
Third
Wet coat number one
Then after the second wet coat, how it stands currently, I have not bothered with the roof as that is going black
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Gary
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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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Looking almost like my new one now
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Butler
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Registered: 2nd Jun 05
Location: London
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Just needs weathering now 
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boylers11
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Registered: 27th Jul 06
Location: Shropshire
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Cool! Looking forward to seeing with the lights installed and turned on! Are you going to put a model Steve in the drivers seat?
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3CorsaMeal
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Registered: 11th Apr 02
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Will you park it with one wheel on your mums flower bed?
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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I will need to get some proper pics, just looked at them on my pc at work and they are proper grainy, makes my painting look shit
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DaveyLC
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Registered: 8th Oct 08
Location: Berkshire
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You need to make a scale model of your mums flower bed now!
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Sounds pornographic
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baza31
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Registered: 19th Apr 03
Location: yorkshire
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Looks good . Finally a decent thread to read
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Steve
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Registered: 30th Mar 02
Location: Worcestershire Drives: Defender
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Got a reasonable amount done tonight, first up was the roof, masked off
Usual light mist coats
followed by wet coats
Job done
Painted some of the details black as they are on my 1:1 hinges etc
Made up the two headlight plastic surrounds
Drilled two holes for the 3mm sidelight LEDs
Stuck the surrounds on
Tinted the rear windows
Then set about the arches of which I have finished 2 of the 4, started off with the fine line masking tape
then normal masking tape
Sprayed up
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