It was a year ago I did the majority of the bodywork, finishing with some “nicely”, but not perfectly painted panels. There were a few items that I didnt get too (or didnt have) and a couple that I was not happy with.
Just to finish off this section, here is what I finished / re-worked over the last couple of weeks.
The two wings, i wqas not happy, they were a little rough ontop, so these were treated to a good rub down and finally two top coats, the last one (as before) being a 50/50 mix of Top coat and lacquer.
One bit i had not done last year were the door hinges. These were vapour blasted last year, and kept wrapped up until I was ready to paint again.
Door tops. The ones on the Land Rover were basically rust, being held together with a little paint. I sourced these new ones from Paintman Panels, along with glazing kit (I saved the original glass).
These were treated to the full pain job, 2 Primer, 2 Undervcoat and 2 top coats.
Tailgate. Isobel came as a hard top, which is fine, but I have my heart set on a softtop, as such was missing a tailgate. This one is not strictly the right one, the hinges (will write that up when I finally get to putting all the newly galv parts on) have three bolts, and should have two, but it will be perfectly fine for me, so this also got the full treatment (twice, as the first time I dropped it onto the grass, so had to re-do it completly)
Wheels. Most Land Rovers seem to have the white’ish wheels, but I have gone for Bronze green. My understanding is that this is correct for a Bronze Green vehicle, and I have loads of Bronze Green left over from last year.
First job was to get the tyres removed and then off too Penfolds metalizing to be sand blasted.
That was after of course sorting through the seven wheels to see if I had 5 of the correct rimms, which I do (Part number 231601).
Becuase they were taken back to bare metal, I did etch prime these before starting the painting process.
Not many picutues of the finished items, but here are the wheels before applying the final top coat, I like them.
Thats it, as far as I can think, everthing for the Bodywork is now painted, and ready to be assembled onto the vehicle.
Oh, and I mentioned the front wings. no pictures (I’ve been lazy) but they were re-painted and I’m much happier with them now, will know for sure when they have properly dried.
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