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Jun 4th, 2023, 19:34 | #231 |
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I went and got some more mig gas and back on with the repairs. The inner wing repair took a bit of effort to get it to blend nicely with the old wing. The repair panel is a bit roughly made so takes a bit of fettling to fit nicely. Bottom sections still to be repaired.
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Jun 6th, 2023, 20:13 | #232 |
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The wee lower cowl repair done. I was going to use the front section of the outer sill repair panel but they're only 0.6 to 0.7mm thick so instead I used a bit of the left over inner wing repair panel which is something like 1.2mm thick. Only a few wee repairs left.
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Jun 6th, 2023, 21:14 | #233 | |
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Also helpful if you're welding to thinner metal as you can concentrate the ehat on the thicker 1.2mm stuff.
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Jun 11th, 2023, 19:46 | #234 |
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Couple of hours tonight and finished the welding on this side. Fitting up all the front next.
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Jun 12th, 2023, 16:13 | #235 |
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Looking very respectable.
I notice you use the words 'wee repair' frequently. Add up a lot of wee repairs and after a while its not so wee anymore. That is the 140 restoration dilemma. It looks wee until you start scraping away the undercoating and then it turns into whoa! |
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Jun 12th, 2023, 18:35 | #236 |
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Got her back together, still needs some tweaking. The NOS wing needed some tweaking and isn't great along the door edge. All in all not a million miles off.
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Jun 12th, 2023, 19:15 | #237 |
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Jun 12th, 2023, 19:28 | #238 |
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I’ve thought he’s been getting the hang of it for a while now!😂
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Jun 13th, 2023, 11:03 | #239 |
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This FB site does have some positives at least..... I think this is this is a very similar repair that you've just done Mitch, must be a common weak spot, and one that's now making me nervous
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=...05126626586813 Cheers Steve |
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Jun 13th, 2023, 12:15 | #240 | |
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