New 142

[Burdekin]

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.

[Burdekin]

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.

[Laird Scooby]

Originally Posted by Burdekin

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.

More excellent work there! Although i've not done anything like the amount of welding you've done, i always try to make 1.2mm the thinnest i use - by the time you've grond back the welds and no doubt caught a bit of the new metal, it's then thinner so it's a case of keeping the strength up from my piont of view.
Also helpful if you're welding to thinner metal as you can concentrate the ehat on the thicker 1.2mm stuff.

[Burdekin]

Couple of hours tonight and finished the welding on this side. Fitting up all the front next.

[142 Guy]

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!

[Burdekin]

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.

[Steve 940]

Originally Posted by Burdekin

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.

Looking good, and I dare say your tweaking will result in perfection....

Cheers,
Steve

[Moomoo]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

Looking good, and I dare say your tweaking will result in perfection....

Cheers,
Steve

I’ve thought he’s been getting the hang of it for a while now!😂

[Steve 940]

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

[Burdekin]

Originally Posted by Steve 940

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

I was planning on doing that but didn't have the time. Yeah stones and muck on outside and all the leaves etc from scuttle gather in the bottom.