Jack

Ok, the latest pictures of the 'rub down 2005'.

Not a bad job, again, it is about having the right tools for the right job. I wasn't to sure where to start but I thought that working from the front to the back would be a good plan. What tended to happen was that I would move around the GMC and do a bit here and there, this helped to break the boredom 8)

The top yellow layer was just awful, as it looks like it was just painted on without keying the coat underneath so I could never feather the edge out as the yellow would blister. Basically I have had to completely remove the yellow coat. I used 60 grit and the flattened it with 240. The problem I now have is that I know where ever blemish is and the seem to be shouting at me everytime I walk by!

The next problem is that I will be moving house within the next 14 days, we are moving to a new office at the end of the week and over the weekend and my business partner is due his first born at the end of the month, so what I might have to do is to make sure the truck has at least got its undercoat and then I have to get the pulley problem sorted as it has to come with us when we move................something tells me that Iam going to busy.

Here are the pictures and I can't believe that this is my truck :cry:

But this is starting to put a smile on my face!

Pulley puller on it's way

Red Oxide will be picked up by the good lady today....so I will be applying the under coat tonight

.......is there any thing I should know or watch out for when applying this coat?

Good question!

I am not blaming you or anything and seeing as you weren't there at the time (think you were sorting out some bridging equipment) but when the 'heroes' stumbled into the minefield, why didn't those to guys with the BAR who stayed in the field just make a run for it like everyone else?

I think that it showed poor leadership, would you of let that happen?

Hi Daren.

Good to have you here and welcome aboard.

You are more than welcome to join us at anytime over here in Dorset. I think next year Dorset residence will be seeing a lot more MV's on road runs.

..............if it is just me on my own, would it still be classsed as a road run?

Cheers Kewelde.

It has a base coat red oxide and on others parts there is grey undercoat. I have seen red oxide on most farm machinery so why do we use red oxide as a base coat?

Also, is a wire brush finish good enough to paint i.e. the wheels?

Have you got a Gas Chromatograph and Mass Spectrometer?

 

Karoshi

Not sure, I will ask my Dr................ :shock:

yeah, the problem is that is has loads of different coloured GMC's in it :? :cry:

Fantastic Karoshi! LMFAO!

I just new I had seen him before...........we will keep him under surveillance

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I now hate any colour green, it is keeping me a wake at night :oops: :cry: :twisted: :roll:

So operation rub down is looking good, gone down to bear metal in most places....

Do I have to put primer on first?

How long do I have to leave it before applying the top cost?

Can I use the top coat as the case coat?

How long does the top coat take to dry?

Does he 'G' in GMC stand for Green? :wink:

The pulley Jack, the pulley, whats the news on the bl**dy pulley?

 

Karoshi

arrh yes, the pulley............it is still attached to the crankshaft :oops: ordered a set of pulleys mid week but they haven't turned up yet :twisted:

Right, who is going to start.......................!

There you go Matt and thanks for the idea :mrgreen:

right, I am off to work on the 353.....................more than likely that I will be back later to whinge and wine about something that has gone wrong :roll:

Well, you will pleased to know that I have nothing to report :roll: :twisted: only that the rubbing down is driving me nuts! But one good thing is that you get to know every square inch of you vehicle in a very short period of time.

It looks like I have found some white letters on the far right panel of the tailgate and they are on the last layer or two of paint, so this has got me rather excited.

Got through to the Blind Date finals :oops:

Ah, but what shade of green, Jack :?: :?: :?: :lol:

Andy

Oh, that is a point.............. now I start all over again :twisted:

right, I am off to work on the 353.....................more than likely that I will be back later to whinge and wine about something that has gone wrong :roll:

Does anyone have any 'operational' pictures of what control towers looked like on inside as I always walk into these places trying to imagine what room was used for what, but never really knowing for sure!

Made up my mind! It is going to be green :mrgreen:

I like the sound of that Matt.

As you can see there are a lot of us here who are interested in WW2 airfields. This is something that also appeals to me and we do our best to visit them where we can. As you know, nines times out of ten it is just usually the control towers that are left. The last one we went to was the control tower at Ibsley in the New Forest.

If any of you like to get the lost in the history of these places then you will find no better site than the link below;

http://worldwar2airfields.fotopic.net/

The owner is Shaun Churchill, he is based just minutes from my office :shock: and to me, he is playing a very important role in recording all of these ghost airfields.

I hope his work inspires you to trace some of his footsteps.

Have fun.

Jack.

Just wanted to let you know that I called around 4-5 paint suppliers last week with not much luck. In this morning post there were 8 paint samples, painted on little sheets of tin.

This was sent to me by Kerry at RR Services http://www.rrservices.co.uk/index2.html . I just wanted to say a big thank you to those guys as the service was most excellent and no prizes for guessing who I will be buying the paint from. Service is king when it comes to business and unfortunately it is something that the majority of UK business's lack so it is refreshing to come across a company that cares!

Anyway my next problem, is what colour to choose!

They're nice Paul, I've got a half finished deuce here at the moment (bit like Jack really) :lol:

:twisted: ........where is that banned button :shock:

Blimey Oddball.......Anne is just starting to learn how to use one :shock:..............I am going to restrict her to 3 hours a night on HMVF :shock:

"its a beautiful bridge"

Hi Pete.

Thanks for the intro!

I have had 9 landies in my time, from a S11 to a V8 Range Rover. My favourate one was a S111 109. Our 110 county also had a V8 lump but it had the added bonus of a Janspeed turbo bolted to it :shock: .............now that was fun and nearly as quick as my GMC :roll:

Good to have you hear.

Jack.