D.I.Y. Mik

Sprayed primer filler. I think i have the flu, somehow managed to not fill the respirator with snot and keep breathing. Dizzy wobbly spraying, so i did 3 coats to cover the misses. Couldnt get the spray gun working properly, untill i realized i was being lazy and not fully pulling the trigger. So flu also makes the brain stupid, hope i didnt miss anything, or leave a handprint or something. sore throat snot machine

Etch primer done

Actually ill spray primer filler in the morning. It will save taping up again. that takes ages. cant wait to guide coat it and see whats going on.

Those screws should be on ebay as they are generic. Are you selling that drivers door trim? Would like another, i cut a big hole in mine.

Thanks guys So it looks like after tomorrow its going to be raining for a while Might just peel off the tape for now and keep working on the little bits untill the weather drys up again. Will get some good soda media this week, that will help with the doorhandles and the grooves in the brakelight surrounds etc.

Etch primer:

check oil levels

Teaches balance and front wheel slide control. Good skills for dirtbiking, like crossing a creek, or hillclimbing.

All taped up, monday ill spray as the weather will be good.

All masked up, waiting for weather to clear, looks like monday ill prime.

Rc shell jello mold?

I thought about the price of a re-spray. And i thought about how many tools and how much paint i could buy for half that. So DIY of course, and i get to keep the tools. (that includes an awesome compressor) Body work can take a lot of hours if its done well. So you have to think about the cost per hour vs what you earn per hour. Youtube has a lot of good teachers for all the things you will need to do. For me my car is big boys Lego, i spend as much time messing with it as i do driving it. So i guess it also depends on how much you like doing that stuff, a paint job is a BIG job for DIY.

Got rego - Good stuff. No hassles? Up till 3 masking the car, bubs up at 8....... Espresso to the rescue. (yawn) Oh..... bub... whats that smell? gotta go......

F 35 is a dual purpose bike plane. F 22 has gone down the same path as the Comanche Theres only so much g force a body can take, and heaps of older fighters are that good. Unmanned is the new thing.

Sunday no rain.... so it will be ok to spray etch primer after the predicted fog clears. Cant spray when its humid, i dont have a booth. I might spray all the primer on sunday/moday.

Some pics of the bogtastic prepwork. Someone needs to make respirators and goggles to fit bignoses like me.

Yes. Very good. The smart solution. Wish i knew that before i did mine.

It used to be the tradies club did that light thing, dunno who has it now..... Appears? Like out of hyperspace or something? Cant hide from long wave radar.

So i decided to paint the car. Heres where im up to: Paint gone, and bog sanded. Ready for etch primer.

Those scammers in India running that Microsoft service center scam keep ringing me. I feel like i have the opportunity to get them back... if i only knew how. I get a call from them about once every two months. would be nice to give them a nasty virus or something

If i manage to get all the block sanding done the next two weeks, then i could. Finish coats and a week to harden. Want to, see how it goes. Would be nice to rock up with a fresh paintjob, all shiney and buffed.

Yes..... But im still driving it

Lots of work rob, and a good result. Nice.

Beautiful Yes i like

Aviation is fairly popular in my family, ive flown a cessna and a paraglider, my dads been in the industry doing r&d, my uncle is totally nuts for aircraft. Always wanted to be a pilot, but by 14 i was too tall to fly a fighter. Normal aircraft are a bit of a squeeze. And life....... you know how it goes. Id like to build some fpv rc jets, but the terrorist paranoia laws make it illegal. It would be an affordable way to fly like those Mirages.