March 2012

The weather has warmed up a lot and I start on the side pods. Removing the old Sikaflex takes forever. I use a bathroom sealant remover and plastic scraper. It's gel like and does soften the Sikaflex.  Once it is all removed I clean the inside area with panel wipe and dry it off.  I masked up the outside edges and then the inside was painted with Tough Black aerosol paint. Because the fibre glass thickness does vary, from certain angles and with light behing the panels, you can see variations in the colour. The paint will stop this being apparent.

I temporarily fit the fuel tanks using tie wraps to hold them in place and once the sidepods had dried I clamped them into postion. The cockpit section was retrieved from the shed and also placed on the chassis. The side pods and cockpit were then given a good clean and polish.

I need to mess around a bit with the cockpit and then pre-fit the front and rear clips. Then the fun will begin aligning everything.