Feeling painty

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Flyingscotsman1
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Looks brilliant mate
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Flyingscotsman1 wrote:Looks brilliant mate
Cheers ! I put the elbow grease in today to flat and polish the set to sort out the blebs and orange peel etc. By the time I'd finished I was too knackered to take any photos :lol: I'll post some pics later this week.
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Turned out ok I think
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This is the A set for my GT380. I'm waiting on the tail bracket to come back from Agbriggs so I can complete the transformation from a B livery to an A.
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Beeeeeeutifuuuuuulllllll 8-)
They're rubbish them Jap bikes lad they won't last five minutes! you want to get yourself a nice Royal Enfield!
A quote from my old dad 8-)

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canaletto5
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On ward and upward !

I've decided to sort out the Kettle A/B tank I have.

I had it blasted to make sure it is solid and it is
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Some time in the past the r/h badge mounts must have stripped so the PO had cut them off, I presume to try and repair them.

I have rebuilt them with stainles steel nuts and JB tank weld material.
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Works a treat.

The inside has been cleaned with good old citric acid and is mint.

I'm going to paint up the tank and a side panel set to primer stage and then decide what colour scheme to finish in.
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Looking good kev
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canaletto5
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Cheers Steve!

I've decided to paint them Candy Red so they are at silver basecoat stage now (with a little bit of extra sparkle thrown in ;) )
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Hoping to get the candy coat done today
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canaletto5
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Well, I've had enough food and drink for now ( :roll: ) so back t'mill

Candy coats on and ready for the binder coats
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Beautiful colour! Very christmasy :)
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Makes a change from blue but there are too many "A"s that colour so Candy Red as per the options for that year :D
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