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JamesH:
Thanks for all the feedback. It really helps and keeps spurring me on over the finish line.

Picked up the fuel tank and managed to grab a couple of hours at lunchtime to work in the ‘clean room’ (aka the dining room table) to apply the decals to the tank.

This is the job I’ve been most dreading on this project, as I’ve never (successfully) attempted decals with this level of compound curvature.

Procedure was to very lightly wet-sand the base coat on the tank with 1500 wet/dry, to give a good adhesion bed for the decals.

The decals are best applied ‘wet’ with a spray bottle with a small amount of washing up liquid, which gives time to position the decals before pressing them down with the squeegee. Patience is the key here as the decals come in 2 parts and need to ‘line up’ in two locations but with two pairs of pinstripes.

Anyway, 2 hours later and it’s done - it wasn’t straightforward but I stuck with it and it’s pretty much spot on.

Back to the painters tomorrow for 2K clear and I’ll be ready to fit and wrap this project up…

Spitfire:
Nice job, lots of holding your breath time, love the flowing lines.

Cheers

Dennis

SteveD CB500K0:
James, you amaze me. There’s no way I’d have the patience for that.


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JamesH:

--- Quote from: SteveD CB500K0 on April 06, 2022, 07:24:00 PM ---James, you amaze me. There’s no way I’d have the patience for that.


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Trust me Steve - I visualised throwing the tank through the patio door windows at least twice in my head, before calming myself down and saying it's ok, it's ok, you're not a total c*nt James.

Laverdaroo:
Stunning as ever James, well done for keeping your cool but a great finish and the lines are lovely. Its going to be the icing on the cake mate. Still amazed by the whole affair to be honest. Cool as hell! 8)

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