There was more work to be done on the rear skins to prep them for painting. For those that aren't familiar, the aluminium skins are laser cut from a flat sheet and then rolled to the right radius. All the panels are kept in place with small tabs, much like a model aircraft kit's parts are kept in place on the plastic tree. The aluminium tabs need to be cut and filed to appear smooth. Here's how I did it.
Step 1: Fold up your best purple flannelette sheet and lay it down on the workbench. Place a supporting piece of timber just below the top layer to give yourself something solid to work against.
Step 2: Position the skin (face-down) so that the tab you're going to cut is positioned above the timber support. Here you can see all the little tabs holding the panels in place.
Step 3: Sharpen the bejesus out of a chisel and position the flat edge against the edge of the panel. Now press down hard - no hammer required.
Step 4: File down the leftover tab from the frame and clean up the edge of the panel if it's got any leftover tab hanging around.
Once you've cleaned everything up, hide the purple flanny sheet and take a picture of the rear door frame and the long side panels. Job's done!
Step 1: Fold up your best purple flannelette sheet and lay it down on the workbench. Place a supporting piece of timber just below the top layer to give yourself something solid to work against.
Step 2: Position the skin (face-down) so that the tab you're going to cut is positioned above the timber support. Here you can see all the little tabs holding the panels in place.
Step 3: Sharpen the bejesus out of a chisel and position the flat edge against the edge of the panel. Now press down hard - no hammer required.
Step 4: File down the leftover tab from the frame and clean up the edge of the panel if it's got any leftover tab hanging around.
Once you've cleaned everything up, hide the purple flanny sheet and take a picture of the rear door frame and the long side panels. Job's done!
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