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[MarkJ]

Wow, David. That chrome around the windshield looks outstanding. Great job masking the moldings first before coloring the moldings.

[Anglia105E]

1 hour ago, MarkJ said:

Wow, David. That chrome around the windshield looks outstanding. Great job masking the moldings first before coloring the moldings.

Thanks Mark, and as I half expected, there is some slight bleeding of the chrome along the top edge of the windshield. The masking tape has been removed at 24 hours, and I shall post some photos later today . . . The small amount of excess chrome should be cleaned up with a cocktail stick tip and polish (toothpaste).

David

[Anglia105E]

The interior dashboard mirror and stalk are being prepared to mount on top of the dashboard in the centre, where I have drilled a hole at an angle. This mirror needs to be chromed on both sides and it is made from a short length of metal paper clip which is glued to a small piece of sheet styrene . . .

Having removed the masking tape from around the windshield, I can see that there is some bleeding of the chrome along the top edge. I am in the process of tidying up this excess chrome, and the two front air intakes have been chromed. These are being improved also, where the liquid chrome has run into the intakes. At the rear of the driver's side door strips there was a small amount of excess chrome that I have removed successfully . . .

Some marks on the passenger side front wing were removed by further polishing, but in doing so, I caused the sill molding to fall off. This is now glued back in position . . . None of this is particularly interesting work, with most of it being cleaning up or correcting errors. Progress remains rather slow.

To the right of the steering column and behind the steering wheel, there needs to be a stalk and triangular shaped box for the automatic gear selector. This will be quite a tricky part to make, but I am hoping to find the best way of doing this ( see last photo of the following series ).

David