villiers 1944 petrol parrafin restoration back to its original tinwork and p/p fuel tank

mike
got the message 11.21 lol lol
snail mail tonight
speek tomorrow eve 8 ish
kev

Why not just swap email addresses it would be quicker and not get lost as some do on here.

Stu.

this is the last top coats nearly dryed grey
and the black is lackered and hard enough to carry now



kev

You should have worked in quality control for villiers

Well at least you got some good weather to dry the paint, soon the rebuild.

Stu.

YorkshireChugger wrote:You should have worked in quality control for villiers

thanks ????name unknown , yorkshire chugger
the finish isnt what i wanted to of been i left a couple of small marks and dents on purpose but there are bends and extra small dents that i missed
and there are a load of dimples in the bloody laquer , must of been to warm and dryed before flattening out fully
even tryed a nother 2 coats in quick sucksection and the same result again so thats it no more painting to do on the cowling whoop whoop
the bsa 120cc is now under the brush today
kev

yes stu your correct there
you were also correct about the bsa as when cleaning up the flat belt pulley the is what the primmer and topcoat match a woffler colours
of the bamford range late 1950s to mid 60s
kev

kevjhnsn wrote:

YorkshireChugger wrote:You should have worked in quality control for villiers

thanks ????name unknown , Yorkshire chugger
the finish isn't what i wanted to of been i left a couple of small marks and dents on purpose but there are bends and extra small dents that i missed
and there are a load of dimples in the bloody lacquer , must of been to warm and dried before flattening out fully
even tried another 2 coats in quick succession and the same result again so that's it no more painting to do on the cowling whoop whoop
the BSA 120cc is now under the brush today
Kev

Kev his name is matt..YorkshireChugger that is...

thanks mr grumpy mike
matt it is then until i forget his name matt that is
thanks mike
kev

I think we may have to rename him so as not to get confussed with southern Matt, any suggestions Yorkie Matt?

Sorry the painting didn't go as planned (does it ever) I'm sure it will be fine once it's all finished Kev.

Stu.

hi there started to reasemble the cowling parts back on
spent an hour trying to get the brass engine instructions into some form of shape again forget that it was still squashed with the scrapy excavator grab and tracks i think it has been brought back into somthing like as was 68 yrs ago even reused the metal rivet bolts/dometops hammer ina nd screw in ish

Looking good
Jonesey

You've done a good job getting bits straight again Kev, nice work mate.

Stu.

the paint had hardend enough for the sign writting on sunday
waited until last night for the fitting of the panels
looks well different to the later one as in my avetar-------->-------------------->>-------this way lol---------->>>------------------------->>>>
then found out the fuel tank brakets i have in all seven styles and none for this cowling "duckin well"
cant find a photo of this style villiers on the web so will have to make what i would think they have looked like
THATS WHAT I GET FOR A WAR TIME MANUFACTORED ENGINE ,
also the fueltank is like on the smaller villiers but this must be write as the big tanks and brackets are even further from the holes lol
i will scratch my balls ,and play with my head later on this one lol lol lol
kev

Well that's stopped all the work Kev, good job you know what you need to finish the job to make it look correct for the year as I'd have no idea there would be that many different types.

Stu.

bet theres more again and thats not including the square tanks and 2 stroke engine range lol

kev

You are doing a great job there Kev. I'm sure it will be great show attraction.

Kev you going to mount a few engines on one piece of wood or do them seperate? There's an old guy up here has a few small engines and he's fastened them all together and stops and starts them at rallies so he always has one running.

Stu.

Kev what sort of filler do you use? my villiers tinware is rather pitted and i would like to get a nice smooth finish on it.

neville

hob wrote:Kev what sort of filler do you use? my villiers tinware is rather pitted and i would like to get a nice smooth finish on it.

neville

just a normal car body filler , davis is a good make .

matt

i use the fine filler
DAVIDS ISOSPON NEW P38 EASY SAND FOR DENTS AND SCRATCHES
DONT mix up more than a desert sized amount at a time as it hardens quickly and wont fill the pitts in
after 3 mins and then your adding more to sand off instead of a nice thin layer to flatten
kev

kevjhnsn wrote:i use the fine filler
DAVIDS ISOSPON NEW P38 EASY SAND FOR DENTS AND SCRATCHES
DONT mix up more than a desert sized amount at a time as it hardens quickly and wont fill the pitts in
after 3 mins and then your adding more to sand off instead of a nice thin layer to flatten
kev

with filler you have to work quickly or it will fall out of the dent you are filling ! remember less is more you can always fill it again , matt

thats what i was trying to find the words to say matt
so you are indead the same as my thinking but words had left my brain again lol
sign that i was messaging stu at this time lol lol lol
kev