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Spurred on by a visit this weekend by Ransomes enthusiast Anthony Brennan and Laura, I have cracked on and at last have the first blue coat on the body well 70% of it. Very pleased with the finish although stupidly I have some runs in the paint which resulted from not having enough light on the job. I am sure they will flat out for the next coat. Also managed to reclaim a couple of petrol caps, I dismantled them and put them in the lathe to polish out all the rust pits finished off with wire wool and then nickel plated for some reason one of them has some bald spots with no plate despite degreasing and etching not sure what I have done wrong so will buff it all off again and try again.

Having a ball of a time in Lego Land with my wife and kids. A big thank you to Make A Wish charity for sending my little girl on a holiday of a life time.

You got it in one ! Cosworth was the deposit for the house !!!

Todays tasks have been plating the carburettor parts, throttle lever,rebuilding fuel tap and reassembling carb. The slides of the carb were originall quite worn and a sloppy fit in the body, by plating the body and main slide with Nickel it has now restored the slide function to a neat sliding fit in fact I had to rub the slide down a bit with 1200 grit. Useful tip if you have a worn carb. loose fitting slides give rise to lumpy tick over or poor slow running. I am very pleased with the results of my nickel kit, I have tried to achieve a sensible balance between retaining an element of the patina of age whilst restoring the original finish so nothing is too shiny and some of the dings and scratches remain.

I suppose i my explain why Make a Wish sent us to Logo Land. Just over a year ago my youngest girl Cariss who was then 5, was diagnosed with Neuroblastoma a rare and aggressive form of childrens cancer. She has had various treatments over the last year to try and stop this cancer but it is being very resilient to all the treatments. When Cariss was diagnosed at the start her big sister Korin wanted to do something to help, so with the help of her older cousins started to organise fund raising events. To date she has raised over £16000 for various cancer charities. She has a page on facebook, https://m.facebook.com/korinsfundraisingevents/?fref=ts which details upcomming events and Cariss' progress. This is Cariss