callander ploo-man

Just get the big fellow out let them see man and machine working in harmony.

That's  a real ploughing beast.

Good evening from  A wet and soggy callander.

Petrol tank had first coat of green. there will be more coats  to go on

will use the tip from s1g about bare the metal  where the cap seal 

Hi S1g  Thanks for that tip.

Got up with the crows this morning  petrol tank sanded two coat of primer put on .And i  put the horse back in his shed

as he was put out will working on The Border Reiver.

Yes I have plenty of yellow paint left  na problem I will come  up and give ye a hand to paint it

when the tide goes out

Hi  rolloman

 Go and get the big iron beast out this summer

Next part and the last part to get make over is  petrol tank

Busy day with The Border Reiver  next step is rebuilding it

Well thats all the  horrible silver paint gone

Handle bars prepared for under coat.

The gear box had it first coat of the new yellow today

You will need then wear them shortly

To The Fife plooman

Yes you will need your sun glasses.  I don't have a coffee table in ma hoose.  looking forward to

the rebuilding of The Border Reiver.

First thing to do get rid of any oil muck grease with stiff brush or scraper  lash on  plenty paraffin  also protect your coils from getting damp when cleaning.

Also let the paraffin soak into the muck grease for about twenty minutes. I sat my engine in deep roasting tin to clean parts 

Don't buy Nitro mors does not work buy a  good quality paint stripper then lash it on with paint brush wait till paint blister  then a sharp scraper

keep lashing on the paint stripper keep scrapping till  its clean like  the photo of gear box.

Then wash down with paraffin then clean down with petrol, because the paraffin leaves traces of oil

Then let the petrol dry of outside.  I used 1/2" paint brush with long bristle to get undercoat between the fins on the cylinder head.

Photo of engine  1st  under coat. after cleaning.

Hope that helps you

Well that more painting done the night 

New levers arrived to day

Hi Rolloman  I Was up early this morning all tin work cleaned off and casing all ready for undercoat. But it wont be tonight maybe another night.

Having a lazy night the night because I gonna have some late nights this week.

Hi All   been busy today and overtime is about to start tonight more stripping  and sanding being done.

The Border Reiver  been  washed cleaned down  prepared for first under coat

Whats going to be the next  project????

Hello

Here is the result after spending 3hr this afternoon. First coat of paint on auto culto  wheels.

Well i had a very busy sunday and looks like I have plenty of work to get on with

All that horrible yellow paints gone 

Now going to tackle wheels and remove that horrible silver with nice new blue paint.  Also had help to get the plough ready all bolts have had a run with the taps

 to clean threads make bigs difference.

Here is the Villiers engine with first coat of paint.

I think I will need sunglass when I start to put on the top colours.

I have just opened the blue paint and yellow paint its gonna look braw. just finished  putting on the second coat of  undercoat the night might need third coat tomorrow night

Now the shed is closed  the shed will open tomorrow night @ 5:30pm  and painting will begin.

Good evening  to all

After along discussion I have decide to christen my new project The Border Reiver.

Just finished  putting on the first undercoat on Villiers engine just heading back out to shed for some more  sanding down tank straps

Hi all

Thanks for all your comments today.

Here is todays  progress on the auto culto I have stripped the  yellow paint of  the albion gear box  just to check oil level.

Also started to remove paint from villers engine. also started removing paint from tractor gear box.

Started to strip down the strakes.

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Hello

Will remember feering poles  looking forward to this day. new paint arrived yesterday for the auto culto.

Been very busy tonight in shed  sanding down parts.

Going the full hog on this machine not long make it pretty