Sunday, March 6, 2016

Shiny Stuff part 3

Yes, there is no end to how much shiny stuff you can have on a Cobra! There might even be a part 4.

Now, unknown to you readers I have been spending a fair bit of time deliberating over screws. Yes it's possible I have one or more loose ones however until that's proven just bear with me.

The roll bar legs need escutcheons where they pass through the body. These escutcheons are very shiny pieces of stainless steel. Having eventually decided on the size (heads big enough to cover the countersinking but retro flat blade drive) the trick was then to get them to look right.

As they come these screws are a bit dull.


Compared to the shiny escutcheon definitely needs work.

So holding my 20 year old drill in the vice with polish stuff and a bit of prep work with 400 grit wet and dry with wd40 to lubricate and hey presto...
 

Shiny screw heads!


And a few more...


And a lot more!


Finally now all packed up below. I'm now at that stage that once something is fitted it then comes off again ready for paint as these things won't go on again until final assembly time.