I stripped down the chassis comletely. It only needed some welding to the front box which holds the bonnet hinges and a few parts around the outriggers, nothing worrying though. Then when this was done I had it sent away for sandblasting and powdercoating. There was a lot time lost in this bit, as I had to find someone to get it blasted and powdercoat it. I also wanted to fill in the bolt holes so threads did not get filled with paint. But around school this all took unessacerily longer. But I eventually got someon to take it away and them blast it then take it on to powdercoaters (which took that pain away for me - so that was good).
Here is an image of the freshly powdercoated chassis. No a very good photo I know, but the batteries in the camera were running out and I rushed! So no close ups, but it does look nice.
I also got my turrets done along with it, after all they bolt to the chassis. I didn't get my suspension bits done such as the wisbones and rear uprights. I opted to paint these myslef. I kind of regret it now, but o well. This isn't going to be a concours car, so it wont matter, as long as the paint gives good protection for a year or so I'm happy, as I will probably try and rebuild parts of the car like the suspension etc as often as I can when it's done to keep it in good shape, and this will involve painting.
At the point of witing this I'm still waiting to get it Waxoyl inside the box sections. I've opted against just pouring it in, I'm going to wait to get a lend of a sprayer of someone so I can give good protection. Hope I don't have to wait to long! :(
Here is one of the turrets. They did not come out as good as the chassis. Don't think it's any fault of the powdercoater but of the blaster not being thorough enough. I'll not get too annoyed about it though.
This photo is taken in my bedroom, as I plan to build as much of the front suspension as I can in it wile I'm waiting on Waxoiling.
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