Body final fix.....

So with two mates at the ready for bang on 10 am to help me lift the body into place I started to apply the adhesive to areas that are going to bond. This Wurth stuff is horrible and I would thoroughly recommend you don't get it on you as it will only come off when your skin sheds!

I applied the adhesive on the bare metal contact patches recommended in the manual, spread it out and then ran a final bead over the top. A couple of mates then helped me lift the body into position. It lined it self up perfectly with the drilled holes straight away so no adjustment necessary and I set about it with the riveter. I managed to get a decent air riveter from Ebay a couple of weeks ago for this job and I'm glad I did - doing this with a manual jobby would have taken ages!

After securing the cockpit and bolting down the scuttle hoop I placed the bonnet into position and the curvature of the body didn't need any adjustment to match so I riveted down the two inner wing areas and then attached the plates which I had previously made up.

200 rivets or so and 6 bolts later this body is not coming off again!