Top Coat & Wings

Guilty that progress has been slow, and with the need for progress to be made ready for Sunday's Ploughing match; tonight I started on removing the wing frames from the old wings and fitting the new wings I purchased from Agriline.

The old wings both being rotten at the bottom. One wing is fitted to its frame with a mixture of coach bolts and standard hex headed bolts, the other with all standard hex headed bolts. Not sure of the original specification, I'm planning on using coach bolts for the new wings as there appearance is better than a standard hex bolt head. The condition of the old bolts means grinding them off.

With the old wing off,  I get to prepare the frame ready for painting using a mixture of grinding disc and wire brush. I then fit the frames to the new wing and drill the wing. Above are photos of the wing being offered up to the Tractor. Note the coach bolt in the top fixing compared to the temporary hex bolts used on the bottom mountings.

The plan being to brush finish the frames with primer tonight. Fit the frames tomorrow and mastic between the wing and frame and then spray the top coat.
 
From my experience of the bonnet, the top coat is going to take at least 24hrs to harden sufficiently. So they both need to be top coated by Saturday morning at the latest !

I mentioned in my last blog about the finish that I have achieved on the bonnet, hopefully the pictures below give a general impression. I'm pleased anyway !

Shiny Paint !
P.S the wooden bonnet stand I made with castor's on the bottom has definitely been worth the effort.

Quick update

Sorry I've been so busy that I haven't updated the blog. By way of a quick update, tonight I top coated the bonnet. I'm really pleased with the finish. For an beginner it looks good.

There is a ploughing competition in my village on the 19th of Sept. Despite not having a plough I'm really trying to get Tillie going so I can make an appearance.

I've also noticed that I have a few more followers, welcome. Hopefully the blog is useful.

Pictures and more text to follow on the build and challenge to get Tillie out on the road this Sunday.