Back at it again today, just not for very long.
Start off with the primed seat pan which was where I left off last night. Picture ends up showing the crown well.
Seat pattern that I plan on using, plus the first one I drew out peaking in the bottom of the frame. Drew the design out yesterday morning in a notebook, then actually cut out a template to fit the seat pan today and put a pattern down. Decided the first one was too tight looking with one inch spacing between the lines so I went back and did it again with inch and a half spacing. I like the other one so that's what I'll give to the guy making the cover.
Next thing to show is the fuel tank stripped down. Along with more random shop crap in the background, we have a hording problem, yes we need help. Didn't bother to completely strip every spec of the tank as not all of it really needs to be smooth and nice. The parts around the filler and behind the emblems I'm not too worried about, plus the underside I just scuffed with a scotchbrite pad because all I'm concerned with there is rust prevention.
Fuel tank primed and hanging there.
Lastly for the afternoon, putting some Fibertech one the seat cowl. There are a lot of areas where the panels didn't come right out to the edges, or places where the welds didn't have enough build to make a nice edge. Also where the back panel was welded in it put a nice dip in the skin, especially the top panel, so I'll build that back up. The Fibertech goes down and will build those areas out and have more strength than just straight body filler. Once I get all the edges to nice crisp angles I'll go back and smooth everything nicely with regular filler to get a nice smooth look, then cover all that with primer again and paint.
I was headed in today and my sister called and reminded me that our parents were coming to town today and asked about dinner, which had completely slipped my mind. That cut my time today to about three and a half hours instead of the five or six I was planning, but things will be done eventually I suppose. I'm hoping now that it's down to straightening work one of my coworkers will offer to help with it. I really hate this part of things, it's too monotonous for me to enjoy it. I like stuff with immediate return like regular mechanic or metal work, sanding Bondo for hours to make a bunch of tiny changes sucks.
Should be able to make good progress in the evenings this week though, I want to get paint on this thing bad. The tail light too, I want my freaking tail light.