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    Well after taking it fairly easy due to my back, I had a crack at glossing the front room door and skirting to get me in the mood ! I then got myself into the garage and started polishing up a few more panels, I made a mess of the running board paint, I fitted the "paint cutting" attachment to my standard 3000 rpm grinder ( I was led to believe this would be ok ) and even with plenty of cutting compound on the sponge, it burnt an inch square area down to the primer almost as soon as I touched the paint, I also cut the paint back too much and could then see through it, not good, but good practice. I put this lot to one side and decided to wait till my new 6 speed grinder / polisher arrives. I did another panel by hand with quite good results.
    Later in the day my new grinder arrived and I opened the box like a big kid, mind you, I've always liked tools and machinery, so off I went on the door panels this time with far better results, however this really is a learning process and I was becoming increasingly frustrated by "micro scratches" no matter what I tried I could not get rid of them, then some hours later I remembered about being told to be really heavy with the cutting liquid, so I piled it onto the panel ( quite messy ) and tried again, the result was far better, it seems I was being far too frugal. It wasn't long before I was once again brought back down to earth, I decided to rub down the earlier running board and respray it, which I duly did, but I made a proper school boy error, in my haste I never emptied my compressor of air, and so, ended up spraying the running board with a mixture of cellulose and water, not good at all, in fact I'll have to rub down the entire board ( No water trap fitted as you may have guessed) I never gave up though, I went to Ellesmere Port Boat Museum for a few hours ( Very interesting place ) then once back home polished up the "Nose molding" fitted it with a new mesh grill, polished up the Marlin badge then fitted it to the car. I left the garage happier and wiser !

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    Re: New grill and more panels fitted

    Any pictures? It would be nice to see the progress :-)
    Mk2 SWB Marina Roadster with a 2.0L Pinto built in 1986

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      Re: New grill and more panels fitted

      Originally posted by andyf View Post
      Any pictures? It would be nice to see the progress :-)
      Evening Andy, yeah, I've taken lots of photo's, I'll see if I can get a few sorted on here, are you on F Book ? if so, I also post on the kit car forum along with quite a number of other folks.

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        Re: New grill and more panels fitted

        Hi Harry. If you are passing through Chester, you're welcome to call in for a chat and kick tyres. I live in Hoole, 1 minute from the A55/M53.
        pm me for contact details.
        Gareth.

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          Re: New grill and more panels fitted

          Originally posted by Harry View Post
          Evening Andy, yeah, I've taken lots of photo's, I'll see if I can get a few sorted on here, are you on F Book ? if so, I also post on the kit car forum along with quite a number of other folks.
          I'm on FB I found the kit car forum/page but I can only see one Marlin on there...
          Mk2 SWB Marina Roadster with a 2.0L Pinto built in 1986

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            Re: New grill and more panels fitted

            Originally posted by andyf View Post
            I'm on FB I found the kit car forum/page but I can only see one Marlin on there...
            Morning Andy, I think there are about 70 members now and there are a number of makes of kit cars on the site, including mine, however the cars are mostly Robin Hood, Super seven's and Tiger's. They are a good group of lads. The recent Marlin on there will be mine if it's the photo of the front end fitted with a new mesh grill. I have posted quite a few pics on the site. I rubbed down and fitted the drivers side rear arch yesterday and also started fitting a bit of trim etc as a diversion from rubbing down as it really makes my back ache especially bending over to bold these panels in place, but it's starting to look like a marlin again now.

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              Re: New grill and more panels fitted

              Originally posted by Harry View Post
              Morning Andy, I think there are about 70 members now and there are a number of makes of kit cars on the site, including mine, however the cars are mostly Robin Hood, Super seven's and Tiger's. They are a good group of lads. The recent Marlin on there will be mine if it's the photo of the front end fitted with a new mesh grill. I have posted quite a few pics on the site. I rubbed down and fitted the drivers side rear arch yesterday and also started fitting a bit of trim etc as a diversion from rubbing down as it really makes my back ache especially bending over to bold these panels in place, but it's starting to look like a marlin again now.
              I'm not sure that I've found the right site then! can you post a link?
              Mk2 SWB Marina Roadster with a 2.0L Pinto built in 1986

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                Re: New grill and more panels fitted

                sounds like madabout? The Marlin Enthusiasts Facebook page is not very well used as far as I can see. I can actually link members own Facebook pages to their MOC profiles if there is sufficient demand

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                  Re: New grill and more panels fitted

                  I cant even find the FB page
                  Ben Caswell probably not the last word on anything here!!

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                    Re: New grill and more panels fitted

                    Originally posted by cameronfurnival View Post
                    sounds like madabout? The Marlin Enthusiasts Facebook page is not very well used as far as I can see. I can actually link members own Facebook pages to their MOC profiles if there is sufficient demand
                    Hello Cameron, I never knew about a Marlin Enthusiasts page on Facebook, I might take a look, the kit car enthusiasts page I'm a member of has only been running about 12 months and has about 70 members with a variety of kit cars, but as I said mostly Robin Hoods etc.

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