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Good choice! The darts were just calling for this. Looking great!

I thought about doing different connecting scallopping like every other dart or something. But this is best. Similar to what I did with VerBoten, but I didn't have to color between the lines with this rubbing UNpainting.

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It all looks good KF! Hope your back and shoulders are holding up.


Thanks man, after a few breaks and then going out to dinner, I was ready for the final round of the big rubbing.

After dinner, I went back out to the shop and did the rubbing on the chainguard extension, carrying on the pattern

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The last major rubbing was the drive side skirt fin, so I knocked it out too.

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Earlier, I cleaned up the end of the tailpipes.

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Wow. I didn't think it would peel off so cleanly. Nice.

Yeah, this stuff is more structural than sticky. That is why it is so good for mockups.
 
I am thinking that I may want the handlebars to be primer red, so I sanded them down and painted them earlier.
I have some black torpedo grips that I plan to use.


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Wet from rain this morning, but there is a chance it will ckear up later. No major paint needs left, so I am going through checklist of small things.

Glued the U.S. to the Western Flyer Uncle Stretch headbadge

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Then mounted the tank bell back into the tank.

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Mounted the tank filler panels

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Mounted the guard star

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I know that I shouldn't take the time to do it, but I am going to paint the front fork legs and rockers slate blue this morning. I am leaving the rear legs rusty and will put some BLO on them.

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It's turning out to be nice and sunny this morning.

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Gonna start putting this puzzle together. Luckily I took pics of each items before and during disassembly for just this purpose.

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While looking at this assembly, i realized I never made a way to mount the napkin holder heat shield. So I came up with a solution.

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Got the BLO on the main fork legs

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This is gonna go well with the painted front legs

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Got the Uncle Stretch U.S. headbadge mounted with 3M mounting tape.

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Remember to put those rags outside to dry. I've had them off gas

Don't want any drummers spontaneously combusting around here
 
Got some valve caps ready

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Then drilled out the crossbar and mounted it.

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Love the way matte paint dries quicker.

Forks assembled. I love the paint and rust and billet and chrome.

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