Re: Diamond Frame Flying Merkel 3/20 Mummification and Priming
Well Sir Skipton, orange it be indeed!! :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
The painting of the frame has been a long time coming, but here it is!
The frame after paint yesterday
A 'boarding trident' for dirty play in the race? Naw, these are the pegs to hold the two halves of the tank together on the frame, they needed to be orange too. I devised this painting stand from an old flag post, some cardboard and ductape. A Red Green special!
Also got one side of the tank assembled (glued the plate to the board). Here is sits in my sophisticated 'shotgun press'.
And today getting it unwrapped with the cups installed
I re-packed the bearings for the headset and got it in place. Notice theres extra space? I cut some orange painted conduit to form some risers to fill the opening. I might go back later and hack off the top of the fork so one spacer isn't necessary (it needed one above and below the ring for the truss rods) but I didn't want to risk destroying the threads (bad past expierences...)
Here she sits now, I had to drop the rear wheel in for effect and wire on the fender.
Whatcha think? :mrgreen: Once my handlebars show up (come on, fedex!) I can get the controls mounted, chain and derailuer set up, and finally fasten the tank in place. The tank must be last as it covers and hides my control cabels, so they need to be all sorted first. I'll also be doign some scavenging for materials to finish up my seat.
