Cowling and Dash Cutout

I really enjoyed this part, it took me around 12 hours to do (!!) but I found it really rewarding.  I was unable to source a second hand cowling set and after posting on the forum a member there was making replicas from GRP - great.  It required a lot of finishing off, that was expected and although the copy I got was very good quality I wasn't 100% happy with the final finish so decided I was going the whole hog and really pleased with end result.

Here is what I started with:

It looks rough round the edges, but actually that makes sense - the bits that count are fine, its only the parts which need cutting out that look "rough", after purchasing some propper plastic bits for my dremmel it was like a knife through butter:

All clamped up ready for some serious sanding, measurng and checking:

And this is the point I decided I was going to sand and paint:

You can see the fit is fine but I wasn't happy with either the rubber strip between each section and the final colour, even though it's not really seen I couldnt help spending the time to get it right.  So, after lots (and lots) of sanding, filling and cleaning:

I managed to get a couple of coats on before finishing up:

I think you will agree the finished result in the morning was well worth the extra effort:

 Very happy.  This next week will be tidying up, I have started but it will take a few days (!!).  I've torqued the hub nuts up, need to setup the suspension was the wheels are on order.....