Hi Gang,
Time for another update! Most of the weekend was spent sanding. It was frustrating but those corridor rings had to be finished up. It was hot and muggy but I pushed through. I did manage to get a few other cool things started. Enjoy!
Lots and lots of filler!
After hours of sanding I was able to add some primer. But the primer highlights all the missed areas
And more filler
I think there about 6 rounds of filler and sanding...
In between all the filling and sanding I made the decision to go ahead and fabricate a new element to the corridor!
There was an incredible amount of design work involved. I was either sitting and designing or sanding and filling
I'm not going to give away too many details just yet!
A new side panel
Adding some interior mounting strips
Again... I'm not giving away too much at this time
It's not a video game console
More to follow on this guy
Finally... this morning I purchased this pipe
I laser cut this drill / hole saw template
I was going to cut holes into the interior side of the corridor ring
UGH!!! DANG IT!!! I forgot about the longer screws I used. I thought I used the shorter 2" screw
So, after that mistake I designed and laser cut this beauty plate
Details
I pushed the holes back a bit further into the interior of the ring
The new beauty plate will cover this disaster but also serve another purpose
TaDa
I successfully drilled the holes and fed the new pipe through the holes for test fitting
Success!
I laser cut 8 of these details per corridor ring - one will mount on the top and one on the bottom. When I reach the end of that section of the ring I'll simply stop the pipe and create a thicker beauty plate for the pipe to rest in giving the look as if it's feeding through to the next section and ultimately the entire ring... at least that's the plan
I'll paint them flat black with a light dusting of silver and then heavily weather
Primer
Still lots to do with these guys!
As you can see there are two mounting holes on either side of each pipe. I'll simply screw the plate in place adding another level of detail
Thankfully the beauty plate covers the screw up but also adds a nice detail to the interior of the ring and the empty space in front of the pipe(s) allows more greeblie freedom
I'd like to add a larger flexible aluminum foil style exhaust pipe behind the three pipes along with some stray wire looms
And this is where we are...
More to Follow So Stay Tuned!