Priming and building

I was now at a stage where i could finally prep the surface of the model for the final coats of colour. Again the pieces were sprayed but this time with a high build car spray. This would fill any of the tiny holes that i had neglected to fill with body filler.

 

Finally i had a respectable finish on the model. again this was a case of spraying sanding back and re spraying but the 2 days were worth it. 

Time to fix the pieces together.

For this i wanted a strong joint that would completely seal the edges. For this I chose Araldite. This is a two part adhesive again consisting of a resin and a hardener. once it is mixed it heats up and starts to "cure" and harden so it has to be worked with quickly. The Araldite was applied to the inside edge of the hole to minimise seepage to the outside of the model. Once applied and the handle inserted it was left for a couple of hours to ensure it was hard. After this the join was covered with body filler and sanded to make the join less obvious