Those tie downs look like "Carpet" monster snacks Allen........best have a sweet pair of tweezers when it comes time to stick those little fellas on.
You're right Rick, but I don't have any carpets to worry about the monster. I have a few sets of fine tweezers, so I'll be good to go Buddy...
Allen, that is looking the part mate. I have taken the liberty of booking a padded room for you to rest in on completion of the tie downs.
Thanks for the reservation Bro, but I won't be needing it yet. See below...
...along with some Bourbon and honey for the flu.......
Hey Paul, what I need is some Bourbon and the hell with honey. It's too sweet for my taste. An 8 yr. old Wild Turkey is what I really need the most my friend. Oh, and a few ice cubes in my glass too...
Paul I hear Matron staring up her bike !
Hey Brother, you're forgetting some facts here.......Bikes don't float and Matron can't swim!!! Oh, and the ferry is too expensive...
So, When I woke up this morning, I knew it was going to be a good day at the table. Felling much better and with a good breakfast in my gut, we set about the business. Optivisor on, fine tweezers in hand, I went about removing the tie-down handles from the cast blocks. I removed 12 just as a precaution. Cleaned them up very, very carefully, then lined them up on the mat, put a drop of MIG Slow CA on my little glue sheet and went crazy. After about 10 minutes,
those puppies were stuck on there!!! None disappeared, none got broken and there were 2 still left on the mat. Ok, so the CA tried to stick them to the tweezers a few times, but the second pair of tweezers fixed that nonsense immediately. They are not 100% perfect in their placement, but it was good enough for government work folks. They do need a quick light sanding to knock off the burrs though.
Like I stated earlier, Luciano gives you 30 of them for use. In the end, the score stands at...3 broken, 1 flying away, 10 added, and 16 put in the spares jar. Now who's a happy camper!!! As it was too early for a cold one, I drove on......Then it was add a few other bits to keep going forward. I added the pig tail towing shackles along with the front fenders,
These were a breeze after the tie-downs. Then I checked out how many more bits were left to add. Other than the tools, rifle racks and the rear seat, there aren't very many,
The vehicle didn't have any headlights, jut the 2 Noteks and a taillight. The 4 rungs are for the driver and Cdr. to get into the cab @ 2 per side and the vision slit covers. The mortar sight will be added last. Now, if only the temps would go up some, we can make the hissy stick sing a bit. I even have a plan for masking this to hold in the booth......
Short and sweet tonight people. Life's good and the Mojo is high. Beer is cold and I have to work tomorrow.
Thanks again for looking in and everyone have a great week, hopefully at the bench...
Prost
Allen