This is a bit more thought provoking … Well worth Pauls recommendation of reading and planning ahead … Think what is happening 5 steps ahead … Took me a while to realise that gentle emery on inner legs was never going to get them sliding smoothly. 

A weekend email to Paul with a photo brings back a quick response and good solid engineering advice on how and where I should file. 1 hour later and its sliding beautifully … Great care not to take too much off.

Prep of bobbins andinternal stops introduces gluing with dual compound loctite … Sticks like …. Well very strong ! wipe the excess so it doesnt seep into the legs and jam your carefully prepared inners.

Lay out all the u/c parts first to check all ready … Ivor has made a great job of packaging all parts in neatly labelled packages.

Some joints to pre form … The ones done in the factory have set the standard ! Very clean .. No pressure !

Getting hold of drill bits like 3.2mm and 4.8mm are impossible in Jersey ! Special order ! So this is very frustrating and holds up progress.

Discovered the top of the range hand riveter from Stanley is definately NOT heavy duty … Those nickel copper aircraft rivets are super hard

Called for very accurate leg alignment – any fraction out could mean toe in or out later and no chance to adjust

Shaping and filing and lineshing (getting ridof all those awful looking scrape marks)

Benjamin reassembles the body following transportation

Gang met the boat in Jesey harbour .. William, James, Sam and Emily to help with the big unload at the barn, rented from an old work colleague (Keith)

Lots of space .. Thought it was too much at first but you can never have enough space …

Unloading was further complicated as the fog and 100% humidity descended around us and made everything wet.

Wings safely stored – showing new jointing compound (ribs to spar)

Daunting number of bits and bags and poles of all sorts of shapes and sizes !!

Finally back home just before midnight….

Having arrived at Poole from Jersey on the sea cat late Friday, stayed in Oxford overnight with my son Benjamin, we set off  about 5:30 to head for Little Snoring. Norfolk looked lovely this early in the morning !

Managed to arrive at the wrong side of the airfield so double back and pull in through gates to meet Paul and Ivor from TLAC.

First sight of my fast build kit awaiting packing in the hangar .. Lots of neatly packed boxes and an excellent orgainsed checklist from Ivor.

Body would have to split just behind cabane strut to fit very snugly into the Renault Traffoc long wheelbase van. Paul cleverly cut a wood palette to make a temporary internal shelf to stack boxes and wings.

Well done boys ! Paul, Benjamin and Ivor after our little shoe horning exercise – include the now world famous (available at an outlet near you for Christmas) Paul Renault Traffic Sherwood Shelving system !!