STEvieXE
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im from n.ireland and went to our local accident repair college. got asked to go to thatcham for competition but it turned out i was too old. (u have to be 22 or under)
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SteveoBC
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Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Take it your a panel beater?
Im an apprentice panel beater, wish we could do that much at my place, ive done loads, but not as much as id like to.
Sounds like you and other Steve both go, or have been to Thatcham aswell?
I go to Thatcham for my college training.
i was on a BMW run course, they did go thatcham for while, then changed to Sandwell Automotive college in Birmingham, now its moving back to Thatcham (wish it had done before i started would have been alot bloody closer!!)
yeh im a Panel Beater, just finished my course this time last week so im fully qualified now  just waiting for my certificates to come through
its well weird being on my own now, no working with my mentors anymore as my boss has put me on trial week to see how many hours i put in, not doing too bad so far this week
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SteveoBC
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plus depending on how busy i am, the car "might" see paint on the outside this weekend
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STEvieXE
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quote:
Originally posted by SteveoBC
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Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Take it your a panel beater?
Im an apprentice panel beater, wish we could do that much at my place, ive done loads, but not as much as id like to.
Sounds like you and other Steve both go, or have been to Thatcham aswell?
I go to Thatcham for my college training.
i was on a BMW run course, they did go thatcham for while, then changed to Sandwell Automotive college in Birmingham, now its moving back to Thatcham (wish it had done before i started would have been alot bloody closer!!)
yeh im a Panel Beater, just finished my course this time last week so im fully qualified now just waiting for my certificates to come through
its well weird being on my own now, no working with my mentors anymore as my boss has put me on trial week to see how many hours i put in, not doing too bad so far this week
over here when we serve our time usually we work with mentors for 6 months/1 year or slightly more and then we have to work on our own. altho the mentor will help you when u need it etc etc.
gd luck on the hours. times are truly shite arent they 
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SteveoBC
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Registered: 22nd Feb 07
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times are wank by miles! and our 2 estimators are little bastards for holding hours back
i still ask for advice off the old mentors if i get a little stuck but overall i feel fine about working on my own, much better being my own boss
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AndyCorsaSport
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Even i can agree times are wank 
Even though i still work with my mentor, he often gives me my own smaller jobs, things he knows im capable of doing, even though he books the time
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STEvieXE
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quote:
Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Even i can agree times are wank
Even though i still work with my mentor, he often gives me my own smaller jobs, things he knows im capable of doing, even though he books the time
part and parcel of gettin an apprentice lol
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SteveoBC
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quote:
Originally posted by STEvieXE
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Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Even i can agree times are wank
Even though i still work with my mentor, he often gives me my own smaller jobs, things he knows im capable of doing, even though he books the time
part and parcel of gettin an apprentice lol
yep, apprentice's always get the shit end of the stick, but it comes with the job, we've all been ther.....sweeping up, emptying bins, removing sealer, all the shitty jobs
nice not being known as "the boy" anymore now tho
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STEvieXE
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class feelin even when ur still an apprentice but u get a new apprentice in work and then u get someone to tell wot to do lol
u only had one in ur work?? we have 7 apprentices in my work at the minute.
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SteveoBC
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nah had another panel apprentice when i started, he left, now theres me and 2 paint apprentice's, ones nearly finished the other is 1st year
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AndyCorsaSport
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Theres 1 other at my place. Panel aswell.
Got a paint apprentice starting monday. And its a she :O
Any updates on the car mate?
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SteveoBC
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Originally posted by AndyCorsaSport
Theres 1 other at my place. Panel aswell.
Got a paint apprentice starting monday. And its a she :O
Any updates on the car mate?
yep there is an update just won a red cobra monaco s ex-display bucket seat on ebay for around 70 notes whoo
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STEvieXE
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is this gonna be a single seat totally stripped to the balls track car??
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SteveoBC
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oh yeh, anything not nessescary is going
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STEvieXE
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excellent cant wait to see it,
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SteveoBC
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Originally posted by STEvieXE
excellent cant wait to see it,
me too
even the heater matrix is coming out so hopefully will weight about as much as a mouse fart lol
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SteveoBC
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Tiny update, picked my new bucket seat on the weekend
but heres the story that goes with it, went to pick up the monaco s cobra seat that i won, got ther and the guy selling that offered me a better seat that had sold on ebay, but the buyer had'nt turned up
he sed he'd let me have it for an extra 20 on what i was paying for the monaco, and i sed 15 and we have a deal so for near enough 85 i got..........
................this! and mint condition, no rips/tears or marks Cobra Imola 2 "Fibreglass back" side mounting bucket seat, which is lighter and perfect for the track car, so was very happy in the end, result!
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SteveoBC
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update, popped into work yesterday for a while and thought i should do some work to the track car as i havent had much spare time to crack at it
so today noticed bit of surface rust along the top of the roof where it meets the windscreen, went to remove the rubber round the edge and noticed that the windscreen hadnt been glued in properly! (probs a cowboy windscreen replacement so.........out it came!
sand blasted the rust then quick skim of top stop filler and a rub down
qiuck coat of primer round the screen area
then thats how i left it
think i'll leave it like this for a while, much easier to put a cage in while its like this
more soon
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Gary
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Fad
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Cant wait to see the paint scheme finished on this!
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SteveoBC
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gonna have a crack at the roll cage in 2 weekends time (away for a lads weekend in bournemouth next week) then paint time (i hope lol)
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vxlgsi
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liking the look of this project
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SteveoBC
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decided iv neglected the engine block for a while, so im using it as an excuse to try out the paint scheme on it, so tommorow hopefully i'll have some spare time and remove the rocker ,spark plug and cambelt cover and prep em up to try out the paint on em
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SteveoBC
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update time again,
yesterday had a bit of spare time at lunch and felt the engine had'nt been seen too for a while, and as im replacing the rocker and sump gaskets anyway i decided to take of the rocker, plug and cam covers and paint em same yellow as the car will be but the spark plug cover will be black with yellow lettering
before
covers off
managed to de-grease an clean em, tommorow sanding and prep for paint
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SteveoBC
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just a couple of picks from some prepping i did today on the cam and rocker cover, the rocker still needs some more sanding done, but the cam cover is ready for a quick dose of primer
i'll do the plug cover last
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