......... I'm beginning to wonder if I am going to live long enough to see this thing finished .............. more problems with the Thames body will require more sheet metal work and another delay

Upon completing the second media blasting (to remove the sealing primer) we found multiple cracks and pin holes (some rather large) in the sheet metal ............. especially in the cowl and front fender attachment wing areas ............. we also discovered a couple of spots where the sheet metal was about the thickness of aluminum foil after being media blasted

So, we have to have more sheet metal work done ............. going to send it to another shop this time .......... although the first guy was awesome, he was extremely slow .............. took him almost a year to accomplish what should have taken 3-4 months ............... Neither Brooks nor I want to wait three months for repairs that have been estimated at 8 hours .......... but, I can't get him into the new shop until the first week in November ............. so we are again at a standstill ............... I'm almost at the point of saying "To hell with it", and terminating the project

The only things that we were able to accomplish in the last month were getting the nose finished and primed and getting the steel parts of the body sanded (with 80 grit) in preparation for etching primer ..............not much to show for another 30 days

here are pictures of the meager accomplishments