tyres and rims or not. I may still be waiting on the welder, but I got some solid progress in on the trailer. As I am trying to make it look as old as it is (even if most of it will be new) I have been working on the taillights. I almost have one of the plinths done to hold the MGA taillights and bee hive turn signal.
This is what I started out with. A cardboard shipping tube and some balsa, roughly cut to fit the curvature of the fender.
Nothing special, the balsa was trimmed to be slightly larger than the outline of the MGA taillight and then another piece was hot glued into place at a slight angle to better match the fender's curvature.
And I not only cut the tube, but trimmed it to (mostly) fit
I honestly surprised myself on this: A few days ago it was roughly cut balsa and a cardboard tube: now it looks sort of like a trimmed down MGA 1600 taillight Plinth.
I am done with the Bondo for now. I still need to do some very minor filling and sanding, but that is what they make glazing putty for. At the moment I am putting a couple coats of straight epoxy over it for strength. Once all that is done, I can primer, paint, and start on the other side
