Chapter 11 - Happy Fathers Day!

Bit of a slow day really for me today, had a very laid back morning with my son, we chilled, had breakfast, played xbox, and he gave me a fantastic T shirt with a splitty on it .... Sweet!

Called at my mates Daz's and ruined his Sunday giving him my tax returns to work on (Like he doesnt do enough of them mon-fri , lol)

By the time i got around to my van, we'd normally be packing up for the evening, but i was determined to get something done, so out came the cardboard, scissors and pencil, and i made more templates.

Seems my remarks in my last post about Lee being camera shy have backfired on me, now our fire marshal Shagmeister, has taken on the mantle of capturing the project, when i'm not around.

Lee felt this was a good opportunity for me to model my new fathers day present.

I started cutting out the outline from my template, It's a noisy job, but someone's gotta do it ;)

Here's one that Lee fabbed from one of my templates, he'll later claim that its all his own work, and possibly burn my template evidence to prove it, lol - In all seriousness, even after making the templates, and drawing and cutting them out, normally, they still need some fettling, sometimes we leave a couple of mill, just in case, as it can always be trimmed off, easier then it can be added ;)

When its finished that plate will end up in here, we cut out the original box as repairing it would have been a waste of time,  and i intend to fit a extra battery back here -  maybe two, one on either side, so we've beefed these up with heavier grade of mild steel

Told our Lee to keep his eye out for a set of period spotlights (80's style)  and he turns up with this set of gems from his loft - What a star! Lee, your a diamond ! Cheers buddy they'll look ace!

Unfortunately I forgot to charge the camera up, so that was the last of the pics, so I'll call it a day,
I'm going to have to squeeze some work on the van after work this week, so I'm sure i'll have lots more soon.