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Okay, so thanks to all the mems I acquired a full set of extra skins for my BA from last year. Over this fall/winter I have been projecting (as time permitted) on getting them set to paint. The tank (used) had some fairly large dents & the compressed air trick wouldn't work so I tried a different approach.....hot & cold. First heated to bright red hot & then immediately applied dry ice:


That pulled the steel tighter but only brought the dents out about 1/4 of an inch. So, filled the remaining divits with silver solder .....
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Then worked on filing/sanding the excess:


Then putty & glaze to smooth/ blend to the contour of the tank.


Then Primer & sand, primer & sand....


Then off to the painter....after 5 coats (of 8) clear...still some issues being worked on the paint due to contamination...but should have the new skins on the BA in a week or so:

That's kind of perty, Karl. Are ya gonna call it Gold or Brown? Maybe goldenbrown? Good work, anyways. When I get a dent, I just fill it full of bondo. When I first got my America, the tank was a real wreck with a couple of HUGE dents. I think it only held about a gallon of gas after the bondo!

That looks great. I really dig the color. I'm looking forward to the pics when you have her all put back together.