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SideshowBob
@Perdedor
Recently read about citric acid baths to remove rust, so cleared wilko's shelves of the stuff and got to work. Worked amazingly (after trial, error and getting citric water everywhere) I then scrubbed it with steel wool, sanded and applied an anti rust primer, sanding and priming till it was almost perfect.
I then started to think about colour, I considered a black gloss, but wanted to have a hint of blue. I settled on BMW Montreal blue (metallic) and nissan midnight blue pearl, and I'd recreate the original decals with sheets of mid yellow vinyl.
Decided I preferred them both with a black undercoat rather than just primer. As they look black till the light catches.
Not sure on the Matt vinyl, so I've ordered gloss so I can trial that too.