That brings me up to now. First job I decided was the nearside wing which looked like this:
I had three maybe four choices with the wing. A)A new original one if available B)A second hand one, C) A pattern wing or D) repair the old one. The first option was too expensive and perhaps not possible. I didn't really have time to source a second hand wing and I've heard the fit with pattern wings isn't very good. This left me with trying a repair, which after all would be cheap and I could still consider my options again if it didn't work.
So after scrubbing the rust away with an angle grinder fitted with a twisted wire brush I was left with this:
I then cut the rust out and welded new metal in. I was a bit mean with cutting so ended up chasing the weld a bit. I welded using a series of tack welds to avoid distortion, changing sides and eventually joining them together. After I welded the new metal in I used a p40 flap disk in the angle grinder to flat the welds flush leaving me with this:
Next was a skim of body filler. My last experience of this was in my teens sticking it in great piles over rusted holes then half-arsed sanding it down. This time I used just a skim, light sanding with P40 grade sandpaper and a block, then a guide coat, sanding again until flat and then using P80 to smooth. This is my first effort doing it the right way and I'm pretty pleased with the result.