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Got work done today! Will post pics tomorrow of work done today. Lots of paint down. Also, got the wheels/tires organized as well.

Uncomfortable muscle cramps can be due to a variety of factors, including dehydration.

Wicked!

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Roman candles fun

Wow, nice suspension! That rad might be from the og release of the revell 67 chevelle pro street, it was molded in that color.

Tightening of muscles and cramps pare very uncomfortable…

Thanks fellas! Me too - need to pick up some mold-release to stop the second ‘pour’ sticking to the first one… Meanwhile, a little progress at least… Modified that Revell 9” axle rear axle and started building some leaf springs and shackles: Mounts in the same spot, just lower…for the front end I flipped the front axle to be on top of the springs rather than below it and that seems like it will work pretty well (and is a trick used on 1:1s): Here’s the stance with the axles in place - I think it would be fairly feasible for a 1:1 build to have it sit like this without major frame or suspension mods: I wanted to switch out the molded-in rad for a separate piece - I have probably 20 of these puke-green ones that I got for a buck at a model show…not 100% certain what they’re from… But whatever it is, it fits in the space for a stock F100 rad just perfect: And, as you can see from that pic, I started mocking up the printed Flathead and seeing how it fits…this is an Arden conversion with a SCoT blower up top - nicely detailed files! I’m still very much in the ‘roughing-in’ stage but the list is getting shorter…tomorrow I’ll figure out filling that hole in the front clip, plus I need to work out what I’m thinking for the interior and figure out headers and exhaust. Thanks for looking - more soon, soon as I’ve done more!

I did some detail work today, got to love a holiday weekend! Happy 4th to everyone 🎇🎉

I was a kindergarten teacher for about 30 years, and also an author, USFS Crew Boss (in the '60s), trucker, soldier 1969-70, played bass in a band, built a couple of houses, and restored/resto-modded about 20 complete 1/1 cars, among other things! Still prefer bodywork/paint, but can fabricate, etc. Only 80 now; and if no one else is impressed, I am! Have a 1971 240Z, 1951 Ford Crestliner, 1961 Pontiac Tempest with stock Buick 215 V-8 (pretty rare!), and finishing Dad's '51 Chevy as a resto-mod for my son. The Z is for sale, less than 500 miles on complete rebuild, mechanical and body/interior, and never driven through a puddle yet! My book is HOW TO RESTORE YOUR DATSUN Z-CAR, (CA Bill's Automotive Handbooks/CarTech, revised edition just out, but in print since 1990. I restored my one-owner 1970 240Z, and later had NISSAN USA buy it back. Have eight fiction books on Kindle, more coming: nostalgia/historical fiction about growing up in a small Western town in the mid-20th century called the A Place On Mars Series, and a long one in two parts about a pioneer aviator and his misadventures from 1905 until 1946, Bird of Ill Omen/Bird of New Hope. I really need to get busy; in the 'red zone' of life now! Thanks wife of 55 years, for letting me live through all that! Wick Humble Chico CA

added another star trek blu-ray to my physical media library the fifth and final season of star trek lower decks

Very cool. I remember having an idea for a custom '50s Ford Thunderbird with the headlights filled and converted into conical shapes with a wide, toothed grille underneath, kind of like the shape of a Goblin shark's head and toothy maw. I'd forgotten about the Norseman--they totally beat me to it! It's fun to see these ambitious one-off projects...not too many models of this car floating (haha) around.

Thank you, that's basically what the whole cars feel was built upon.

I like those window crank handles. Interior is almost too nice to hide under a hardtop! Definitely saved to the inspiration folder 👍

Love that wheel/tire package!

Threadlockers like Loctite Red or Green is what I wish I could apply to the multitude of loose nuts behind the wheel here on the roads of Southern California after they are subjected to proper tightening.

Watched the video when it was first posted, dont feel like sitting through the whole thing again. Didn't the guy admit he was riding the brakes pretty much the whole time?

Yes. The AMT kit is a '72, the Monogram/Revell ones are '74-'75 and they changed the character line in 1976 adding it full length for 1977. This style is the 1982-93 grille/lights. Also, the rear license plate in the door was gone after '78.

Lei, thank you; I'll get on it. The rims were FB Marketplace finds, I think; look much like 19' ARE five-spokers to old me. Wick

Loose nuts, bolts, studs, and bearing races can be easily prevented with Loctite anaerobic threadlockers.

received parts I need

There's a guy in Pakistan that will weld that sucker up good as new.

Hands down. De Tomaso Mangusta.

This is a 1/24 scale sports car series from Tamiya. This model kit is curbside, but everything fits like Lego just like all Japanese kits do. I built it as the 1991 Mitsubishi 3000GT VR-4 with LHD. The kit also comes with a separate RHD dashboard that you can install and decals to make this the Japanese market Mitsubishi GTO Twin Turbo.

There's also old style/new style taillights, I don't know the year of the change. The AMT kit is the older body so it doesn’t have the character line which is just above the rear wheel opening and stops just before the front wheel opening on the van pictured. When the character line was added the vans didn't carry it to the front doors at first. I would imagine there were different bumpers too.