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Will you have a dog sitting in the driver's seat as the driver? Just kidding. This should be a be a great one to watch. will be staying tuned.

Once the model building bug bites you its hard to stop. Will be watching closely on this one.

Looking forward to completion on this one. The sports racing cars from the fifty's were such beautiful cars to look at. Works of art instead of designed by a computer for maximun downforce but yet minimum drag. In other words, very sexy.

I make most of the decals I use for myself, and they are also very thin and hard to work with. Thats why when I make a sheet, I make two or three extras of each decal on the sheet because I know I will probably mess up a couple of them. It's a little bit of extra ink but at least I won't have to make another whole sheet. Thats where the expense is, in the actual raw decal sheet itself.

Tim, another awesome build from your bench and I'm sure the recipient of it will be very happy to get it. Let me take a wild guess here, that car was an ex-Petty Plymouth!

Joe, after 30 years you haven't lost your touch. Super nice build to get back in the game with, so to speak. I've heard putting yellowed decals in a sunny windowsill for a couple of days will bring them back to life, but I have never tried it myself.

For as obscure as this build is, about the only decals you will be able to get are this type. Have you checked with "Three Amigos." I hear they make very good custom decals.

Got the shifter and fire extinguisher finished except for paint. Finally got the firewall flattened out. The stock Camaro firewall is all over the place, but the Banjo firewall is flat all the way across.

Bob, I have become a big fan of epoxy especially the clear kind that comes in dropper bottles that you can use over and over again. Such a wonderful substance.

Another unbelievably awesome build from your bench, Pierre. Your mastery of weathering is better than I've seen anywhere else and so realistic and not overdone to the point of not being believable. It truly looks like you went back in time and obtained the real winning car and shrunk it down to 1/24 scale. And you always pick subject matter that is so interesting to learn and marvel at how back in 1955 such complex high-powered machinery was already in use and could take the high-speed beating that they took and still finish after 10 hours and a few minutes of utter machine breaking abuse by the super talented and brave drivers of the time. Thank you so much for building this project and sharing it with us mere mortals.

Mere words are not enough to express the level of excellence this model possess. This might be the best build I have ever witnessed on a forum. Thank you very much for posting it.

Superlative in every way. The cleanliness of build and quality of the finish is through the roof remarkable. Thanks for posting it.

Thanks guys. Like they say, it's tough getting old, but I'm not about to throw in the towel yet. If this build takes more than a year, so be it. It will get done eventually.

Thanks Donato. I've never not finished a build and I don't think this one will be the first. But I have noticed my skills are not what they used to be. I started this thing last September and I'm hoping I can get it done at least in less than a whole year.

Looks amazing, Pierre. The wheels are the icing on the cake. Let us know when final presentation is ready to be viewed in the under-glass section.