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Jim Yates "Splitfire" Firebird Pro Stock


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Built this one using the Summit Firebird Pro Stock kit. I was trying to build this one quickly to try to get to other projects, so I only added minimal detail to this. Also, if any of you have a spare set of wheelie bars for this kit, I would be interested in them. I managed to break one of them, and had to steal from another kit.

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Thanks everyone! B)

It looks really good look so real what did you use for the parachute lines going under the chassic?

John Pol

Thanks! I used electric hookup wire with a very thin strand of wired wrapped around it, and then painted flat black.

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Oh, and btw, this was my first time using Testor`s "One Coat" lacquer. It goes on really thick, but the results were very nice, IMO. I think I only used 3 coats of clear, and didnt have any trouble sanding through when I wet-sanded and buffed it out.

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GREAT job, David!!! You did say "minimal detail" didn't you??!!!

Thanks Doc! Yeah, for what I wanted to do. :D I didn`t have the photo-etched belt buckles I thought I had (thats why there are no buckles on the belts) and I totally skipped the firewall detail I was planning on doing. And I had no reference pics for any of the detail in the back, so I pretty much left that go.

I am on to the Fram top fuel dragster now. :) That should be a little more detailed.

Thanks.

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