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[stulee11]

hi all been away from the bench for a while as life got in the way... but i am back now with a new project to play with hope yall like and will follow along for the ride... as always any comments and help will be much appreciated....

thanks stu

this is the model




this is all the body out ready for work



as you can see i am opening her up fully

Edited by stulee11, 03 September 2012 - 04:21 AM.

[Dr. Cranky]

Looking forward to seeing more . . .

[stulee11]

few more



started on the rear door hinge



thats all for now

thanks for looking hope you all stay and watch

thanks stu

[cobraman]

I am very interested in this build up. Great start.

[tooltas]

is it going to be out of box or hotroded with small block v8 all the good stuff

[stulee11]

is it going to be out of box or hotroded with small block v8 all the good stuff

mostly oob just adding wiring and little bits... and i might be changing the wheels to... but who knows where this will end up cuz i really dont lol.

[stulee11]

hi all a little update rear door is fully working now ...



firewall is in place a bit fiddley as i cut the doors off first lol



and finally my choice of wheels



hope yall are enjoying the progress

see ya soon

stu

[nboldman]

i like the 5 spoke mags, but they may cahnge upon the color choices. Gonna be sweet!

[slusher]

Very nice progress..

[stulee11]

hi all back again with another small update...doors are on and working... but i could do with a little help here now. on the doors and front wings being as i cut open the doors there is a gap do i fill this or leave it ???



did a little moch up




hope yall like the progress... and as always any coments good or bad are more then welcome...

thanks for looking in see ya soon

stu

[nboldman]

I would fill the gap as i dont believe it would be there on a 1:1 version. Maybe someone else will chime in with their .02

I think it will clean it up for when your displaying it with the doors as well. I like the fender skirts.

[Tom Setzer]

These gaps are a problem with most kits that have opening doors. All you can do is to carefully fill the gaps! There are a few things you will have to take care with on this kit and this also goes for the Fleetline: First you need to test fit evrything as there are a few places where you will need to do some reshaping the the paarts to get them to fit properly. Second is the fact you have to be very careful shaping and fitting the Photoetched parts, as they are easily damaged. Third you must check the parts carefully for some hard to see flash, that can cause problem later in the build.

[blunc]

Fill the gaps...if it went faster than 30mph the doors would start vibrating due to the air getting sucked into the gap.

[stulee11]

thank you for the advice... took on board and now in the process of filling and test fitting...@ Tom Setzer thank you for the heads up with the small probs on the kit i will watch out carefully now lol... more pics to come later on...

thanks stu

[cobraman]

Looks like your doing a fine job with this kit.

[stulee11]

hi all a little update... filled in them holes just doin the last round of filler work on them..




and while waiting i thought i'd do some on the engine

[stulee11]

last one



the thing i like with this kits engine is the fact there is the spark plugs in the block so adds a nice bit of detail... hope you all are enjoying...

thanks for looking in


see ya soon with another update


thanks stu

[Olskoolrodder]

That's looking FANTASTIC!!! Awesome job on the doors and engine

[stulee11]

hi all back again... this time i am in ned of some advice please...



as you can see the dash board is held in place by the door cards... but being as i have opened the doors up there is no where for the dash to sit... could someone please give me some ideas on what to do as i am lost lol...

heres another view




hope someone can help me lol...

thanks for looking in

stu

[nboldman]

I would glue it to the cowl right below the windshield.