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She looks awesome !
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I also have recently purchased this kit as well but it will be a bit before I start building it ....... I'll be following this build though.
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Cool Build !
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Looks like we will have a baseball season after all..... first games set to play April 7
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Liberty Walk Lamborghini Aventador
Metalmad replied to Jay's topic in Other Racing: Road Racing, Salt Flat Racers
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Looking Good !
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Very Cool show and a great turn out ...... and I was surprised that I took 1st & 2nd in the Street Machine & newer category with my 1957 Ranch Wagon Del Rio 1st place & my 1970 Dodge Super Bee took 2nd place.
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Just wanted to throw this out there that there is a Model Show at the Ventura Fair grounds tomorrow Feb 27 in Ventura Ca 8:30 am to 3:00 pm
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Hakan thank you for the info on the location of the spark plugs but unfortunately it’s to late to relocate the holes plus I’m not building this kit to be a exact replica. I was able to get the decals applied this week which went fairly well except for the number decal that is located on the rear hatch which it is two separate decals and I was not able to get the little v shaped decal to apply on the air scoop correctly for me so it was not used.Next I will hopefully get get her cleared this weekend.
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Right On ! Nice build !
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Small update this evening which I was able to finish up the detail painting on the front coils and the rear coils plus the two small arms that are for the rear sway bar assembly which was all done by hand. Plus I also sprayed a coat of primer on the front and rear brake rotor assemblies as well. That’s all for now !
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Got a little bench time in today and I started filling in the grooves in the brake rotors which does not look realistic to me at all which I will detail later after they have been painted and for some reason the grooves molded in them just really bothered me. I also started detail painting the front and rear coils which will take sometime to finish and I also started experimenting with the Vallejo acrylic sky blue paint and the Upol clear to see if there would be any reactions between the two but so far no reaction between the clear and the acrylic paint.
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Saturday was a good day today which I was able to get the front of the motor detailed as well as getting two of the rear air ducts painted and some of the front and rear suspension parts. I was also able to get the last coat of paint on the the front and rear inner fender structures as well as getting the rear inner vents and the pedals painted. Tomorrow I may tackle tapping off the the undercarriage to get the areas that need to be painted the dark blue before I paint the rest of the body and undercarriage areas that will be painted the body color.
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Got home this evening and checked to see how the inner fender panel structures looked after the first coat of paint and noticed a few blotch’s so I sanded them lightly with 1500 sand paper then wiped them down and then shot them all with a few more coats of blue. I also decided to mock up the body with the interior door panels , dash and rear cab panel installed which I’m glad I did because it was not fitting correctly. So what I ended up doing was sanding down the backside of both door panels a bit and I thought I would have to sand down the top of the rear cab panel as well but as I inspected the fit of the panel it just need a little more finessing into the floor panel and then everything fit like a glove.
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Jason ... Yes the engine will be fine in the engine bay .... I will be adding some detail to the engine like the plug wires and possibly some fuel lines but I did notice that the kit does not provide a ignition coil so I will be going to my parts box to find the appropriate coil to add to the engine bay.