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Lovely Elco, great colors, stance and detail. Well Done!

My work in Construction management has taken me out of town, living in a hotel for two weeks at a time for several months. Here's a couple links to some others I'm working on. It really helps with the down time.

It's the Tamiya kit #TAM24279

From a hotel build in Chicago to a completion at home in Ohio. Nice clean kit.

I brought this home for the holiday in hopes of painting it. And I actually completed it instead. This kit while being almost a snap kit, is well engineered and easy to assemble. I enjoyed putting it together.

“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.” ― Charles Bukowski

Hotel life is challenging to say the least. Tough scratch building without my home bench, tools and pieces about me. But it does allow me to focus on detail and when I can’t do a certain task I note that for when I am at my bench or if I’m able I’ll bring pieces back with me.

Smoothing the frame and building an intake while listening to Joe and Theo.

Still looking good....

Everything looking top shelf, Dennis...

This a very interesting build, I really like your roof chop technique. Looking forward to more of this one....

In a hobby with aging customers, such as modeling, it makes sense to evoke young memories and capture or dare I say recapture the spirit of building. I enjoy seeing the reissues and like the upgrades the manufacturers are doing with the kits. At this stage of my life, I couldn't possibly build the kits I have. And though I don't purchase many new kits these days, once in a while a re-release can be hard to ignore. Happy modeling.....

Brought the Show Rod to the hotel this time with a few things to help me along. Frame is puttied and I need to build a manifold for the twin blowers. It’s frustrating not having all my hobby supplies at an arms length!

Oakbrook, Illinois 31deg, cloudy and a frosting of snow at 6:30am.

Pretty basic snap kit, and brush painted interior. I’ll be able to rattle can the silver for the body but the black trim will be a challenge. I did lower the front suspension for a better stance. It isn’t “Jayne Mansfield’s Car” but it is cool.

No airbrush in the hotel so I’m trying some dry brush techniques and washes. The engine will be covered up anyway.

Back in the hotel after vacation and on the turbine hydro boat. Smoothing the shell, hood and foil. Mock up looks fair.

"The Great Pumpkin took 2nd in Hot Rod at the IPMS show in Erie Pa today" If this was 2nd, I'd love to see 1st! Yours is a stunning build, congratulations.

I'm pleased to have had 10 wonderful days in Daytona for Biketoberfest, saw many friends and visited many favorite spots. Got home without incident and now it's off to Chicago for work again. Thank GOD we live in a great country with great people!

Rig is coming along nicely, I bet that rack was fun to cement together.

I'm actually in a Staybridge Suite. I'll be here on this job for months, so I won't need to pack that often. Two weeks at a time home every other weekend. That middle weekend is the toughest!

This afternoon I finished cleaning up the body, removing the mold seams and priming. I purchased a 100w two pin bulb so I can see better. Hotel lighting is terrible. Up next will be chassis cleanup.

I purchased a two pin 100w bulb so I could see better. What it did was show a lot of needed filling and sanding. But hotel life has much time…

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Working on the fuselage, I first sanded the seams with 100grit, now filled with Tamiya Putty. Probably wait until tomorrow to sand again. This hotel life isn't for everyone...