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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...

Foil and pix added….

Colors and execution spot on. Call me sheepish but it never accrued to me to add chrome to the convertible top until now!

The body, being two parts, did not fit well. The pins were too long and the locating holes were too small. I trimmed and enlarged them but the body seam still didn’t line me up as nicely as it could have. In hind sight I should have just cut the pins off and glued the two pieces together.

Item number 2 of the hotel builds. Due to Tony K, I am also building the Oberto Hydroplane. In this case I’ll be brushing painting the engine and cockpit. I’ll smooth the bote up and spray it at home. I’m trying Vallejo paint for the first time,

And then there's this, very interesting mix...

Good talking to you the other nite, DJ. Travel not by choice but necessity!

This thread is like arguing over who should be the Cleveland Browns QB....

Oh Look A Squirrel.....

Splash Paints has a 2x primer that might eliminate this issue, I purchased some but have not applied any yet. Any plastic might react to Tamiya primer/paint in my experience. Have you tried buffing yet?

Thanks, I have the parts to do this but the fit seemed sketchy to me. Maybe at a later date I can work on them.

Being away from home does have challenges, I'm only going back home every other weekend right now. Not having my model equipment is a challenge also. But I can build a travel box pretty easily. Every time I reach for something a write it down to see if I can bring it with me or purchase a new. My son Dylan gave me this Milwaukee Packout for a travel kit and there is most always a hobby shop nearby. More on the 911 to come...

Since I’m working out of town I figured I would attempt another Porsche 911. Sunday 9/21/25, just cleaning up mold lines, which are mostly hidden under the rear wing and bumper and the front fenders. But, I got time…

Very nice, detailed, documented, smooth and cool. Well done.

1. Revell kit, chopped with custom skirts. 2. $5 AMT kit, chopped and smoothed. Built in hotel while working out of town. 3.AMT Sedan, chopped with corvette bumpers and custom skirts.

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Stepping out of the normal comfort zone with this one. I might be white trash but a do have a soft spot for the 911’s. Pretty happy with the finished model, fitment was very nice and the overall design is outstanding. I will try another one someday.. Air Foil added….