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post-9531-0-57765100-1343441495_thumb.jppost-9531-0-41074200-1343441512_thumb.jpSmall update - the Mallory coils are painted and were glued on after this pic was taken. Anybody have any Mallory decals that would fit? The arm will be weathered and the glove finished and Simpson decals applied.

Thanks for looking.

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post-9531-0-94467300-1343525932_thumb.jppost-9531-0-17257500-1343525943_thumb.jppost-9531-0-88516200-1343525982_thumb.jpThanks John. Check for a PM.

Chris- the area for the decal is .085". If you have any, that would be great.

Dave- thanks. I have some updates. I found some Simpson decals the right size on a Slixx Nascar goodies sheet for the arm and also see the pic of the arm when it was up for auction recently. Now I just need to dirty it up.

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post-9531-0-22268000-1345390198_thumb.jppost-9531-0-00573400-1345390209_thumb.jppost-9531-0-16654800-1345390221_thumb.jpUpdates - I extended the front frame, painted it, and added the bumper. I'm happy with the results. Any comments or ideas are welcome. I also added the front wheels. At some point I want to add the front brake lines but don't know where they run. In the shots I took of the Sentry Olds car, I can see they run somewhere under the chassis. Hopefully I can get back over there when it suits Bruce and get a few more pics.

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Do the lines converge at a T and then one line goes into the frame rail and back to the master cylinder? Or do both lines go into the frame? Thanks for your help Dave.

Bill, thanks for the encouragement. Love your work.

The gaps that you can see in the frame extension were filled in with scrap styrene before painting.

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post-9531-0-63618300-1346114479_thumb.jppost-9531-0-08978200-1346114491_thumb.jpMinor update - I dirtied up the fake arm by rubbing a little black wash on it and then rubbed some graphite from a 6B pencil on my fingers and put that on the arm. It stuck really good because I used flat white as a base. I also added some upper brackets for the wheelie bars, soon to be added.

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post-9531-0-87718000-1348343930_thumb.jppost-9531-0-82962200-1348343936_thumb.jpA couple minor updates. I made my first attempt at making a barrel valve. Got it painted and added some scrap photoetch pieces to the air scoop to hold both valves. I also have the brackets (top and bottom) to hold wheelie bars on. Now to make the wheelie bars like Ted showed in his video.

Question to those who know - what is best to attach styrene to photoetch - super glue or epoxy?

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Anybody have any Mallory decals that would fit?

Dave, I might have missed it, if someone else answered your question, Slixx has two Mallory decals .54" x .22" on their new 1/16 scale Drag Racing Contingency Sheet. I have them in stock.

You're giving me the incentive to get back on my In-n-Out Funny Car.

Dave - Great shot on the latching system. Never knew how they handled it.

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Ted- Chris is sending me some Mallory decals. They need to be small enough to put on the ignition coils. Thanks anyway. PLEASE DO get back to work on your funny car. Looking forward to more. After looking at the pics I took of Bruce Larson's Sentry Olds, I noticed a couple of frame braces that I wish I'd seen before I started. Oh well.

Bill - thanks. The updates took time because of other stuff. We all suffer with that "other stuff" disease. I need to check the progress on your car.

Thanks guys for the encouragement.

Sidenote- I found an Epson printer at work that they are going to scrap and I cut the drive belt off. It's about a half inch wide and is ribbed. It cuts very clean and I'm making a blower belt for the funny car out of it.

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