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Thanks, Greg. I love my little vise. I have other vises but they're kind of personal. ?. The PE saw is extremely useful, especially for removing chrome parts from the sprue in this particular kit where sprue cutters won't work very well. Thanks, David. I actually didn't injure myself in the process! That's impressive. ?

I've had luck "ribbon curling" thin styrene cold but heat sounds good. I didn't mean to blame you about the interior thing. It was my attempt at humor that sometimes fails to be funny. I've reached a point in my build where I've lost interest and want to move on but then I feel guilty about it. Starting them is easy but finishing them, sometimes, is more like work. Almost there though.

Greg did a really nice detailing job on his interior and I was at the point of just painting the damned thing and getting on with it. But I then felt shamed ?. Okay, so even though I had a coat of primer on it I thought I should make an attempt to at least make some cranks and handles. I started by drilling in the centers of the hardly visible escutcheon and then discovered I could center-drill a piece of .100 evergreen rod and slice off thin pieces with my PE saw blade. I could then insert an .020 brass wire through the door panel and slide the new escutcheon down the wire and hit it with a tiny drop of solvent to bond it. then I found I could center-drill a piece of evergreen 1/16 rod and bend a piece of .020 brass wire into a crank shape and CA glue the wire into the rod. I then sliced off the 1/16" rod leaving a knob on the new crank. I finished off the knob with a drop of CA. The handles are just more .020 wire bent to shape. Simple. Not great, but adequate. Better than nothing. You can probably cast some handles and cranks but for me it's just not worth all that. After the interior is painted, I will add the new hardware and paint appropriately with Molotow and some ivory enamel. Easy. ?

Looks like you're going for broke, Greg ?. I like it! I never noticed the cowl/fender line. I was gonna laze out on the interior but you shamed me into adding some detail. As far as the sproo-goo goes, it seemed like a good idea. I got lucky and it didn't sink much. I haven't used Milliput. Maybe I should get some and see what it can do. You're gonna be OK with the .020 fender welt and don't sweat the body color on the welt - it'll be fine. Just don't try to attach the .020 around the high crown curve with solvent because it may break. I started in the flat area with solvent to get a foot hold, letting it set up before pulling it around the curve where I used CA . I learned this the hard way. ?

I always get a kick out of instructions that were interpreted by a non-professional. ? I will attempt buying these purification cup only to prevent my clogging to paint with. ?

Vinyl top paint was available way back in the day. I used it on a '72 Fury I was going to flip. I wish I could remember more.....?....it had a bad transmission.....I remember that...?

Oooo, I didn't mean for you to test it...hope it's OK ?. I just wondered if it could be used over and over. I remember buying full size paper strainers from the body shop supply house that were throw-aways. Wouldn't that be nice if we had little ones? Hmmmm......

Yup. It's like us gun nuts say : "it is better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it" ?

Greg, are these filters "cleanable"? The plastic housing may be a no-no for solvents like lacquer thinner or other hot solvents. Aztek is water base as well as AK paints, right?

Nice job detailing the exhaust, etc. Not easy for some of us (me). Maybe a bit of rust on the resonators and tail pipes would be appropriate. Here's how I recall the '57 Ford back home in Southern New England: ?...sorry, had to.

I totally agree with David ?. I'm stealing all your ideas ?.

Thanks, Dave. Roanoke is just too far for me these days.

Very cool, Alan. Very cool. Raising the rear fenders and deleting the 'boards to create the illusion of a section job is a brilliant idea (which I plan to use, thank you.) I think you have set the bar with this one. Super nice paint, too. Congrats!

Is this event held regularly around this time of the year? I knew about it because I just missed it last year and have been watching for it here since. Well, I missed it again. ? Was this the only notice or did I miss one earlier on? There's not a lot of these events around south eastern VA but this one is only an hour and a half drive. I would really like to attend this one next year if I'm still breathing.

Hey, David, I have the same '02 kit. How's your hood? On the outer surface, there is some "sinking" that can be felt. Block sanding will be needed. I'm not seeing any flash, it seems fairly crisp. I am scratching my head, however, over what was plated and what was not. ?

Great start David. You must be a patient man to be able to mask that floor. I have this kit waiting for me so I will be following with great interest ?.

Great idea using the grille from the '51 Chevy kit, Alan. You are entering lead sled heaven with this one. Very cool. I'm following! I think we're gonna need a separate category for the '41 Plymouth ?.

Thanks for your interest, Alan. I hope you have a better time of it.

Thanks for you comments, Tim. I value them greatly. There was a long period in which I did not build any car kits. I wandered into aircraft for a while but not in depth. I missed a lot of car kits while they were in their prime. When I jumped back in around '04 I got more deeply involved with customizing, and kit bashing. I caught the '41 Plymouth kit in it's....golden years, apparently ?.

This is how you beat a poorly designed kit into submission ?

You could use it for that but it only makes left turns ?

Thankfully, Zippi gave this one new life. The bodywork is incredibly nice, Greg. After seeing this, I think I may be sold on sprue-goo.

This is where I get lost, Paul. Can't wait to see what comes next.

I wish I had thought to do that with the rear pan....actually, I wish they had thought of it.

Thanks, Greg.....I have work to do ....edit: I really like the air filter, my garage is filthy too ! ?