Jim N

The property was pulled and is no longer up for sale. The back taxes would have been paid for by the current owner. The biggest problem with the track is that the owner got into a fight with the county from the start over the property tax valuation and the taxes. He never paid the property taxes on the property from when he took control in 2016 (I believe). He then got into a fight with NHRA, and the contract was not renewed. That was the death knell for the facility. It's sad because that is one of the premier drag strips NHRA ran on. Some people are builders and others are destroyers. The owner of this facility falls into the latter category.

Good for you. Some of their kits are going on sale at different places. Which ones did your order?

Great work! I echo what Rich wrote about the decal work over the louvers.

Looks great! You did a fantastic job with the paint.

Looks real good. You should be proud of this one.

Great job. The hinged door looks outstanding. Also love the color.

Turned out very well. Great job sticking with it.

Thank you for the replies everyone. I greatly appreciate it. I will try the Tamiya Flat.

I will be working on a race car that has a flat finish. It is white, which is why the yellowing is significant. I will have to paint is a gloss white and then apply the decals. After this process, I will have to apply a flat. Am looking for options for the flat finish before I begin. I did a search on this and did not find what I was looking for. Given the size of this sight, I likely did not do the search properly. I appreciate any assistance offered.

Check to make sure "Automatic Updates" is turned on. If you don't know where it is do the following. Press Settings then press General, then press Software Update. Make sure Automatic Updates is set to Yes. The updates will download and install automatically.

Great job with a very obscure race car.

Great looking build! I really like it.

Stunning, absolutely stunning!!

Great looking model! Really stellar work.

Great work! Looks really nice.

Great looking model. The details and the figures are outstanding!

Great looking build and back story.

Wow that is outstanding! Great work!

Great looking model. It looks like that would have been one beast to drive.

Great looking Thunderbird.

Great work! Truly one of the most iconic rides in NASCAR history.

Thank you, Pierre. I will try brushing it on.

Pierre, Thanks for the information. I bought a bottle of Quick Shine and am eager to see how it works. I do have a question as to how you clean your brushes. I used an airbrush to apply Future and cleaned it with Windex. However, I think you wrote that Windex did not touch the Quick Shine, so I am a bit reluctant to run it through an airbrush at the moment. I appreciate any information you can provide.

Thank you for the comment Brent. I appreciate it. I lower the stance as follows. The back axle assembly attaches to the chassis with screws. I cut off about an 1/8 of an inch from the posts on the axle assembly. The front has the holes for the axle to fit. The suspension piece, I leave alone because it is of a sufficient diameter. I enlarge the holes on the chassis to equal the suspension piece. I find a drill bit of the size of the suspension piece and slowly drill the chassis out. The axles have to be shortened considerably. I put the axle in a vise and a cutting wheel in my Dremel tool and shorten them. I do this by sight, so I do not have an exact measurement for you, but you will have to cut off more than you think. I hope this helps.

I believe that Lindsey Buckingham is very underrated. Fleetwood Mac was built around their vocals and harmonies, but when they let Lindsey rip, he was really good. Go Your Own Way, The Chain and I'm So Afraid are good examples.