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Nice work ! Looks like its bashed its way through some mangrove stands and croc hangouts..??

Its not plumbers tape, its 'Multi purpose HVAC foil tape'

Well it's been almost 2 years since I lost Riley..and in walks this 3.5 month old stray with no name and no owner looking for her, so of coarse I am fostering to adopt her.. Everyone, this is Ziggy One green eye, one blue, mature beyond her age..loves people, cats, and other dogs? I'm in love Cheers

Picking away at a Stroppe racing Bronco.. The 312T4 and a Nascar chassis '55 Cameo are waiting on the bench... Lost two close friends in the last 6 months to Cancer and it just took the wind out of me. I'm really enjoying following along with your builds Chris ..keep it up?

Looking great Chris?Please dont stop the updates Cheers

Nice progress! The Tamiya paint looks like it laid down fairly well?

So the story goes Back in 1967, Rod Hall, a young gas station owner and four-wheel drive enthusiast, heard about a new event while Jeeping with friend Larry Minor at Pismo Dunes, California. It wasn’t the normal gymkhana that he’d done before, but a 1,000-mile desert adventure in a land with no maps, few petrol sources, and even fewer towns. The two pooled their funds, bought a stock Jeep CJ-5, and mailed in a registration form for the National Off-Road Racing Association’s (NORRA) Mexican 1000. Between the starting line in Ensenada and the checkered flat in La Paz, they dodged tire-shredding cacti, baked in the unrelenting Mexican sun, cleared hill and dale, got lost a dozen times, tossed their tools out (too much clanking around), and ate soggy sandwiches their wives had packed in a cooler. With only a whiskey compass and the sun to navigate by, they somehow made it to La Paz. It was the opening chapter of a carrier that would span five decades, many continents, a number of vehicle brands, record-breaking winning streaks (35 straight, which still stands) and put its lead character in the history books. Rod Hall pulled his championship Ford Bronco, which he won the 1969 Mexican 1000 in, from the Off Road Motorsports Hall of Fame’s museum in Reno, Nevada, and sent it to Samco Fabrication for a full restoration. The Bronco, which was built by Bill Stroppe, has a past is as storied as Hall himself. After Hall and teammate Larry Minor drove it to an overall win in the 1969 Mexican 1000, it was sold, raced, resold, and then retired to a Barstow, California junkyard. Half buried in sand and nearly forgotten, it was discovered by a local race fan and restaurant owner, and put on display in front of a Denny’s. In 2003 it was donated to ORMHOF and found its way back to Hall. Hall remains the only driver to win Baja overall in a four-wheel-drive vehicle. This was unceremoniously plagiarized from Chris Collard @off-road.com written in 2016 Rod passed away in 2019 I flipped the bed tray for the ribs, made a gas tank from sheet styrene, and ground out the back of the grill, added plates to the roll bar (still more tubing for that) rollbar and fender flares from Fireball model works Added the 4" lift from Joseph I will try to build it as the refurbished ride you see in the third pic in first post More coming Cheers

This is the shot I remember seeing in Hot Rod magazine, back in the day... And when Revell came out with a stock Bronco, I just had to build one... The Parnelli / Stroppe Bronco is cool, but the better story comes with the Rod Hall/Larry Minor Bronco...IMHO it just looks better Here's where I'm at so far... Everything not box is from Joseph at Fireball modelworks ... https://fireballmodels.info/auto_main.html ...made the bonnet scoop from a '71 Cuda shaker hood.. More to come ..hopefully Cheers all

One of my favorite models, you are doing some nice work on the interior tub, and surrounding details? I think I did the same error in fuel line assembly on mine hehehe.. fixable , but annoying... The trans paint looks great... is that Tamiya XF-56...or Duplicolor ? Keep it going ...looking good

Man this is looking good Ian.. I remember drag car wallpaper back in '68..9ish front engine drags were the bomb? Watching

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That came out great Tony Love the stance, and the paint looks awesome??

Wicked design and build..Well done??

Nice work John, good to see you back and posting ! And Kurt, man that bike is sweet ! Keep it up gentlemen

#28 Great progress going on here folks! Got some weathering done on the old girl, fiberglass bed sides and steel cab, looking pretty close.. This is the first clear coat Duplicolor Wheel Matte, over multiple layers of craft paint,.. over Duplicolor Red oxide filler primer Still haven't decided on an engine yet... Cheers Cannonballers!

That came out great Helmut !

Nice start Justin..Love those 1/20th Tamiya kits.. Keep it going..Cheers

Great finish on the Dodge, Bill ! Awesome progress on all of the builds, someday soon I am going to need to hit the bench ..!

Good to hear John !

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Nice work on the Brabham Alan! I've got that one in the stash as well..hope it comes out half as nice as yours ??

Nice work on that Camaro Jim, your friend will love it!

Nice finish Randy?

Nice work on the Husky Scott ??

Haven't seen anything out of John since the beginning of March..hope all is ok