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Thanks heaps Daniel. If I was in the States, I'd hand you one of them crappy kits ? Your builds are fantastic too ? So I can't wait to see what you'll do with those ideas of yours. Cheers..... Geoff

Great job. Love it!

Cheers thanks Ray.

Interesting! ?

Nice clean build.

Really looks the part. Great job.

Nice build.

Nice clean build. Looks almost like the real thing!

Nice build.

Nice job. Looks like it's coming together well.

Nice resto job!

Great start Flynn. Keep at it and let's see your progress along the way. Nothing focuses you better than knowing you have to post your progress and end results in this wonderful forum. Happy and healthy building ??? Cheers..... Geoff

Thanks for your kind words David. Still a way to go but happy with it so far. Today's focus was on the disc brakes. Had a few mishaps along the way but have managed to get 3 discs and just one caliper done so far. I need to trim the wheel boss down to bring the brake assembly out further to the rear of the rim and paint the inner wheels gold. Otherwise, I think it's looking the part of the real thing! What do you guys reckon? Cheers...... Geoff

Thanks David!! Thanks Ricky. The camera does make it appear that way, but the Nova windows are rectangles, same measurement top and bottom, so the B pillars do have a rearward slant to them. Got the ruler out and checked them, all good ? Today's efforts were spent on sanding and filling the C pillars and making a few fittings for the fuel cell. I'm happy with the way it's coming together. A little bit of sunshine today but still not warm enough for any serious painting. As always, feedback comments most welcome. Cheers.......Geoff

More interior work on the Falcon and then an attempt at the brake disc/caliper combo. Shaped and drilled the shifter mount. Built the control switch panel, extinguisher button and brake bias knob. Glued the disc brakes to a piece of scrap plastic I cut from an old calculator case then cut them apart. Cut off as much as the plastic as I could with the trusty number 5. Drilled a hole in the first one, mounted it on a spindle and chucked it on the Dremel. Then whilst it spun at lowest speed, fed a file against it's edge to round it down. Applied the silver paint marker to it's face and edge while it spun. Glued the Wilwood caliper to a thinner piece of plastic sheet, cut it out, touched up the edges with a black paint pen and glued it in place on the disc. Looks pretty convincing mounted in the wheel ? Happy with today's progress but realising my attention to details is going to extend this build beyond being a "quick one"!! ?? Oh well, at least I'm having fun and stimulating the old gray matter ? Keen to hear what you guys think. ? Cheers..... Geoff

Pulled the tape off the Nova this morning and was pleased to see the results of the past few days' work. I'm happy with the result so far. Just going to let the body sit for a day or two to make sure the glue dries out completely. Note to self - buy some Zap kicker when next at the hobby store. Next will be some filling and sanding to smooth off the roof to pillars transition. Then add some stripping to reinstate the trim pieces around the side and rear windows. What do you reckon guys? Cheers...... Geoff

The weather has not been conducive to paint, so I'm focusing on the interior and hoping the weather improves enough over the next week to get the body painted at least in primer. Rebuilding the gear lever mount. Just need to level off the sides to the top. Thinned the gear lever shaft down and gave it more curve. Started building the handbrake assembly and switch panel. The pink handbrake is the internals from a cheap ballpoint pen!! Perfect for the job. Hogged out the instrument panel and replaced with flat sheet, ready to receive the Racepak dash module. Mocked up the vent holes on the hood. Found some good images of Wilwoods and discs. Resized and printed on photo paper via Corel Draw. I'll paste them onto some plastic sheet of a decent thickness, then cut them out and Presto! Instant brakes ? Cheers...... Geoff

Thanks Chris ? Another couple of hours at the bench today on the Nova and my other build, the Kaufman Falcon. Yesterday I thought I had securely glued the right pillar into place, but alas, it let go on me when I bent the top edge towards the rear screen. More goop and let it sit. Then had another go at getting the top edge aligned with the rear screen. The Tamiya tape is staying put for a good while to make sure the joint doesn't move as the glue sets up. Fingers crossed coz it's looking pretty good right now!! Cheers...... Geoff

Nice clean build.

Cute car Claude. Imagination is a wonderful tool ?

Nice build.

Ford Design Chief J Mays hired in Chip Foose to consult on the Forty Nine design. Info sourced from Hemmings.com Cheers........ Geoff

Thanks Ricky and Daniel. So far, so good! Cheers David. Yeah, I was holding my breath as I picked up the Dremel ? Thankfully, the added B pillars did their job in holding the roof in place whilst I performed the surgery. Cheers....... Geoff

Confidently he shapes the left side pillar and glues it into place. After letting the glue do it's job, I cut the right side pillar out and fitted the replacement. The stars are shining on me today!!! Cheers....... Geoff

Thanks Carl. Much appreciated. Got a couple more in my stash that might end up being similarly themed one day. ? Cheers...... Geoff