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I'll be sure to fire away with the questions Clayton and thanks for all your input so far. I have an idea that even though this kit is going to be challenging, I'm going to have some fun doing this.

Man!!! And I was going to call you in the next few days too. I'll pm you sometime today. Are you going to the show in Houston at the end of the month?

Man...................I'm really getting the heebee geebee's reading all these issues with this kit but I'll tackle 'em one at a time. I've built some pretty bad kits in the last 4 years and managed to make them fairly acceptable to me.

Thanks Jeff.

Cool! It'll be good to have somebody else building this kit as well.

Freakin' awesome so far JC!!! That thing looks tuffer'n Hell!!!!

!!! That interior friggin' ROCKS!!! Dunno what else to say except keep the good stuff up Stephen.

Thanks Jeremy! LOL! I have 'em ALL the time. Thanks Brian. Thanks Eric! Ok folks. I shot the rear wheels with a coat of Molotow and I've gotta say that I'm impressed. I'll be letting this dry for the next 48 hours so when I come back I'll shoot the clear coat of Spaz Stix on to seal them off. The decal on the bed flooring turned out pretty dang good too and laid down nicely over the molded in detail.

Thanks everybody for the help and comments. It's appreciated more than you know. Jeff: What is it with AMT and their axles?? I built the AMT Der Beetle Bus last year and this is where the kit supplied axle kicked the front tires out at: Some modifications later I put it back in the right place.

If this is your standard of "alright" then I'd really like to see one you call good.

Thank ya Jim. 'Preciate that Bob. You and me both on the recovery. Whew!

Been there.............done that. Looking forward to the recovery Mike.

Don't find those kinds of leaders anymore in companies. Looking forward to seeing what you bring to the table here Pat.

Thanks Jeff. Didn't have a chance to get the box and parts pic today. Not started on it yet so I should be able to have it up soon. Here you go Jeff:

Thanks Carl! Well there was a big set of thunderstorms moving into the area starting at around 10 p.m. and ending at 3 a.m. so I needed to act pretty quick tonight so I could apply my gloss coat after reapplying the flames this morning. I prepped everything this morning and made sure to clean my paint jar out today at work. So I told my sweet wife and son to give me 30 minutes tonight to accomplish all this. I had one minor hiccup with the Alclad in the paint but think I can overcome it. N E wayz ..............I couldn't be happier with the outcome and the flames came out EXACTLY how I wanted them to this time. Bold up front and fading at the end of the flames. Taaa Daaaa........back on track now.

The body damage replication on this is incredible. I really enjoy good work like this taking shape.

Very Impressive work on something not seen built all the time. Good subject and killer build.

Didn't know this was going on. Any chance I can jump in here with my Pabst Blue Ribbon Freightliner? I'll post photos of the parts in the morning. Thankfully I haven't started on it yet.

Wow! That truck does have a tough look to it. Fantastic work!

Just be patient with me when I don't know what tha hell I'm talkin' about. I'll try my best to do some research before spouting something that sounds like I know what I'm talking about..................but you know how that goes. Thanks for droppin' in Kerry. Almost through with my "Demon II" F-100 build ( which took dang near a lifetime for me to finish) and I'll be able to devote 100% of my efforts here.

Well..............now for the rough part..............but there's a good ending. Back on the mend after a complete disaster. I just simply couldn't believe what had happened as I was applying the gloss coat on this. One one hand it was the picture perfect finish with maybe a touch up of wet sanding and polishing here and there.................on the other............a mess!!! Somehow the Alclad had managed to get ALL OVER the cab and hood. The only thing I can think of is that during the fading process where I tried to polish the Alclad in which to achieve a subtle effect (which was going completely my way) I managed to get it all over the place but couldn't see it. You don't have to look very close to see it. I didn't see this earlier but this "Wet Look" gloss is definitely the bomb. Notice the reflection writing on the light bulb on the hood. And this is with NO polish. So..........I was pondering.......... . My initial thought was to dunk it in brake fluid to strip the paint and start completely over. But the paint layers are thin enough to where I could shoot another thin layer of black on and start over......................so....................I did!! Man did the finish ever go on so much smoother than the first go round. Here we are back at square one with an even smoother base coat............stay tuned.................flames coming back up! Another foul up and a recovery to add to the mix. I was working with the grille and headlamps and decided to use some clear nail polish to adhere the headlight lenses to the buckets. If you've ever given this any thought..................PASS!!!! It quickly deteriorated/ stripped the chrome underneath!! Kit #3 had to be acquired to fix this. I started over and this time used some Tamiya acrylic clear to adhere them. I'll call this a "save". The disaster piece is on the bottom. Live and learn I guess:

I really like seeing all the different builds with these Foose F-100 kits. I've already got 3 of 'em in the stash now. Great work so far Eric.

Good lookin' truck Clayton. Glad you beat the PB blunder and put these up. PB...........pfffft.....whadda joke!!!

Daaaaaaaaaaaaaang!!! Impressive build bud! What tha heck is in there? A basketball court??

Thanks Brian................................stay close will ya...............I'll need some help with the finer details on rigs in general and on this specifically. Good God.......what have I got myself into........