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Thanks Dan, Jeremy, Greg and Carl. Greg: I've got the fix under way already but that's not a bad idea. Carl: On HELL no!! If that were to happen I think I'd lose it. Naw really....that part is still ok.

Been missin' the progress on this build. Any updates JC?

Anything on this one?

How tha hell did I miss this one?????? I'm definitely in on this Wayne. Wow! I still can't believe I didn't see this. How 'bout a Hasegawa Arado 234 B-2?

That's a real beauty Wayne! Always like seeing what you can do with those Sherman's.

Sure Jason.

Thanks Jeremy. I'm moving past the last obstacle. I've stripped the paint job, replaced and relocated the hinge on the door and have primed and repainted the door trim panel. I've also added a filler/ seal strip at the rear of the flooring so that you can't see through the floor at the body/ floor joint at the end of the flooring. Additions to the interior include an issue of Hot Rod magazine on the coffee/ TV table and a pair of John Lennon sunglasses that I applied chrome BMF to the lenses on. Sorry....you just can't be too cool when you're builin' a street rod.

I've got a Malibu wagon body that Perry's is casting right now. It's going to take you somewhere in the neighborhood of about 6 or so months for him to get to it (and that's just the way it is I'm finding) so patience is your friend. He is hard to get a hold of but from what I understand he takes a lot of pride in his work and turns out a good product. Right now from what he says, it looks like he's unsure of what he wants to do with his business as he seems to have a lot on his plate.

Thanks Kevin. I've been throwing a lot of time and energy at the '54Chevy as of late just trying to get it finished. You know how it is when you want something finished and it just won't cooperate? That's what's happening with the Chevy Sedan Delivery I'm building. It's one thing after another but I'm getting through it. I had an opportunity while paint was drying on that to switch back over to the Arado this morning. Pilots seat is done to include arm rests (which were a PIA to install BTW) and installed. I'll be working on the back wall where the battery and other details are and working my way forward after I take care of the nose gear bay on the bottom side of this whole assembly. Here's the progress as of this morning though: ( The seat belts are actually dirtier than they look in the picture-here they look practically brand new....wow) There's ALOT to this pit so I'm probably going to be on this part alone for about 1-2 months.

Now that...............is the kind of aircraft builds that I like! Wow!

These days I'll take any encouragement / eggin' on with this thing that I can get. I had the door / hinge all set into the body yesterday. First off , my initial attempt on opening the door was frustrating because I forgot to allow proper spacing from the edge of the door to the door opening on the hinge side so there was interference there. I was able to remove the door and hinge assy and sand the edge of the door to allow for proper opening and closing with no interference. Secondly, once I fixed that and installed the door/ hinge for a second time I ran into the body not sitting down on the frame all the way in the back because.......................... I forgot about how low the hinge was positioned on the door. The hinge made contact with the floor before the body could be set all the way down on the frame. So off comes the hinge again......only this time I created a noticeable vertical crease line on the exterior finish on the rear door. So I ended up separating the interior trim panel from the door skin, removing the door hinge rod from the interior panel and dunking it in brake fluid again. I was able to save the exterior finish on the door skin with wet sanding and polishing...............thankfully. I cut another door hinge rod to a shorter length and shortened the hinge mount to the frame and will position the door hinge further up on the door panel. Here's an illustration that I modified to show what I did and what needs to be done here: The short black line is where the floor is making contact with the hinge. I need to position it up well out of the way to allow some room so the lower part of the hinge needs to be where the red line is. A bit of overkill on the higher up position but it'll definitely be out of the way. I'd like to refer to this as..............backwards progress to remain positive about all this.

This is off the freekin' map!!!!

Thanks for the encouragement here fellas. It's going really slow now the closer I get to the end of this build. This Thursday I'll have the funds to grab some more paint to finish that hood off. I just pray everything goes well so I don't have to strip it for a fourth time. If I have to strip one more painted area I'm gonna go crazy.

This thing is just crazy looking.................but I like it!

I have an idea that this thing is really gonna look good when it's done. Keep at it Kerry. You've really got my attention with this one.

This is as much fun as watching the dang car come together Rich!!!

Yeah that MEK is some nasty stuff and it's best to stay far away from. I've got a story I'll share with you later after I get back from my sons basketball game. Meanwhile I like the way this thing is shaping up.

Thank you Greg , Carl and JC. I hit a snag that I hadn't anticipated concerning the rear door hinge. You see...............this is the available room that I have at the L/H side of the door opening between the opening and the couch: and this is the OOB molded in door hinge which would normally work great but won't with the addition of that couch. It's not such a big deal at the bottom hinge but you can see that there's not enough room in there for that upper hinge. Yeah.............that aint happenin' So I broke out my spare kit and robbed the inside door trim panel, removed the molded in OOB hinge and broke out a piece of 1/8" brass rod, adhered it to the door and formed a door hinge rod out of some thick ass wire. Believe me.....this stuff aint gonna bend for nothin'. The idea is that the pivot point is at the door and not the body and now I have all the room I need to open and close the door.

Un..........believable.

Thanks Bruce and Richard. I got the TV glued down to the table yesterday but had some difficulty in getting the body to fit right on the chassis due to not positioning the TV in the right spot on the table. This morning I was able to remove the TV and reposition it on the table to allow the body to sit properly onto the rolling chassis. Looks like everything is fitting the way it's supposed to now. Looks like I'm down to the time consuming do-dats and what-not's of this build. A bunch of little stuff that always seems to take up the most time with little to show for in the way of updates so those'll be far and few between. I may wet sand the rear of the body around the back door and polish that up some as there are some rough spots back there. Meanwhile, here's where it's at now.

Man this is wild indeed. Wow!

Man this is rich in creativeness. Good show.

Love the fabrication skills there Rob. Lookin' good.

Beeeeautiful work Dan! I really like the interior on this car.