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and I re-endorse it another 100%!

Thanks Mark! Yes siree it works pretty good. 'Preciate that Dave!

I like that shade of blue on that chassis!!!

Been there...............done that! Hang in there Rob.

Thanks Carl! As it turns out I may not need the spare door as I was able to get it out of the opening in one piece. Progress pics... Mold/Seam lines present: Mold/Seam lines gone..... I've got a little bit of sanding work to do to repair the bottom of the door and to smooth out all the edges of the door as well as the door opening but it looks like it'll work fine. It's funny about that thread trick. Never thought thread would cut this stuff.

All this fab work on that car body is turning out great Rob! One day I hope to be able to do stuff like this and make it look as smooth as this.

No prob there Kevin. I'll be going with the box theme. Black with reprinted OOB decals.

Thanks Lloyd and Jim!! Man you've got that right on the POJ kit there Lloyd as this thing is giving me a work out with my least favorite part of building.......bodywork! lol . I've been in Kansas for the last week and took the body with me to clean up all the seams and mold lines. I ended up smoothing them all out, however while I was cutting the rear door out with sewing thread I got off track and cut into the dang door! I've got another body if I need a spare door though.

Man that looks clean!!! I love this stage of a build as it's a down hill slope from there...................unless I've got a lot of sanding and buffing to do!

Man what a finish on that one!!! Beautiful Vette!

Thanks Nick! John: I hear you on the "moldsteps". LOL! I appreciate the encouragement on this beast. I'm going to finish it one way or the other. I'm getting ready to go to Kansas for this next week. I'll be taking the body with me with some clean up tools in order to keep progress moving along but I decided to post some of the progress since Friday. I did manage to smooth out a lot of the mold line issues on the whole front clip. For instance, the mold lines on the top of the fenders are now gone and I'm filling in those nasty hood hinge cut outs: The upside down "L" 's are gone from the front of the fenders on the sides: and the disgusting seam line between the headlamp opening and the hood line are now gone as well. Still got some work to do to the hinge openings but here's little bit more clear view:

I've been missing the updates on this one.......

Carl: I appreciate your good comments buddy! Jim: Well whaddaya know??? He's back in action!! It's really good to see you back Jim and you have been missed. Sorry I haven't been in touch for a while as I just have had my hands full. Thank you for the good word on the build and I'm looking forward to checking that Blazer out. Dan: Man that is one hekuva understatement on the mold lines. I aint ever seen this many on a model. I think they managed to put enough lines on this one for 3 models worth!! I appreciate the vote of confidence. Sorry I've been out of touch with you as well. I'm hoping to make the show in Austin this year. Maybe we can hook up again.

Thanks Carl. One of the good things about just picking up another kit for a specific part is that I get a lot of other parts with it. I've got several engines, wheels, tires and a slew of other details that will come in handy for builds to come.

I've never seen NMF on a Widow before.............but I like it.

I'm really getting a workout with my body work skills with this ride. I forgot to mention these areas too: The seam line that looks like an upside down "L" beneath that body line there. Wow! and this: What's fairly surprising to me, even for Revell, is the total lack of headlight buckets for the lenses. No bucket, no bezels...just pop a lens into a hole and that's it. I have to credit Mr. Greg Pugh here for the idea of fixing this problem. I approached it in a slightly different way but he's the drive behind this fix. Thanks for the tip Greg. I bought this guy here to rob the buckets/bezels from ...( Hey, I got it for 40% off at HL so it wasn't too expensive of an addition) I frenched this one in there to show the difference this is gonna make by cutting the headlight opening back to match the headlight buckets diameter and trimming the inside of the opening so it would fit. In the following pictures you can see where I've gotten rid of a lot of the riff-raff in regards to seam/mold lines with the initial sanding. Wet sanding is to follow. I'll be taking care of the hood hinge cut-outs as well by filling those in. Viva la difference: I've still got a looooooooooooong way to go on the clean up just on the front end though. As tough as it's gonna be , it's far from impossible I can promise you that!

Ok I'm mostly finished with the rolling chassis and interior. I still have to build a master cylinder and power brake booster for it and add the brake lines but I figured that I'd start on the body some. To say that the body has it's fair share of problems would be an understatement. I usually see mold lines down around the corners and "what-not" but on top of the front fender? Really???????? This is pretty bad too.... and this is just nasty!! and then there's the fact that there's not a headlight bucket one for the headlamp lenses. That's right! There aint nothin behind the lenses 'cept atmosphere! Good grief!! I'll be Frenching in some headlight buckets later on..............

It's all but runnin'. Just turn tha key and let 'er rip! Details are lookin' good Tryrone. I learn all the time by watching your builds.

What a great idea! This is really cool!

Nice work so far!

Thanks Carl! I've really been working hard on getting this thing under way in the last few days as progress throughout the last couple of months has been fairly slow. Front wheels are completed in regards to wheel center caps and the flooring is now installed/ adhered to the chassis:

Thanks Lloyd and Dan! Dan: Ha ha!!! Man I've barely got room for what I've got in there! lol Well I took a break from all the test fit and prep work to get this thing to fit together. All that is going ok so far though. I mentioned that I was going to work on the wheel center caps for the front wheels. I just couldn't stand leaving the front wheels the way they were with no cap: I then took the two rear wheels that did have a center cap and sanded the backs of the wheels down until all I had left were......well ....the center caps: I then test fitted them to the spare front wheel that still attached to sprue. This'll work is all I've gotta say: Some clean up left to do but looks like I'm in business!

Your detail is all that and a bag of party mix JC! That engine looks fantastic!

Man that paint looks spectacular from here!!!

As for what paint scheme I'll be going with? I'm sticking with the box top on that. I just recently got my reprint of the originals in the mail....and for a great deal. I'd probably do 'em myself but I don't want to experiment with this one. Scheme: Decals: (The plates weren't part of the original sheet- I just had to do it!)