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I know right??!! My how our hobby has changed. They catered to us kids way back when......and they're still catering to us kids now. lol Good call on the horn ring as well bud.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! Man......that left (OOB) tire looks like a dang front tractor tire!!! Glad you had the ones from the 62 Vette.

Yup....mine too. There aint nuthin worse than getting a build all finished up and seeing a baseball bat with a ball on top for a shifter and a baton for a turn signal lever. Nice thoughts to include them in the kit but hey.......they look like what they look like. Looking forward to more bud.

Thanks Donato. Had some time today to get some major progress done in regard to the chassis. Managed to clean the exhaust pipes up of all mold lines and paint them up. Mufflers were treated to a Matte Aluminum BMFing. I mocked up a spare engine and set it in place with the chassis upside down to give me an idea of where to position the exhaust and once positioned, installed the crossmember and glued everything into place. I also received my Black BMF in the mail yesterday so I was able to put that down over the fuel tank retaining straps. Pretty much finished up here save for the exhaust tips installation which will happen once the body is installed permanently over the chassis/ interior module.

That Joseph Osbourne sure knows how to make a convincing carburetor. Thank God for alternatives to the kit "blobs" for that part of the engine.

Great calls on the seats and again on the shifter. I almost NEVER use an OOB shifter anyway just for the reasons that you have here. Too clunky and oversized. Really shaping up nicely Greg.

The vinyl seat coverings and door trim looks extremely convincing and the details are very eye catching. You're doing some good work in here Gil.

LOL!! I've already seen that.

I built a Corsair for an older friend of mine for Christmas around 8 years ago and I thought the old fella was gonna fall out when I gave it to him. It's a good feeling for sure.

Models as gifts ALWAYS go over well. Especially when they are this well built. Good on you man.

Thanks Jeremy, Little bit by little bit the chassis is getting more complete. About the only things I have left to do now is the exhaust install, apply black BMF over the fuel tank retaining straps and tone down that crossmember to a semi-gloss finish. That'll be easy enough to do as it's just laid in place in the photo below. I will say that getting the exhaust pipe placement may be a little tricky but what I'll do to help that process along is to build another mockup engine from one of the three kits that I have of this car and tack into the chassis so that they'll be in just the right spot. I simply CANNOT believe that this build has taken me this long so far.

Thank you for the good word Mike. We should have a path forward as of today. It's been a looooooooooooong week man.

Now THAT'S how it's done right there Michael. LOTS of detail and exceptional build. Just unbelievable workmanship that went into this build and it all looks very convincing. Sorry for the loss of your two friends bud.

This one came out VERY well Michael. I'll be picking up a set of those seat belts from Futureattraction as those came out exceptionally well. I'll be lookin' in on the completed thread of this one.

That's a lot of detail on that engine Bruce. Coming together well bud.

This'll be another good one to watch.

You could always re-do the foil work if you choose. Especially for as much work as you're putting into this build. Looking good buddy.

Heya Steve, If you don't mind, can you explain these processes that you use to weather the firewalls and engines? I'd love to know how you do this.

Great work on getting rid of the bulletbroof window paneling. That clear sheet fits in there like it was made for it.

As with all of your work in the past and now this........you seem to set the bar higher each and every time you build something Steven. For a while I got stuck in kind of an assembly line approach where I just did everything the same but you've inspired me to expand my skillset with each and every new build. I truly admire you as a modeler and thank you for going the extra mile to explain your processes.

Looking forward to seeing what you'll be doing with this one Barry. I had a 306 in my Fox Body Mustang. Fun times........

Dude that engine looks crazy good. Nice n' weathered up a bit and I absolutely love that carburetor. Is that a Fireball Holley?

Looking forward to it bud. Try not to put undo pressure on yourself for the show. Just focus on getting it done no matter if you miss the deadline. I crammed one year and missed stuff that I normally would've caught.

Very cleanly built Eric. These are some very well detailed kits right out of the box and I'm glad that Revell decided to re-visit this car and come up with some new molds for it.

A little progress while I'm commenting here and there. This is around two weeks work and believe me.....what you're seeing here is anything but a boring black suspension. There are 3 different shades of black along with some other similar but slightly different colors splashed here and there. Still gotta put the brakes and wheel backs on, install the crossmember and exhaust system and apply black BMF to the fuel tank retaining straps.