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Thanks for the input there JC. I understand that part and what you've got here is for an electronic fuel injected engine. What I was trying to pull off is a neat & tidy way of getting fuel to the carburetors by way of a fuel rail instead of two fuel lines just hanging up above the R/H valve cover. I'll PM you in a bit pal. Thanks again, Joe

Wow!! I mean WOW!

I do what I always do when I have a temporary "block" and moved on to "greener pastures" with the inner fender well test fitting stage. I'll get back to the issue at hand in a couple of days. I've already had to modify the fender wells as the rear part also doubles as hood and door points. Not the brightest of ideas by good ol' Revell but it's what I've got to work with. Right off the bat I found that there was no way that the firewall was going to fit between the two pieces so I modified that to where the fit was satisfactory to me. After that I marked where the front brake lines were so I could make the cut-outs for those. Next'll be the molded detail removal process. Pics coming by tomorrow more than likely.

That is cool Paul!

Love it! Love it! Love it! Really nice work going on with these Chuck! Man these Moebius F-100's seem to be the hot ticket. I'll be in Austin in a little over a month and a half and I'll probably snag one of these bad boys. I've always liked the way these trucks look.

Man I appreciate that Ray!

You as well as your grandson are awesome Paul!

Way to go Ludwig!! That's some good work right there!

Gaaah!!! One word................AWESOME!!!!

Ok fellas. I'm at a junction here with the fuel delivery set up. I've got this far off of good research photos and am at a stopping point. I've seen one photo of a fuel rail type set up for dual Hollies but the details are lacking outside of the basic fuel rail. The idea is to plumb a neat and tidy fuel inlet to the back of the rail and route it down behind the engine. This is one of those points where you get a good feeling when you're putting it all together only to feel not-so-sure about it after looking at it for a while. I've used a piece of .062 solder, primed in black and then shot with a coat of chrome alclad for the rail. Ideas or thoughts would be appreciated right now. My only reservation about taking this thing apart to possibly correct this would be damaging all of what I've done with the carburetors and linkage. Thanks for any input....

LOL. I've been a mechanic in Corpus Christi for close to 16 years now. The salt in the air here will rust the buttons off of your jeans if your not careful. lol. I hear you on the rush to get folks back their transportation on the recreational and business sides. Recreational is a lot easier to deal with than a guy loosing money every day you have his / her vehicle. That kind of pressure sucks. I have a good time building models though and try to leave myself enough time to make it to the next show.

Thanks Bruce! Hopefully I can get some more pics up soon....

I usually take a step away from the trouble and work on another part of the build that I'm on or just take a short break.

Carl: Thanks buddy! Rob: Thank you kindly sir!

This is gonna be good!

Now that's a neat build. Great work Mattias!

Looks great so far Ty and welcome aboard!

Good lookin' Fox Body there Tim! Welcome aboard!

One from each genre as they are both my best efforts.... Automotive: Monogram 1970 Dodge Challenger T/A and one from the aircraft side: 1/48 Tamiya Fw190 D-9

Looks pretty cleanly built to me! Nice job!!!

Thank you there Andy!

Thanks a million fellas! You know when I posted the finished pics I didn't foresee as much response as this ol' build has gotten. Wow! Thanks again you guys.

Thanks Dan! I'll give it my best shot. I can focus on this one alone now that I'm finished with my AMT 37 Chevy. Hopefully I'll have some good progress on this thing in the weeks to come.

Well I took the glamour shots this morning and am content with how this all turned out. Lot's of touch up and some parts replacements along the way helped out some. The paint is all original with only clean up and a polishing with Novus to bring out the shine. On the original build I never installed any glass or headlamps so right off the bat there was an improvement there. Wheels and tires are all replacements (front tires from the Revell Motorcraft T-Bird Pro Stock kit, front wheels and rear tires from newer boxing of AMT's 37 Chevy and rear wheels from the Barris T Buggy kit) with some tricks that I've learned here and there to enhance those items. All exterior chrome was replaced and the hood was added as well. I'm not just real happy with the hood but I'll work around that for now. Interior is all original with no upgrades other than cleaning up. The engine is terrible and if it weren't for the fact that the headers were visible all the way up to it I would have left it out. All in all this has been some good fun with little frustration and I've even got to try out a few tricks and ideas in what was unchartered waters before this build. Is this my best model or will this win in any shows?? No. It does, however, have it's place inside a good display case to pay tribute to some of my earlier days 30+ years ago. With any luck it will last another 30+ years............ Thank you to all who encouraged me on the WIP as well as those who stopped by to look in. Now.....I focus all my efforts on the F-100. To recap. Beginning shots: (Take note: The front tires have melted away from the wheels....the heat was terrible in that back room!) Finishing shots:

Finished up with this little guy this morning and took some "glamour shots". I shot this one over to the "Under Glass" section just a few minutes ago. Thanks to all who encouraged me on this build as well as those who stopped by to look in.