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That looks great so far Darren. I haven't dove off into the fabricated hinge work yet as I feel like I've still got a ways to go skill wise till I tackle that. Looking forward to that interior work.

Man I love Hueys......ALOT!!!! You've done a great job on this Lee! Awesome! Seein' these things fly these days'll dang near bring a tear to my eye. Memories brother.......memories....

Thanks Ira and Dave! I worked with the L/H tail pipe today and that is proving to be difficult due to the critical nature of lining both exhaust exits up exactly at the same angles and lengths. I've already made a second tailipipe and now see myself starting over again with a third. No worries...I'll get it right.

Looks like you made it past the warpage issue fine Arno! Great work on the whole thing!

Nice build Rich!! I've got this kit in the stash and it looks to be a good kit to build. It even comes with a little photo reference book which was a nice touch.

Thanks Carl! I just wished I'd find stuff like that before moving on. lol Still trying to get the correct angles to match it up perfectly with the R/H side but we're gettin' there.....

Great planning so far John! I'll be in on this big beast!

Looks like a fauxback box for this reissue: Now THAT ....is cool!!!

I noticed that the tips were not to scale thickness so I took a step backwards and removed the tips, drilled 'em out to scale thickness and then coated the tips with Future to retain that polished look over time.

Thanks for the heads up Jim!! I'll be trying this in the future.

Outstanding model here! Keep this stuff coming as I love to just watch and learn from builds like this. Awesome work Mark!!!!

Slick! More pics please.

That grille and the bumpers look great JC! I really like how this ones coming along. Nice work!

Nice choice in wheels!!!

What is this Simichrome polish you speak of? Hmm

Gator: Thanks man! It worked for me. Carl: Thanks buddy! I got one tail pipe formed and the exhaust tip mounted up this morning. Will be working on the other side tomorrow morning. After that I'll get everything secured in place and from there it's on to more engine detail.

Thanks Tim! I'm slanting towards option #1 it looks like. I did go out today and get the aluminum tubing I needed from HL. Here's how it looks right out of the package.. So I cut a section and chucked it up in the Makita drill, grabbed some steel wool and went to town........... After the steel wool treatment I grabbed some Novus #2 and a polishing cloth. I dabbed some Novus on the polishing cloth and spun the drill up again on a low/ medium speed to polish the "tips" up. Here we are now with some nice exhaust tips. You can see the contrast between the side that was chucked up in the drill and the polished part. I'm happy!

Nice idea! Keep it coming Ira!

'Preciate it Dave and JC! Well I've got the beginnings of the tail pipe routings and am at another decision point as to where I'm going to go with the exhaust. First off here's todays progress... I have two options at this point and both will involve chrome exhaust tips. Option #1 is to drop one outlet per side which will look great from the top side but looks a little funny on the bottom side to me. Option #2 is to drop both outlets on the same side which looks more uniform to me on the bottom side but to me doesn't look as good from the top side. I never was too big of a fan of same side exhaust exits though..... I've still got to go pick up my aluminum exhaust tips today so I've got a little time to think about it.

Carl: I made them out of the same solder but drilled the ends out in order to hollow 'em out. I just couldn't bring myself to end there though. Dan: Thanks buddy! Progress on this thing is super slow due to my not wanting to get ahead of myself and have fit issues. For instance, I glued the exhaust into place yesterday and I found a small glitch this morning when test fitting the cab onto the chassis. The rear of the cab contacted the mufflers so I had to trim the cab to fit onto the chassis correctly. So far it's coming along ok. I'm going to run the exhaust straight out the back and am going to start looking for some either AM exhaust tips or I'm going to fabricate my own and use a little chrome alclad on them. Anyways here are the beginnings of the tailpipes....... The stance is dead on so far in regards to how I wanted this to look overall. I keep getting closer and closer to having this thing done in time for the Austin show in October...............

Thank you Richard, Gator and Dennis! Carl: Thank you sir! I actually have given thought to that but I want to try exiting the exhaust. I've got my turn downs made but think I can push the detail one step further with the exhaust.

Whadda job!!! Wow!!!

I like this unique twist to this kit! Awesome conversion!

Looks like a well planned and laid out build here. Great work so far!

Gator: Thanks! I'll get past the paint issue. Honestly I'm glad I stripped the body all the way back down. I noticed a nasty warp in the body up front and it would have resulted in a "twisted " look had I not caught it. A little bath in some near boiling water and I was able to straighten the twist right out. Mike: Thanks for your encouragement. I bought some Tamiya acrylic red paint and some acrylic gloss clear this last weekend and will now be shooting my paint through an airbrush vs. the rattle can approach. At the very minimum I'll have more control. Carl: Thanks for the good word Carl. I'm glad to be back on it too buddy. Just got a little overwhelmed with how I wanted the exhaust and a little frustrated with the paint issues but we're moving forward now. I got back on the exhaust again this morning after taking a day off from it. I got the passengers side exhaust lead pipe formed, the front of it pinned so it would fit into the exhaust manifold and then got the length trimmed off so that the muffler would sit nicely beside the other one. All I've got to do now is drill into the muffler so I can pin it to the lead pipe then I'll see about how I want to go about with the tail pipes. If I do tail pipes I'll most likely make them same side exits with chrome tips. If not , it'll be turn downs. We'll see..............