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Wow!!! That looks awesome!! ...............and SHINY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Great work Richard!!

LOL!

This outta be good!

What youre doing so far looks great Greg!!!

Well folks. Here's what the driveshaft looked like before all half hangin' out of the xmsn. I managed to cut a piece of brass rod just the right length and save the u-joints and yoke from the original driveshaft, pin 'em , position/ phase 'em and glue 'em into place. . and then a real light coat of flat black with a drop of gloss clear in it shot on at around 30 psi to give it a smooth and metallic look......and we're in business.

Keep the progress coming there Luke!!

Looks like a great color and definitely a cool subject Dan! Ken's got it right with the Alclad. Those wheels'll take a turn for the better for sure if you went that route.

I didn't know a thing about the style of headlights used in those days. For some reason I just always assumed it was done with the ol' bulb and filament idea. Thanks for the history/ information on this and whadda build Art. You're really showing some true plastic modeling skill here.

Another E body!! Perfect!!! Great wheels and tires and awesome interior work !! Hate to see the luck with the body though. Will be watching!!

That's almost exactly the color of your picture of the real thing!!! Gettin' close............

Greg: LOLOL!!! Thanks I'll be more careful next time! Fred: Great seeing you again dude!! Just got back from a hockey tournament this last weekend. My son's team didn't do well but he had a total blast!!! Thanks for the good word! Mike: Thanks for your input as well. I'll keep that one in mind. Being a mechanic / technician by trade I'll make sure of the U-joint phasing.

Welcome aboard Kevin. I was stationed out there in Leesville at Ft. Polk for about a year and a half. Great to have you on board!

Man I really appreciate the kind words there Carl. I learn more from you all than you'll ever know. Thanks pal.

Thanks fellas! I have some brass tubing I think I'll try. It'll be better than a short D/S that's for sure.

That's a pretty nifty little rig there Luke.

Holee schmokes!!! There he is!!! Good to see you Dan!!!

Dude that turbo fabrication is just tops man! Ha ha HA!! Wooo hooo! Keep bringin' it brutha!

That's about what I have in mind really. I actually have some brass rod that'll work as well. Either way, that driveshaft is way too short.

I was working on the hood and firewall to stall myself long enough for a problem to resolve itself and I think it did. I was looking on my work bench at a broken 1/8" drill bit and was about to toss when I had another thought. I could use the smooth /arbor side of the drill bit for a master cylinder pivot point for the brake input linkage and rods. I cut the drill bit about 9/16" long, drilled a hole in the frame at just about the right point and pushed 'er through. It worked perfectly..... Something else also crossed my mind when I was doing some of the paint and body work pertaining to return springs. While I liked the idea of the wrist watch band retaining pin spring I was searching for a spring still yet smaller and more to scale. I do like a lot of the scratch work that goes on with home made wound springs but I just wanted something with a little more uniformity in the coils. I think I might have found what I'm looking for. My headlight burned out in my truck yesterday and wouldn't ya know there's a filament that looks like a spring in there? LOL. While a headlight bulb filament is NOT the right scale, a 3157 light bulb...................is! Today I broke a bulb on a spare bulb I had in my spare parts drawer of my box (all you automotive style mechanics out there know the drawer I'm talking about too--spare bolts, nuts , fuses, electrical stuff, and just about everything to put a car together and run with drawer) . Inside there were two filaments: One larger than the other and both more than perfect for what my use for them was. The next obstacle.............lengthening the driveshaft by about 1/4".

Nice touch Ira!

This has got my "thumbs up" vote the whole way Richard!!!

Ron: I couldn't agree with you more on the terrible overall fit of the "Street Demons" kit. So far I have used the frame and a lot of the suspension components, the hood and main body and the rear fender blisters out of that kit. As of right now I'm glad I got the original SD kit because of the decals which are in tip top shape for being as old as they are. I'm using most of my parts from the latest Revell F-100 boxing. You've probably seen it around but it's kit #85-4914 and the parts are somewhat cleaned up with of those nasty ejector pin marks (which look like appendages on the SD kit) mostly gone and a lot of the fit issues fixed. I now have two of these. If I don't use one of 'em I may have a spare for you should you want it. Thanks for the encouragement here because there are days that I'm just STUCK on how I'm going to get past the next obstacle and it does get a little frustrating and discouraging. I'm figuring it out slowly and as I go but it's coming together. My hang up will be if I screw up on the decals. In that event I'll be in the market for another SD F-100 kit. Hopefully I'll have this bad boy done in time for the show in Houston on August 1st and if not, there's the IPMS show in Austin on the 10th of October. Fingers crossed all the way............ Ok fellas. Now for an oversight on my part. I initially removed the hood emblem from the front of the hood. What I forgot about is that given the fact that I am going to stick with the body look on the box top with the red paint and the flames I neglected to look at the decal sheet which clearly has a cut out for the hood emblem!! I've got two more hoods if I need 'em so I got this bright idea to use one. I cut the area containing the hood emblem out of one of my two usable spares: and sanded the area down on the backside until I had my emblem back. a little closer... and then BMF'd it. Whew!!! I was wondering at first how I was going to get through that obstacle and am glad that problem is solved....... Now..............to the next challenge............

Thanks Carl ! I'm really looking forward to polishing this one up and making it a mirror shine as it's my first true automotive paint job from primer to color to clear. This shade of red is exactly the shade I was hoping for!

All of the Cabovers posted are incredible! Mine do not compare, but here are a few that I have built over the years. Attached Thumbnails http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/post-15693-0-00338500-1432860674.jpg http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/post-15693-0-44526500-1432860991.jpg http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/post-15693-0-61781200-1432860886.jpg http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/uploads/post-15693-0-34830600-1432860767.jpg Brian:Don't compare to what? Those are righteous man!!!

You're really throwin' a lot at these two models John!! I look forward to more updates.