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Any updates Jeremy?

I like the old Taurus SHO a lot and have never seen this kit. Looks like I may be hitting ebay up! What you're doing with this is awesome!!!

Well I spent most of the morning(appr 40 minutes) masking off and painting the exhaust. I'll be waiting on the paint to dry and then apply matte aluminum BMF to the hanger strap on each muffler. After that we're waiting on the chrome BMF to complete the exhaust tips that is now scheduled to be here on Friday instead of today. Well that blew all hopes of having the exhaust done by Friday morning! Oh well...........it is what it is. The exhaust as of now: and an updated shot of the interior with the dash in place and the shifter handle corrected:(I guess I deleted the pic with the handle visible! ). Will take one tonight as I'm out of time this morning. Gotta go to work you know.

From every angle I can see from here it looks like you've got yourself a winning paint job there. I seem to always have to take the extra time on the lighting and camera settings as well . Lookin good so far Pat!

Man Tom! That blue sure has a purdy shine to it!!!

Man John you are leading the way in modeling way beyond the sprues brutha!

I like watching builds like this take form. Folks can learn all day long off this stuff and never have to ask a single question! Great work Jim!

I did manage to get the shifter handle color corrected. I ended up just replacing the lever and painting. As for pics of the exhaust I did come up with a couple:

X 2!! The only thing I have to say about the finish is...................well .......................I............................umm...........................well.....................

Dang John! Thanks for the reference photos! Man I totally didn't see that! Something else I missed was the wood grain shifter handle....Jeez!! The door panels I'm liable to leave alone because it would require removing the seats and door panels (which wouldn't be easy this time around since I've got those suckers in to stay) and thank you again for taking the time to offer a reference and helpful suggestion. I will handle the shifter though. Its alot easier to get to and will make some difference in the overall interior. Jim: Thanks for the kudos and for the heads up on the mufflers! Every car I see has the regular "silver" color to the mufflers. I'm currently researching for photos on that. If anyone has any pics of it that would be helpful as I'm finding it hard to come up with those. lol Carl: Thank you sir! I will be foiling the tips but painting the mufflers black. Chrome BMF should be here on Thursday.

Engine looks sharp there Tom!!

That Vega actually looks pretty dang cool! (not the idiot version! lol) I could see doing something with that kit!

I'm looking forward to that part too. If it turns out half as good as the rest of the rig it'll be a smashing hit!!

Thanks Dan! My BMF will be here on Thursday from Sprue Brothers so I'll be able to get back on the exhaust and finish it. Until then I've been working on the interior. I kept all the original parts to the interior and freshened it all up a bit. The Dodge logo on the inside door panel that I had painted red, yellow and blue at an earlier age got repainted the silver color it is supposed to be and have applied a uniform coat onto the door so it's less sloppy looking. The same went for the rest of the interior. Anyways here we go: Before: After: Before: After: (the scuffed up portion at the front of the door panels will be hidden by the dash when installed).

That does look sharp! I just love those Fox body Mustangs!

I'm in!

I've used Tamiya and Testors and haven't had an issue like this. I wonder if it has anything to do with the decals? Your attitude is great Ed. Just keep pressing through like you are and you'll have a winner man!

There aint nuthin' wrong there!

I like the colors and detail on that engine Tim!! Rocker covers look sharp!!

This is the part I've been waiting on after all the other detailing you've done on this build! I'll be watchin', gawkin' and learnin'!!

Bonus build time today as I'm off of work! Original front seats done after taking the backs off , removing flash, reassembly , seam filling and painting and then a coat of semi-gloss finish to top things off. I tried a wash and didn't like it after the painting process so I repainted before the final semi-gloss coat.

You're doin' great Jeremy! That's a good level of detail in there! On a side note:(and this is in full support of what Richard is saying) Anybody who has a conniption fit over something you're doing or not doing to your builds are commonly referred to as "jerks" and jerks are everywhere. It's your build and anybody who doesn't respect that can fly a kite. Advice and constructive criticism are welcome things but opinionated, intrusive and offensive comments are not. You'll know it when you see it and unfortunately , you will. There are, however, more good folks than there are idiots thankfully. Rock on brutha!

Not much of an update but here we are with the exhaust most of the way done. I applied the base color yesterday and shot the black sections and colored the inside of the drilled out exhaust tips black this morning. I'm now waiting on the BMF to come in the mail to put the finishing touches on this. I painted the seats this morning and will tinker around with those a little more before posting pics of them. Here's the exhaust thus far:

First off,that's a really cool kit and looks to be a good build! Secondly those GLHS were fairly quick back then. The rest of the car fell apart around the powertrain but that particular 2.2 litre was a force to be reckoned with back in the day. BTW does anybody have a pic of that Cavalier kit?

Thanks Dan!!! I just ordered the BMF today. I forgot that the BMF I had was the matte aluminum stuff. Thanks Tom! I wanted to get more done today but wasn't moving around as well as I do most mornings. I'll probably have something more tomorrow buddy!!