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Thanks Carl! I painted the shocks this morning and glossed 'em. I also glued the differential/ spring assy to the chassis. No pics today but might have some tomorrow. Will definitely have it on wheels by Friday it looks like. I would've had it done by tomorrow but my truck crapped out on me last night on the way home. Lots of fuel and no fire makes the 'ol truck behave funny.....and it didn't make me very happy to get stuck either!! Ah well, I was at least able to get it towed to the house an hour later to be able to fix it in my driveway anyways.

A "modern art masterpiece" in the works here!!!

Looking forward to your selection there Danny! BTW your pic is posted in the intro buddy!

I took several Chevrolet Volt and related hybrid vehicle courses last year with GM and found out that the hybrid vehicle racing circuit has been smoking supercars for a while now. The power is instant and seems endless!! I watched a video (and cant remember where it is for the life of me now but am sure with more time I could find it) of what looked like a tin can of a car on electric power smoking a well built and healthy car. I mean that electric ride took off and left the gas powered car. It's all coming out of the experimental phases with just a few more kinks to work out now thanks to modern technology giving way to better powertrain management strategies but it seems that there is definitely a future ahead for these types of vehicles on and off the road.

What he said. Keep it to a simple single engine job to start with there Miles.

Thanks John and youre right. It seems like the 80's Monogram car kits are a bit lacking in detail. The aircraft are the same way but I really like the exterior rivet detail on those. The aircraft kits make for very upgradeable kits because of the rivet detail feature though. 'Preciate it Dan!! I've been called alot of things but not an overachiever! LOL!!! Thanks Tim!!

Acrylics seem to be catching on more and more and this guys got its use down pat! Love the paint work Tim!!

Man you are right about that. You'll hear a hundred different ways but in the end you'll develop your own techniques and styles that work best for you.

I used to run between 10-15 psi all the time and wasn't happy with the results. I found that with cranking the pressure up and thinning my paint down and not opening the needle any further than I just have to it gives me the results I'm after every time. Like I said though , it works for me.

I'm tellin' you guys. You've got it all wrong! That's gotta be an elderly person who mistook the accelerator pedal for the brake pedal. Looks like they got it backwards in this case.

Man those are suuwweeeet!!! I really like the drag version! Awesome detail and paintwork John!

Man it looks good from this angle Bill!

Now that's funny! LOL!! I hadn't noticed until you mentioned it. It makes sense though. Why would the fuel lines be run on the opposite side of the engine where the fuel pump is??

Interior looks sharp!!! As others have said, "Good luck in the paint booth this time around."

Wow!!!!

One of the things that I find most surprising about the chassis of this kit is that despite the accuracy of detail spent on the basic chassis piece ( fuel and brake lines, contours and shape of the fuel cell and other details that I haven't seen on a lot of other kits) is that Monogram totally dropped the ball on the rear suspension/ axle area. Where's the shocks? I had to go to my donor newer Revell Challenger kit for those and they where way too long. This is how long they are.... So I went to work again. We start here: and cut it at the shock sleeve area like so: I cut a little over an 1/8" off of it and drilled into the two halves Then took a pin that I had laying around and glued one end into the lower part of the shock and cut the other half of the pin off to leave about 1/8" protruding out of the lower half and slid the top half of the shock onto the pin and glued 'er in place... I think I can live with the length now. A little more clean up tomorrow on the shocks and some top side mount plates and it's off to the painting process.....

Hey John that's a good looking build for your first one! I know of alot of folks just starting out that don't make it to the finish line and end up chucking the whole build so kudo's to you for sticking with it. Don't get down yourself too bad as we all start from somewhere and none of us get to where we want to be in modeling overnight. Take your time, be patient and stick with the helpful people here on the forums and you'll take your modeling to places you never thought possible. You're doin' great man! Keep the momentum going and keep up the good work!

Man there's no stoppin' you with the good paint work is there Tim? Wow!!

Man those guys have really had an awakening in the last couple of years because they keep turning out some really cool kits. Stuff like that new tool 109 and that He-219 and that Ju-88!! All I can say is keep it coming!!!

Now this................is off the charts. One would to have a mountain of patience and creativeness to take on and finish this. Really good build Harry!

No, I'll end up extending it for a bit and can afford to run it into April as I'm running what looks to be a highly successful Bf109 GB (Hell it's ony been active for about two months and it's already at 950 posts!!!) an Automotive GB that's doing fairly well elsewhere this year. I like the folks here and am not going to cut anybody's legs out from under them in the middle of a build. This has really been a fun GB here to where people can build "other stuff" with other folks who build "other stuff".

Will do sir!! Bring that 49 on pal and thanks for contributing to the GB.

Thanks Carl! I didn't do just a whole lot to this thing this morning. I got the transmission crossmember and some other front suspension components painted black and got the driveshaft painted and glossed. Will wait a day or so before posting any more updates as there hasn't been enough done to post anything. Hopefully I'll have the chassis on wheels by Thursday anyhow.

I love Mustangs but I'm having trouble with the "new look" . Maybe it'll grow on me after a while the same way 87-93 Fox bodies did back in the day. I didn't care for them much when they came out either but they ended up growing on me and now I love 'em.

You know I've had a build or two that went that way Danny. Somewhere in the middle of it I just wanted it done and off my bench. I will say that you've done a good job on this build with that mindset though. Hang in there bubba and I'm looking forward to that 49 Ford of yours! I'll get a picture posted in the intro when I get home tonight Danny. Which pic do you want me to post?