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I thought of doing that but honestly this process only took little more than a half hour and I'm used to graphing stuff in to places on aircraft anyways so it's not a big deal to me. I have the mindset of doing whatever it takes and here it seemed to work perfect for me. It would have been a lot simpler if Monogram would have actually put stuff on the firewall. Although I did find out after I did this that the Revell AAR Cuda firewall just drops right in! lol (Next time I'll know.)

Thanks Carl! Yeah that pen helped me out a lot.

Thanks James! That P6 should be a nice build! At just over a 200 mph top speed it was a great final salute to the last of the bi planes.

I was wonderin' where you got off to. Great work Jim

Ha ha!! My 10 year old is just getting into models and I always know where mine end up and always know who to talk to about it. lol

Thanks Andre! I think I spent about a month and a half on the engine build up alone! lol

Thanks a lot Dan!! I'll keep you posted on the DB build and the detailing is gonna get stoooopid!!!!

A good 'ol Jolly Rogers build eh Rich? Looks good man! I filled in my wings pretty much the same way. While under construction: and finished:

Ok fellas! Today's update. I re-focused my attention back to the tires after Monty gave me a pointer or two. I was mostly happy with the outcome but think overall its my lack of experience with the white lettering on these tires. I touched 'em all up a tad and ended up having to completely start over on one rear tire due to the "G" just disappearing when I tried to wipe away the paint after a disastrous touch up session with it. No worries, I had an extra one in the stash. Hated robbing one but hey, that's modeling. I'm going to stop while I'm ahead with these things before my OCD starts kicking in. What I want to do is paint about 5 sets of these things in succession to get good at it..........NOW ( I do this kind of stuff when I get frustrated-I spent a solid hour stretching sprue over a candle and ended up mastering that so well that I can get sprue stretched well beyond hair follicle diameter every time!) but I don't have that kind of time this morning............................maybe later. lol ! Here's before: and here's now: other progress this morning was the installation of the now painted blower motor into the firewall and initial painting of the battery. I've also got the master cylinder holes drilled for the brake lines and the reservoir cap retainer. The engine bay(looks like I got a little carried away with the paint on the battery--corrections coming.....): As a feeler for a future project, I was wondering from the crowd if (after I'm finished with this Challenger) if I could start a WIP here on an upcoming project I have. I'm not going to build the whole thing here but planned on building at least the power plant end of it here in it's own thread. We're all gear heads here so I was wondering if (when I get to that point) if I could build at least the Daimler Benz DB605 here from my Bf109 build that's coming up? Thoughts? If I it's not recommended then I will post it in the All the Rest section but I'm having a blast out here in the mainstream building with you guys. Here's the kit (and yes ...........this thing is it's own kit in 1/48 th scale). I don't know what the parts count is but it's alot and comes with an 8 page instruction booklet. The Eduard Brassin engine in 48th scale: One page out of the instructions: and the resin engine block:

Carl: I have a couple of pics of the paint pen below. Elmer's makes it so I've given the name and part number for you dude. James:Thanks for your comments bud! Jim:I appreciate the encouraging "chime in" !

Lookin' good this way Ira. Do you have a control console for in there any where?

Keep at it Jason. I may extend the deadline some. I have some room with this one pal. No problem Danny.

Man I hate that Justin! If your luck is like mine you'll find it two builds down the line. lol . Lookin' good here BTW.

Heya Richard. Thats exactly what I did with mine too. Worked like a charm. I gave the wing a little extra support. I'll go into that tomorrow. It's beddybye time for tonight. Got a big day tomorrow! lol

Thanks JT! You know this build was a complete nightmare for me but it was a good victory at the end because I didn't think I was going to be able to finish this thing at all. As a matter of fact it ended up in the trash can twice!!! Here's a couple of shots of the wing fit (which both wings gave me ALL the trouble) and this "hinge hole" along with the nasty gap! and this stuff!!!

Thanks again Eric! Not one of my more pristine builds and I still have to do a couple of things to it after looking at it a while but overall I'm happy. I'll build another one of these in the future with some PE spokes though. lol

Thanks Eric!! Lemme know when you tackle a Luftwaffe build. I've got plenty of reference material.

Thanks Dan! Carl:Thanks and I'll have a pic of that Sharpie posted later on. I got it from Hobby Lobby of all places. Monty: The advice is appreciated very much. I'll give that a shot with the sandpaper. I'll be revisiting the toothpick idea again as I tried it at the time of painting and it was hit or miss on getting the excess white out of the "holes" of the letters. I'll try sharpening one up a bit now that the paint has dried and cured out a bit. Thanks bud.

Voltage regulator painted and wired up. Now I just have to find some 48th scale stenciling decals laying around in my stash to put some lettering on this thing and gloss it over once.

This is looking great so far Joe! I went from 48th scale stuff up to 24/25th scale and the amount of potential detail increased by 50%. The potential for detail in a 1/12 would be sensory overload for me! Looks like you're setting up to do this one alot of justice!!!

I've reached that point with a couple of my builds here and there Danny and understand the dilema. Youre still doing a good job on this kit though.

Thanks Dan and Tom. With the time that all the detail in consuming I'll probably be on this thing for another two to three months!!! lol Joe:Thanks man! I just couldn't help myself once I got started. lol . I do TONS of research when I build so I don't leave anything to imagination. Cars I've found are alot easier in that regard because for the most part there's plenty of examples and the reference photos are plentiful. I'm having alot of fun with just that aspect alone. Jeff:Thanks you sir! I haven't gotten into the resin copying yet. Maybe I'll drift that way the longer I keep my position as plastic surgeon of the house! lol

Lookin' good Dan!

Awesome garage and awesome fabrication Richard.

That'd be the way I'd do it. That's a clean 1:1 ride you've got there from the looks of that interior Pat.