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Eric:Thanks man! This kit was a total junkpile I can tell you that! I fought my way through the wings all the way. The wings are not operational. Just couldn't pull it off and make it look good at all. Kevin:Thanks buddy!

Thanks Eric and Kevin! This is probably my favorite build of all of them I have.

That thing is a friggin monster!!!! Will be watchin' this one!

Thanks Dan and I appreciate the info on the firewall Fred. It's too late due to the time invested but will be keeping that bit of information in my head.

This is cool! I do have one question....................where does this go on the model?

Thanks Dan! Well I got up a little late this morning but met today's goal of getting the window motor area and the voltage regulator sanded down and off of the other kit's firewall. Cleaned 'em up for the most part and will me mounting them soon and playing around with matching the original firewall color. I'll probably paint the whole engine compartment over so I can re-do the detail painting. We start with cutting out the general area here: Then sanding this down to where the needed items will glue onto the firewall without sticking out a half mile. I switched over to a file set up because it was alot easier. After about a half hour of patient and careful sanding here's the result. A voltage regulator and wiper motor assy / area that I can adhere right on to the firewall. Now for the paint........................................

The gloss on that thing is amazing. Hell even the windows have a nice sheen to them! Great work Tim!

I like!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks Jonathan! I did in fact come up with blower motor and voltage regulator( or at least I think its a voltage regulator up there on the firewall just to the right of the windshield wiper motor) that are on the other Revell kit that I have. I'll be transferring that detail to the existing firewall on this kit. I'll have to mix up some red to come pretty close to the molded body color in the engine compartment.

The good 'ol deluxe interior package. Looks good!!

That's lookin' good there Tom. Where do you get the "flocking" from?

I've got a trick or two up my sleeve Dan! Thanks buddy!

Thanks Carl! This morning I got up and was thinking to myself, "Now where are those heater hoses gonna go to in the firewall............and how about a blower motor??" This kit is totally void of that kind of detail. As a matter of fact this firewall has NO detail on the firewall. I guess it's the age of the kit. Here's a shot before the mods: Here's a blower motor I robbed from the Revell Challenger kit #85-4213. I measured it so I'd get the hole just the right diameter to push it through from the back side. Here is the firewall with heater hose and blower motor openings drilled out: and the blower motor test fitted from the back side. I still have to thin the firewall out to push it through to expose the blower motor housing accurately and to true it up in the hole. Now this firewall isn't going to be as accurate as the real thing but I plan on it being a hekuva lot better than it was thats for sure!

Now THAT'S funny! I didn't even notice that! lol

Looking good so far Ira! Give it to us man! Happy New Year to all you guys!

Will be checking in tomorrow Tom! Happy New Year man!

Thumbs up all the way on this one Tim!

For the wheel moldings Pat you could use some stretched sprue(I dedicated a couple of hours to perfecting this technique-it comes in handy with WWII aerial aircraft antennas). Then you still have the round look you're after and you can make it any size you want. That shifter handle is awesome! Can't help you much on the decal issue.

Count me in on watching this one. Man I hear you on the camera blues dude! I had a Nikon CoolPix S550 camera for a couple of years and while it was better than my phone, there was only so much I could do with it. I recently smacked down a few bones and bought a Nikon CoolPix S9700 a couple of months ago and while its not at the "top of the food chain" , it's still a "Bad A" camera. It was one of the best improvements I've made to my modeling experience.

Tom: Thanks man! I build over a computer style desk and pull out the keyboard "drawer" when working with stuff like this. Then it only falls a few inches and not on the floor. It's saved my bacon several times. My optivisor is my friend when working with this stuff. Tim: That's something similar to what I have.

The last time I was in Michaels and scored huge was two years ago when I got a tip over at FSM that Michaels had Badger 200 airbrushes on sale for $20.00!!! I scored a couple of entry level Badger 350's for the same price and gave 'em away to friends. I bought and currently use both Badger 200 airbrushes hooked up on quick disconnect fittings. If I'm in the middle of a "do or die" painting sessions I can simply switch out real quick and not miss a beat. What made the whole experience funny was that the store manager thought I was full of it when I told her that I wanted two of the 200's for 20 bucks a piece. Her jaw fell open when she rang it up! It was priceless.....lol Ever since that I really haven't had much use for them.

Well..........at least I'm not the only one. lol

Lookin' forward to more Tom! Good goin' so far dude!

I appreciate it Dan! Man I'll tell you, ever since I got this new camera I've been able to take shots like this. Makes it really nice as far as photography goes.

Great plan out here Dan! Looking forward to the progress!