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Here's some desktop wallpaper material for you all. Merry Christmas guys! Hope your holiday is a good one!

I hear you on that Danny! Hang in there brother and hope to see you in here posting soon.

How's the Flying Saucer goin' there Ira?

Thanks Dan! I dunno if I'm going or not yet. Will PM you.

That engine is first class! Nice detail and weathering.

Came apart nicely. Love it when it all comes together....er....apart like that!

Ok folks. I gave this fuel line my best shot. I'm sure there are others out there that could pull this off better and I may be able to do something with this a little bit when I get it back off the motor for painting but here's where I'm at now. I decided to use some good 'ol JB weld after cleaning the copper sections up of all the oils and what not from handling it. We'll see how it all pans out.

Man this is awesome to watch Tom! I once watched someone taking on 6 Fw190's at one time.............................he didn't come near this far! You're doing great buddy!

Like others have said, the paint looks first class there Bill!

Thanks Dave! Hopefully I can get the fuel line/ lines built tomorrow and get on with the painting of the whole assembly.

Dayuum! Tear it up killer! Good work here Jim! Wow!

Not a HUGE update but all I had time for this morning. I broke out the Dremel and went to work on the fuel line tee off's to each carb. I made the 90 degree turn to the carbs and tapered the tee off at the main inlet line connection/ merge to fuse it in and make it look more like part of the line assy.

That detail on the engine looks great! Can't wait to see the finished product outta this.

Heya Tom. Freakshow (aka Fred) showed me how to do spark plug wires at the distributor. If you already know all this then just disregard. First off I am using Lex's Scale Modeling spark plug wires. I drilled 8 holes in the distributor with the pin vise. Then I cut 1/8" sections of the next step up wire insulation and slid them over the Lex wires for the spark plug wire boots at the distributor and left just enough of the Lex's wire protruding through to insert into the holes in the distributor. (Keep in mind this is my first, I'll be using a smaller drill bit and more precision on my next go round)

Heya Mirko! That's one hek of a build.

Thank you Lou!

Garage is awesome Pat! Can you build me a 1:1 size? lol

I like stuff like this. It's different. Nice build dude!

Thanks Lee! I have that same picture but I appreciate the helpful gesture man!

It's gonna be ok and thanks Dan. All I have to do is add the two lines to the main one. I think I have it covered. Key work=think.

Those powertrain and drivetrain components look awesome! Great weathering!!!

Thanks Daniel. The 1/24 Trumpter 109 I finished about 2 years ago and I was really happy with it. Being my first all out build I constantly think about things I could have pulled off differently but I look upon it as a decent build. Luftwaffe builds are my home base in modeling. Here she is. At the time I was still learning the camera. I need to take some updated photos with my current photo shooting knowledge.

Thanks Lee! Say that's what I was talking about with the branch off's. Central split though...............hmm..............lemme look at my reference again to see what you're talking about.

Look's like they are coming along nicely. Detroit would be proud!

Thanks Dan! I had to make some tweaks this morning so that the air cleaner would fit over the wires and got that behind me......thankfully! Carl: Thanks for your comments too and yes I airbrushed them. Although I'm happy with the outcome of the wheels , I think I'm going to use Jim Daniels method of brushing the Model Master Metalizer paint on next time around. Ok for today's update. I only had about an hour this morning at the bench but I did manage to get started on the fuel line. I used a piece of solder to form the shape of the line initially and then used it as a template for a more rigid copper wire. The fuel filter is a piece of resin stock I had laying around. I simply cut the length I needed and drilled a hole through it and ran it through the copper wire halfway through the shaping process. I still have to clean the filter up and re-tweak the fuel line in a couple of places....namely the line to fuel pump connection but here's where its at right now. I've got plans for the other two branch off's at the carbs. Then there's the shot at the fuel pump. I don't like the fact that when I'm working on one area it always seems like I end up bumping something or needing to touch up things but "it is what it is". I knocked the alternator wiring loose at the back of the alternator. I aint touchin' it for repairs until I get this and the heater hoses done.