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Man this is good!!! Fantastic work Tim.

Good LORD man!!

Sorry for the VERY late reply but I'll be doing just that. Folks......I've got alot going on in real life and currently have my 67 Mustang Fastback build that looks like it's in its final stages but this build has REALLY been calling to me over the last couple of weeks. I've got two other builds that I've pondered building but somehow I am GOING to make this my next project.

What a beautiful car JR and thank you for the explanation on the Elmer's glue trick. I'm going to have to use that when I will need to get some new BMF.

Thanks Guido, Carl and Ian. Carl: I've always liked Acapulco Blue. Ian: Thank you for the very kind and encouraging words. I'm really enjoying putting all the extra TLC into this car. Got the color on the modified hood.

Nuthin' but the good stuff goin' on here. Looking forward to more.

I think I know where you're coming from in those first few sentences and I definitely agree with you on the "challenge" aspect. I've built kits that 75% of folks out there wouldn't even touch because of the "terrible kit" factor and while it is a lot of work to bring kits like this one up near to the same level as some of the kits released these days, it is just that that puts that personal touch in a model and yields a greater outcome. Will be watching this.....

That turned out great Mark!! Love the weathering!!!

Welcome aboard Kelly.

Thanks JC for the comments and for following along pal.

All I can tell you is that it was indeed tough. I couldn't watch her drive away. I bought an old GMT400 soldier in her place which I drove around for the next 7 years before the performance bug hit me again but THAT......is a separate story. I still have that one now but it aint stock no more. ?

Managed to get the decals to lay into place after a 1000 coats of Microsol. BMF progress... I then moved on to the fire wall which I had a definite problem with. I have the floor mats installed in the floor of the interior but will need to slip the interior tub up into the body when I get to that part ....someday. lol The problem with that is that I would've had to figure out how to get the floor mats on top of the foot boards of the interior. as well as to slip the body around the firewall "wings". Check it out: I decided to see if I could approach it from another angle by installing the firewall onto the front of the interior tub and slipping the whole thing up inside the body in the final assembly stage. The problem with that is that I would have to stretch the body around the firewall "wings" I was talking about. NOT something I care to do. So I merely cut these off. I'll come back to this later when I have the body installed and figure something out for some covering on the outside of the firewall. and here we are with the engine installed onto the chassis. Gonna run some brake lines from the master cylinder, a vacuum line from the brake booster to the back of the carburetor base plate & install the fan and we'll be pretty much done with this part.

Thanks Mike. I really appreciate your supportive comments bro and I'm hopeful that everything goes as well as it can for your mom. I appreciate your comments as well Craig and will be looking up your build if there's a thread on it. Right you are brother and I have been. Took the 383 stroker motor out of my truck and dropped a VERY well built 406 SBC in it. Thanks Tony. I appreciate the comments bud. Thank you as well Lee. I've been back at the bench for a couple of weeks now but am just now getting on the forum.

That detail work on your interior, chassis and engine are lookin' great Dennis. This thread makes me miss mine. I sold her off 12 years ago and remember all too well the fun that I had driving that car. She dyno'd out at 348 hp on motor and ran a best of 12.2 seconds @112 mph in the quarter which wasn't bad for the early 2000's.

Lookin' good so far Dave!!

I can't begin to say enough good about this build JR. That engine looks great and I really like the fact that Lindberg took the time to not only supply the necessary brackets for the accessories but also managed to mold drive belts that were fairly thin instead of the scale 2" thick belts that I see lots of times. Good call on the scale tires and excellent work on the paint and interior detailing. Can you expand on the Elmer's glue trick for the BMF process? I think I know where you're going with that but want to make sure that I'm on the same page.

Thank you all so very much for the comments and sorry for the late reply guys. Had a family emergency pop up in mid January and it's been a slow comeback for me. My mom passed in late January and I took some time to be with my dad afterwards which in turn stalled out all my modeling projects and forum time. Getting back into the swing of things on forums as well as at the bench though. Thanks again fellas.

I use Vallejo Model Air on my aviation builds and it lays down pretty smooth. It does need a flow aid to help out some because this stuff likes to build up on AB needle tips which isn't cool when you've got large areas to work with. A drop of Vallejo AB Thinner seems to work pretty well for that though.

The fun is just beginning. lol. All the work involved definitely has a good payoff to it though.

That is indeed a step in a good direction. Looking forward to more on this.

Thank you all for your very supportive comments. Things like this have a way of putting life in perspective and things are getting a little easier to deal with each day. It's taking some time to get back into the normal flow of things but I'll be slowly making my comeback into modeling and back into the forums. You fellas are alright in my book and thanks again so much.

Thank you all so very much. It's been a few weeks since I have been at the bench....or at home for that matter. I've been out now for the better part of 2-1/2 weeks. Over Christmas break, both of my parents contracted Covid and dad did pretty well through the whole thing and has since recovered. Mom......didn't fare as well. Her bout with it turned into Covid pneumonia. Dad tried to get her to go to the hospital for four days and on the fourth day he called 911 and had the paramedics come to her. She was arguing with the paramedics that she didn't need to go to the hospital.....with blue lips and finger tips. Finally the medics talked her into going in and within hours she was put on a ventilator for the next 10 days. It was simply too late though as her kidneys and other organs started shutting down on the 10th day. When dad made the call to take her off of the ventilator Mom, Lynell Kay Shaw, passed away on Sunday, January 23rd peacefully 10 minutes later at 3:15 pm and with all of us gathered around as she took her last breath. We buried her on Thursday in Bowie with more than 200 people present for the funeral. I brought my family back to Corpus and went back up to Bowie to spend a week with my dad which turned out to be a very good thing. Internet is a splotchy thing up there so I haven't been on for a while. I'm back home as of yesterday and will be getting my feet wet around here once again. Progress coming guys......

Been out for a few weeks but am very impressed by what I'm seeing here. Paint looks spectacular.

Yeah.....I'll be in on this one. Really like what you're doing with this one Paul.

Looking forward to watching this one come together. I'm with Trevor on the color question.