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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.

Finally was able to get the Acapulco Blue on her....

Been a while since I've been in here but I'm always amazed at the level of detail that you continue to put into this truck. Continuing to look forward to each and every update Frances.

Thanks Ray. I'm pretty nervous about the whole hood thing really in regards to getting the center ridge to look seamless with that hood scoop.

I was wondering where this one got off to Bill. Really good to see you back at this one again. Maybe I can learn a trick or two to use with my own Mustang build now. lol

Drop dead gorgeous......ALL of 'em.

Thanks Carl. Well......I knew I was gonna need to have more room topside the engine bay so that the air cleaner wouldn't contact the hood so I got to thinkin..... http://www.spamodeler.com/forum/images/smilies/icon_hmm.GIF . I've got the AMT GT-500 kit in the stash with a good factory scoop on it but the hood wouldn't interchange with the regular Mustang because the nose piece on the GT-350 is longer. So why not just use the scoop? So I went to work and scribed the cut out area that I needed to start removing the scoop from the GT-350 hood. All cut out and ready for trimming up to the sides of the scoop: A slight bit of clean up remains but I just sanded up to the sides and the sanded the front from the bottom till I was able to remove the areas right in front of the air intake A little more clean up and I'll start working this into the hood after I cut out the opening in the Fastback hood for the air cleaner to sit up into.

What a great build this is. Can't get over the photography as well. Master class stuff,

Thanks Rusty. Was really glad to have you along on the build. Thank you as well Dave. I hear you man......I stepped away from aircraft for a while as I really had to work on mastering my paint and weathering processes some and I really wanted to learn how to pull off nice paint jobs on auto builds. Thing was.....that I ended up REALLY liking auto building. lol 'Preciate that Bruce. That Fokker was a change of pace for me as I've never built one of those kits before and have wanted to build a DR 1 for a while now. I've always been a fan of the 262 but even more so after I read the book A Higher Call by Adam Makos. It's a truly remarkable story and one of the main characters is Franz Stigler who flew both the Bf-109 as well as this Me-262, " White 3" at the end of the war with JV44. If you enjoy reading at all I can promise you, you'll enjoy this book. This was the artwork that I patterned the paint scheme after for it.

What a great idea and it turned out very well Kurt.

I'm a bit late to the party but you really kicked into high gear this last year given the fact that you didn't build for a few months there Tom. I'm totally liking that Peterbuilt (and you pulled it off FANTASTICALLY and it only took you.....12 hours????- you sir....are da MAN!). That Vette and Camaro are freekin' "bee's knees" dude!!

Your paint work is to be envied bud. VERY good job on your finishes and am looking forward to the rest of the "In Progress" builds as well.

Oh wow!!! Both of these cars look GREAT!!! That Ford is VERY cleanly built and really like the weathered look on the Savoy.

Good lookin' ride!! And it's got a big block at that!!!

WOW man!! Those are some goooood looking builds right there. You were crazy busy modeling last year!!!

This turned out very well bud. Love it!!!!