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Thanks guys! I know all too well about Tamiya aircraft kits. Pretty much put themselves together.

That’s tha bees knees right there!!!! Very good work Marcos!!!

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I hear ya. Alot of 'em ....if not all of 'em closed down. Try this: .015 - Silver Solder 3% Silver 100 inches Length KESTER - Flux Core - Low Melt | eBay

This never would've crossed my mind to take on in scale but buddy.....this is freekin' COOL!!!! WAY TO GO!!!

Me neither till I found this stuff at Radio Shack. My mind started flooding with the possibilities.

Oh HELL yeah I do Tim! Thanks for all the encouragement along the way and for the inspiration as well. 'Preciate it Chris! Thank you for your great comments both here and abroad bro.

Hey John. I used .015" Solder.

Looking good Tim!

My hat is tipped to you Bob. Amazing paint and weathering work.

I can't remember the last time I started an aircraft model. Sheesh! What's it been now........five years?? Just haven't felt comfortable with my painting and weathering skills until the finish up of my Ar 234 last year. Additionally, automotive modeling has given me a new spin on airbrushing. Well....I guess it's about time to bust out with one huh? Seeing John's build in progress has spurred me on to take on one of my all time fave jet aircraft......the Me-262. We'll be going with Tamiya's offering So.....let's dance. Always in need of more detail so I picked this little kit up to go with it.

Very interesting and cool subject Mike. This turned out great dude.

WOW!!!!!!!!! You're really good at figure painting Marcin.

You make this stuff look so dang easy Marcin. MAN that looks good.

Oh man!! I can't WAIT to see progress on this one.

Fantastic work Ray!

This build right here is a testament to the great skillsets that are on this site. There is no end to the great talent here. Stunning work Bruce.

I forgot this thread was going on over here too Simon. This is in......sane!!!!!!!!!!!

Great paint work Mike!!

That .....is freekin' COOL!!!

Folks.....it's been real and it's been fun. This puppy is now moved to the Under Glass Section. Thank you all who either peeked in on, commented and encouraged me along the way and to those who contributed parts to this build. You guys ROCK!! The link: Dyno Don Maverick - Drag Racing - Model Cars Magazine Forum I'll be in the "All the Rest" Section for a few months building this bad boy here:

First....let me go into the actual car. I've been wanting to build a Maverick for a VERY long time but there aren't many kits to choose from. The best offering (and this isn't saying much) is the Jo-Han kit. I was fortunate to get mine from someone on another forum for the mere price of $50. These kits are running around 300+ bucks nowadays so 50 bones is a friggin' steal. Then there came the matter of subject. I was looking for a car to build....you know....a pattern. Nothing struck my fancy for the longest time until I found Dyno Don's car. Man....I was smitten! Just an evil lookin' car! So .....I set out to build it. The real deal: When I started this project one year ago almost to the day I just didn't realize what ride I was in for. This started life as a Jo-Han kit and I quickly found out that it would become much more on down the line. The only things used out of this kit were the body, base interior tub (which got modified at that) and the engine. The rest....went in the trash. The chassis is from AMT's 67 Mustang Fastback, interior is almost all aftermarket stuff to include the 27 piece shifter and the 25 piece seat belt harness. In fact so much scratch and up level detailing was done in the interior that I don't even know where to start. Total parts count for the interior alone is 125 pieces in all. Extensive mods were done to the chassis to get everything to "work" and although not accurate it allowed me to achieve the stance and overall look that I was after. Probably the BIGGEST hang up I had with this car was trying to figure out how to fabricate the shock tower/ inner fender wells for it because I just couldn't get anything to work. After MANY hours in thought and experimentation I ended up fabbing them up from soda can aluminum. Paint....I used Tamiya's Pure Red with a Testor's Wet Look clear. Car decals were from a supplier on Ebay....forgot the vendor. Wheels and tires are from the parts bin except for the rear wheels which I used from Revell's 41 Willy's gasser kit. All lettering on the sidewalls of the tires are from Slixx decals. The engine has details from so many different suppliers that I forgot half of where I got everything from. LOTS of scratch work though. Cooling fans are from the Revell Rick Dobbertin Pontiac J2000 kit and again....were heavily modified to fit into this car. This was definitely a test of my abilities as a modeler to say the least but I learned ALOT from this build (as well as learned a few new curse words). There are inaccuracies that'll be noticed by anyone who knows anything about this car and a few liberties taken here and there in the name of adding interest to the car but I feel like it came out alright. I also left off the wheelie bars. I was going to scratch build a set but the longer I looked at it the more I thought that they would detract from the overall looks of the car. Any how.....I present here...the finished product. I'd like to thank everyone who either peeked in on the build or encouraged me along the way.

Those Sandy Elliot, Dyno Don and Fast Eddie Mavs are tops. The rest are awesome as well but I've got an eye for Mavericks.

Dude....that's some good paint work! Beautiful car.

Masterfully built! Man....just an all around fantastic build. That's how it's done right there.