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Thanks Carl. I appreciate the good word bro.

Thanks Scott! 'Preciate it JC!

Dude...….this is serious. By the time you reply I will STILL be looking at this. Very neatly and meticulously done. First class/ rate stuff going on in this build.

Un...….friggin' believable!!!!!

That thing does look flawless.....and it looks like a real car at that.

Jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!!! Man you've gotta be kiddin' me!! This looks tops !!!!

Thanks Francis...….Man.....I really goofed not looking at my references well enough beforehand. I've been pondering over the course of the last few days how to best approach that white roof and I think I've got it figured out now. In any case I trudged ahead with some decals. Here's where we're at now with the 3rd Mock Up:

Who would be doing that?? I'll be watching your progress on this one Dave. If it turns out half as good as some of the other builds I've seen you turn out she'll look awesome.

Dang that's a nice car! Fabulous work!

Good lookin' Duster Dave! Neat and tidy work on fabbing that hood scoop.

Got the R/H side decaled up today. This......was a JOB!!! I've still got to paint the roof white. Trying to get this as close to what I want in the picture as possible. Decal wise it aint gonna be exact....but I'll try to get 'er close.

Just outstanding!!!! Great work John!

There's the # 3 admission to age.

Ok.….we're really dating ourselves here but I'm going to say it......I REMEMBER that one too!!!

Do I ever hear you on that count. I built the Revell Street Demon themed '54 Chevy Panel Wagon from the early 80's and did I find out just how true that statement of yours really is. Really tough to build and pull off with any kind of decent outcome.

Thanks Francis! Great to have you tagging along bud. Thanks Rich! I got the decals that I have from Ebay. Dude you're right about the Maverick prices. Just crazy!!! I would love for somebody to start manufacturing Maverick kits again. There were a few from different manufacturers for a while a loooooong time ago. There are resin copies of this kit on ebay for around $40. Ol' JC (afx) brought up the fact that the Revell Thunderbolt chassis will work with a little tweaking earlier in this thread. Too late for me though …...I've already went with the Mustang chassis which also fits very well with this car after shortening a tad. If I didn't have so much work tied up in modding the Stang chassis I would've went for it. This is that Tamiya Pure Red that I was talking to you about over on the other Johan Maverick thread.

Thanks Carl. I think once I get the decals on they'll settle this red down a bit.

Thanks Kevin. Yeah, the decal sheet has the contrasting orange color on them.

For a while I was building older models myself.....what am I talking about....I still am!! In any case I'm wondering if we like punishing ourselves or if we are truly in it to challenge ourselves as modelers. If we can build this kind of stuff and pull it off then these newer models should be a cinch!!!

Thanks Carl! Well gang....progress FINALLY. I've been hard at work on this bad boy and have not posted anything due to trying to hit the bench a little harder. Here she is in the primer stage: and after I let that all dry out I hit it with color (Tamiya Pure Red dispensed from the can and shot through the AB) the next day. Didn't have to do ANY sanding to the primer coat. A couple of mock ups once the color coat had dried....couldn't help myself but to do this but have to admit that Mavericks look a little out of the ordinary in red: Was able to tuck the rear tires a little further inward as well. Still gotta raise the front of the car a smidgen and bring those front tires outward a little. I'll get there......

Nicely painted and decaled as well as very well detailed.

Can't go wrong with an A990 equipped car. These Darts used to be among my favorites right along next the A990 Barracuda's of the same year. Another great looking car.

I do that a lot as well and then it's usually the dang model dictating to me how to build it. lolol. Great color and shine on this one. I do love me some Willys cars.

Nice n' wild color/ decal combo on this one. The half down drivers window is a nice touch too.