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This just keeps getting better. I love the look of the exposed compartments with hoses and mechanical devices visible. The idea of Including the rear tires as part of the body is brilliant as it grounds the car in it's ancient past when fossil fuels were used and vehicles had inflated rubber devices on each lower corner to cushion the ride.

Mind blown(AGAIN) !!

I just took a look at a piece of this foam I have stored in my garage due to it's size. It is marked "Scoreboard Brand" styrofoam. It is light blue in color,2" thick and I have used it for bases for 2 of my larger dioramas due to how light and strong the material is.I make cuts in it with a very sharp fish filleting knife.I have also used a water based interior wall board patching material made by DAP called "Dry Dex". It dries and sands beautifully to fill in any imperfections. I hope this helps.

Very cool idea that is well done and original details like the screen side door are so interesting. Thanks for sharing.

I guess you got me there. I would like to comment further but it's time for me pour myself a nice cool glass of "solvent" and take me morning pills.:)

Great tutorial. Thanks for taking the extra time necessary to take pix and post them. I'm sure a lot of builders will follow your lead and use these instructions to build their own woodie.

Jim, I have used rattle can primer to paint the surface with no problems.I don't use an airbrush so have no info about the use of HOK paints.

Richards..PM me your email address and I'll send some photos of the markings on the foam and the nose of the 1936 Curtiss Aerocar I am building right now. I have a friend who is a building contractor that gave me some scrap pieces. You will find the stuff at any big home improvement store like Menards or Lowe's but usually is 4' x 8' sheets and therefore more than a little awkward to handle and would equal three lifetimes supplies of the stuff.

I just got two more tubes that I ordered a few days ago and the manufacturer has corrected the only thing I did not like about it....the tube it is packaged in. The first one I got was in an oddly shaped almost triangular tube that is very difficult to hold and squeeze as it empties. The new tubes are supplied in a toothpaste style tube which will be much better. I really like the fact that is not solvent based. Clean up is simple and quick with a damp cloth instead of using lacquer thinner. I scratch build 1/25 scale travel trailers from the 1930's and '40's that have a lot of compound curves and not having the skills to create those shapes from styrene I shape them with blue house builders foam,sand to almost final shape with sanding sticks then coat the final shape with perfect plastic putty. Lacquer based putty attacks and dissolves the foam so this stuff is the perfect solution for me. It dries quickly and sands to a smooth finish.

Love everything about,perfect stance,just right suicide front set back and windshield rake is right on the money. I did almost the exact color on a '25 T speedster by using burgundy over gloss black. Really a model to be proud of. Congratulations.

Overall looking very very nice and I love the colors you have chosen so far.

Thanks. I picked up a couple of these kits at "Ollies" recently for $ 7.00 each and am considering making it model TT semi with one of them. Have a great holiday season and thanks for posting the extra photo of the work in progress.

An absolutely beatuifully bult model.I admire your attention to the details and not overdoing the weathering effects.Thanks for sharing.

Did you lengthen the frame,or just shorten the cab?

Great model. There seems to be no end to the variations that can be built from these kits. Thanks for sharing.

Simply wonderful work all around! Thanks for sharing your process with us.

Knowing Jimmy as I do you can be sure the"extra"body was a gift from him.He always includes free extra stuff with his orders simply out of generosity.

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Thanks Chris,I missed that in all the pictures of stuff people were hoping for that ain't happening.

So......after all of this prattle and supoistion.....what are the new kits going to be ?

I respect your decision about not posting your age. My mom and dad were on their way to see a preacher about getting married when the president came on the radio to make the announcement about the attack on Pearl Harbor. Dad said they pulled his '39 Chevy over to the side of the road to listen. I made my debut the following year.

Your profile or a not tell what year you were born Bill. So just how old are you anyway ?

If possible please post more photos of the Bonneville streamliner. That was a ton of custom work and is extremely cool.

Eric,I have a series of great photos of a model A Ford semi with a flat bed load of new Fords on board that I will gladly email to you if you wish, Just Pm me your email address and I will forward them to you. I have also posted these pix onto my Pintrest album titled "antique trucks ".

This is looking very nice Joca ! the shortened frame and modified cowl have really make it look more like a street rod and less like a classic car.Thanks for sharing !