James2

Back in the hotel after vacation and on the turbine hydro boat. Smoothing the shell, hood and foil. Mock up looks fair.

"The Great Pumpkin took 2nd in Hot Rod at the IPMS show in Erie Pa today" If this was 2nd, I'd love to see 1st! Yours is a stunning build, congratulations.

I'm pleased to have had 10 wonderful days in Daytona for Biketoberfest, saw many friends and visited many favorite spots. Got home without incident and now it's off to Chicago for work again. Thank GOD we live in a great country with great people!

Rig is coming along nicely, I bet that rack was fun to cement together.

I'm actually in a Staybridge Suite. I'll be here on this job for months, so I won't need to pack that often. Two weeks at a time home every other weekend. That middle weekend is the toughest!

This afternoon I finished cleaning up the body, removing the mold seams and priming. I purchased a 100w two pin bulb so I can see better. Hotel lighting is terrible. Up next will be chassis cleanup.

I purchased a two pin 100w bulb so I could see better. What it did was show a lot of needed filling and sanding. But hotel life has much time…

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Working on the fuselage, I first sanded the seams with 100grit, now filled with Tamiya Putty. Probably wait until tomorrow to sand again. This hotel life isn't for everyone...

Foil and pix added….

Colors and execution spot on. Call me sheepish but it never accrued to me to add chrome to the convertible top until now!

The body, being two parts, did not fit well. The pins were too long and the locating holes were too small. I trimmed and enlarged them but the body seam still didn’t line me up as nicely as it could have. In hind sight I should have just cut the pins off and glued the two pieces together.

Item number 2 of the hotel builds. Due to Tony K, I am also building the Oberto Hydroplane. In this case I’ll be brushing painting the engine and cockpit. I’ll smooth the bote up and spray it at home. I’m trying Vallejo paint for the first time,

And then there's this, very interesting mix...

Good talking to you the other nite, DJ. Travel not by choice but necessity!