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Ok, I'll stop complaining about the cold now...

13 degrees right now. It dipped down to -9 last night.

Thanks Joe. I took a short break from building for about a week & a half. Been fighting a cold. But I started in again last night for a bit. I re-shot the flaps to match the wheel wells and did some work on the exhaust tips. I'll get some pics posted this weekend once I get a little more done.

That's just plain cool. Nice boat! Do I see a pair of Cypress Gardens skis there? Sweet! I have a 1:1 slalom ski that appears to be a match to yours.

I'm with Scott on this one. Not sure I get it. Is it somehow building up pressure under there and that causes it to pop off? What exactly is making a popping sound when it comes off? Been thinking about getting one of these, but I'm not excited about screwing up a paint job.

Great looking ride! Very nice color too. Nice job.

That looks fantastic! Looks like the real car. Great build.

Thank you gentlemen!

Joe - Love the Corsair! Scored these today along with a '67 Shelby -

Got one of these today. I'm an absolute Shelby nut.

Thanks David. Anytime!

Exhaust and interior look great Joe. This one's shaping up really nice!

That video is awesome... Serious firepower.

Yeah, check it out. I did a little painting/weathering on a few bits. Here's where we're at so far. I did the area around the wheel wells and covers in MM pale green and the flaps in MM interior green and sprayed all of that with Future. Then I brushed on some brown wash I made from Tamiya acrylics and thinner. I still need to spray some clear flat on the flaps. They're a bit too glossy yet. I'm debating what color to paint the inside of the wing above the wheel wells. I can tell from pics there's a zip in liner in there, and I've heard it's the same color as the bottom of the plane, but everybody seems to paint that area interior green. I can't decide if I'm happy with this wash or not. I don't know how realistic it really is. Any thoughts? Anyway, I'm working on the exhaust next. I got the base color sprayed but I still want to dry brush a little rust on the tips. Won't be to long and I'll be gluing the fuselage halves together. Can't wait for that part. It'll be cool to see it start actually looking like a plane!

... or maybe I'll just keep plugging away at it! I tried out a little chassis weathering this time around. I get tired of all my chassis being plain old black. What I did was give the high points a light dry brushing with some light grey paint, then splashed some brown wash (my own special brew of tamiya acrylics & thinner) all over the floor boards & other lower parts. It's pretty subtle and still looks black, but up close I think it makes it a little more interesting. Opinions? I'm also in the process of removing the rest of the decals from the body. Whatever I decide to do about a clear coat, I'll do it before I reapply more stripes.

Cool project. I'm looking forward to seeing how this one goes for you.

Sweet mustang!

I fall into the "if you can see it, paint it" camp.

Oh man, I had completely forgotten about that one. I had one of those back in the day too!

I just went through all my paint and organized it. I've had some of this stuff for years & years. Found a couple of bottles that had Belmont Dept. Store price stickers on them. Does that chain even exist anymore? Not around here anyway. Some had stickers from a LHS that's been closed for over 30 years. And I remember getting kits and supplies at the local Murphy's Mart. Remember those?

Gorgeous color! Great build too!

Both really cool, but that BMW... Wow!

I know what I'm doing for next July 4th!

No idea... But that's REALLY COOL!

Words to live by...