Nytrozilla

I luvs me some AWB's. I also love unusual too. Don't see an AWB wagon very often. I found 2 on the Googlenet.

You asked for it Ray. You want comments, pro or con? I'm gonna go with PRO !!!!! While that's not technically a "comment", you get my drift. I almost made a similar boo-boo on rear wheel well cut outs for the Revell Hawaiian and Chi-Town Hustler. Same body. Cut out on the Hustler, but not on the Hawaiian. That's got sweetness written all over it man. Actually, it's decals, but you get my drift.

Sorry I've missed a couple of updates Dave. I've been, um, distracted. Mind blowing skills being shown here. I'm in love with the throttle guide / bracket. The spokes, I'm certain, will be amazing. Build on Bro. build on.

I'll be spending the next few days organizing my parts supplies. All too often, when I want a part, I have to go through boxes and boxes until I find what I want. No more. I'm emptying every open box I've got into organizer drawers. This nifty Office Depot buy was a little pricey at $66 bucks, but it suits my decor. I'm also in the process of setting up a Proxxon Variable Speed Rotary tool, plus the Drill Stand with X-Y Compound Table. The Rotary tool is removable and, (I hope), can go slow enough to polish paint without burning the finish. We'll do some experimenting. See y'all in a few.

I'm going to spend the next few days emptying parts boxes into an organized parts bin / drawer system. The whole time I'm working on that, I'll be reminding myself that it's so that I can come within 1/10th of your level of detail.

A-Freaking-mazing Chris. Dude, that's just flat out mind blowing.

Great progress Dave. Loving the fuel tank concept.

Basically what you are seeing is the kit belt assembly. The starter mount hardware is molded in. The reason it looks like it does is, since the plastic is black, all I had to do was scrape away everything that wasn't hardware or a pulley. I also thinned the belt so it didn't look like it was four belts thick. Then i painted the bolt heads with clear blue and the long rods on top were copper, but it's rubbed off from multiple grubby Minion hands. I just might consider that Bob. I was originally thinking "Flying Purple People Eater", but that would be hard to fit on the door. I did find some images that would make for Alien Greatness nose art. Here is the aforementioned body hinge. It was ultra close quarters at the trunk lid. No room for even a thin "U" shaped bracket with pins. While I was thinking about adding tail lights, that's when it hit me to do a multipurpose part. I bent a couple pieces of plastic rod, drilled a couple of holes near the bumper cut outs..........BUMPER???!!! To heck with lights. I'm cutting up an ice cream stick for a push bar. I did the same thing on my Dragula. I'll include a pic of that at the end.. Remember everybody, I may be old, but I'm slow.

Thank you John. Can't wait to see yours done too. But then again, that's always the case. So, um, Ray, uh, you might change your mind after this update. The problem might be keeping it on the ground. In case anybody was wondering what took so long, I've been a busy boy. Made a whole gaggle of wings / fins / stabilizers to add to the pre existing wings. Everything is taped, loose and floppy, but y'all get the idea.The two fins on the inside of the main wing need to be shortened. I just haven't decided how much yet. I also took 3 attempts to hinge the body and I came up with something that may be unique. However, it's not ready for prime time so we'll do that next time. Enjoy the pics and thanks for checking in.

Congratz Brad. That's well deserved recognition. I noticed Chris' FED right next to it on the page. Heck, even my 55 C300 AWB Mazmanian Gasser made it. That was a surprise

Outrageous David.

Is that a clear roof hatch? I would love to see some close ups. I also love the big old parachute. I'm doing a biggun on my Winged Altered too. Magnificent work on both Mark.

Twice the fun. An update and a tutorial. Both are awesome. Glad I recommended plumbing? I am

Free? No. Cheap? Yes. Available? As soon as I get the wing configuration on the Fiat done, they are yours. You can get Banana flavored Beggin' Strips at Pets 'R Us. My recommendation: Work the 37 until satisfied, give Tim as much help as required, blow-off work.

Yeah DAVE !! If you would spend less time tutoring CERTAIN people, we might get to see some Top Dragster Goodness. Oh, who am I kidding? We all benefit. I'm gonna go see what my Minions are up to. I think I heard my chainsaw fire up.........

There's a wheel that everybody will want to get their paws on. I can barely wait to see the finished wheels. Amazingly, they are scratch built too. Be careful when you work. Meditate first. I suggest Yogi. You wouldn't want to get a Boo-Boo.

Thanx for Everybody's support!!!! I'm actually having real live fun on this one. Here's another taste. As you can see, the wing strut fits the contour of the roof just fine. However, I intentionally didn't compensate for side angle. The pins alone were not stable enough to deal with putty and sanding pressures. A healthy dose of Bob Smith Gap Filler closed the gap and strengthened the base. Also, I lowered the body which required a little more grinding on the wheel wells. (I almost said "dropped" the body, but that brought back bad memories.) There MIGHT be a 1/16" clearance between the frame tinwork and the body. This should be the final body mock-up before I move on to the nose and canards. After that, the body hinge and possibly the roof hatch hinge. Thanks for looking. See ya' then.

True fact Bro. You were born on National Batman Day! Happy Batday, uh, birthday. Makes my day whenever there's an awesome update from you. Keep On Rockin'

In light of the ALTERED MANIA currently sweeping through the board, I've decided to go with a different body for my Soapy Sales build. So much for the intended Out of the Box category. The body is adapting nicely to the frame and I'm looking forward to putty once it fits to my liking. So, wings, wings, wing, wings. She's gonna have side canards, a nose wing and a Extra Special Super Duper body wing. Plus a mini wing to be named later. The nose and tail wings came from the Too Much double engine rail. Coincidently, the canards came with the Soapy Sales kit. Who says there's no such thing as Karma? Let's get started, shall we? Everybody paying attention? First I split the hood to give length to the body and nose. Please notice the laughable angle of the nose wing. Looks more like a cow catcher on a locomotive. Here's a couple of wing mounts for the body. And they go something like this..... Next time around, we'll see about that nose droop.

First of all Dave, Congratulations on posting this board's first 1/50 build. That's the only way you could stuff that much detail into one model. Second of all, Love the wings. They are unsurpassed in all of Modeldum. Third of all, Altered Fever is apparently contagious. I've been working in secret on an example of exactly how many wings can fit on a Fiat Altered. I will post pics after my VA appointment later today.

And THIS is why we do what we do. That 'bout sums it up I think. If I think of any real, actual words that apply, I'll get back to ya'.

Must be something in the air Randy. I'm starting to consider the possibility that I might maybe sit myself down and fiddle with an Altered. Tim & Michael got me all stirred up. Might even have to get a dapping kit. Great start sir.

Talk about EZ Access to reference material. This should be the Bomb Diggity. Or is it Giggity?

The two cracks came back in the bottom rear corners of the door so it was time to address the weak rocker panels. I don't know why I didn't think of this sooner, I cut about 3/16" off of each side of the floorpan and cemented them to the body. Not only did this strengthen the body, it made we getting the floorpan to fit better much easier. It will also allow me to install the interior as an assembled piece. Sometimes these things happen for a reason. Nice save