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Looking forward to this!

Yes! Much better with BMF, not 100%, but good enough. (This one take two attempts and it is a short one, and many still to be mounted). Not easy, I feel that my hands are shakier, than normal, when I try to put the BMF in the right place the first time. Thank you Cato, I made a template in Plasticard from the original sticker.

This was no good Try to apply Pocher chrome stickers but they are not bending well and leave some bulges. Shall I try to cut new ones from thinner stickers? I need some ideas or tips to solve this problem.

Watching this .

Thank you Scott, Thomas and Tony. More small updates When mounting the side lamps, there is a problem to get the lenses grove lines vertical. The housing should be installed first, and if you have a tight fit between the housing and the lenses, it hard to move the lenses to correct position. I take a few moves with a razor saw and made a small grove, which a screw driver will fit in. That’s make it more easy to make necessary adjustments. I put some chrome stickers on the mirrors to make it shinier.

Looks pretty good.

Here we go again Make some “fix” at the end of the dashboard. Take some leather and glue around an alu wire, some bending and then apply to the dashboard. After that I try do some “wind shield wiper motors” from leftovers from the chrome tree, not permanently glued yet.

Looks great. What´s your idea of luggage, to be placed there?

Very nice Impala.

Yes, it is incredible

Thank you Cato and Skip! Slowly try to put things together. I think I´m finished with the engine. Yes, I should have taken care of the screws in the top.

Your small details looks very nice

Not much to show. I have put some of my cotton string on the back of the rumble seat and on the cover behind the front seats. Not much to show, but this is the day I started with this Pocher Mercedes, last year. Not on this forum but on my work bench. If someone had asked me “how long will it take” I have probably said a couple of months I wonder how long time I still need to put it together

Nice and big

Skip, thank you, I have some kind of look alike, copied and print on photo paper, not real, but I think it´s good enough.

One night sleep and thinking/dreaming about how to solve this dashboard problem. I decided to keep the “ rim”. Glue two pieces of plasticard and put some leather above. Yes I have something to do with the outer edges. Much better now

I have made a BIG mistake when I was trying to get the front windows in place. I have, that I said earlier in this thread, made new windows in 1 mm “lexan” and mount them in a upside down Plastruct U-channel. That worked, but I don´t test it with the dashboard in place The dashboard has a “rim” that the original Pocher windows should “sit” against and between the metal frames. I have to take that “rim” away somehow and take a small part of leather to cover the chrome plastic in the dashboard, and get a nice fit against the window. Hmm something to solve. And thank you Tony.

Love your detailing and weathering!! I have ”rolled” through your thread a couple of times, but I can agree that showing some “teaser” is a right way to go. Maybe you can get one or two more interested to start their own building.

The exhaust. I have to make some shims from Plasticard to get the exhaust pipe “free” from the gasoline tank. Then bend it to look a little more like what the reference photos show. Trying to weather the mufflers a bit, (maybe I´ll work a little more with this.) Thee exhaust pipe, hmm little too much I think. I don´t have any stand, so when the windows is mounted there is not easy to turn it upside down. Have to make some stand, maybe.

A small update 3. With a little polishing with Autosol the ring was a lot shinier, maybe not that visible in the photo. I´m pleased Thank you Cato for the suggestion.

Thank you Tony, Scott and Cato!! I don´t have any metal polish at home. Is there any brand that is better? Now I have consider what to do next.

A small update 2. I think this was better

Looking forward to see this.

Ha Ha, Cato you’re not giving up on these. Ok I give it a try. And thank you Bruce

A small update. The “ring” is not yet glued. Tips from Mr. Cato