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For future reference Model Master's Crimson Red makes a good dark red interior. A little darker than it "should" be, but it looks good. I used it on the last 454SS I built. Anyway.... I think your interior colour looks bang on.

I almost wish that the EV engines could be made quieter. A car with zero engine noise, yet giving that kind of performance would be a trip. On the flip side...watch that video above, now add the noises from George Jetson's bubble car.

For now, this sub-section of the forum will have to suffice. All the tutorials and tips are here, but it does take some searching sometimes. We've been discussing how to overhaul the main website, so something could happen in the future.

Excellent work!

Not the whole song, but... Listen to One by Metallica. Specifically the breakdown at about 4:30. Now listen to Darkness Descends by Dark Angel. You can hear it throughout, but listen at 1:03 I love Metallica. One of my fav bands and the biggest inspiration for my guitar playing. But when I first heard One, I immediately thought of this Dark Angel. It pre-dates One by about 2-3 years. Metallica were part of the same music scene as Dark Angel, and have said they are fans of the band. I don't think it was intentional, but I think they inadvertently copied it.

Only 3? Now that's a challenge. Hmm... Pop Will Eat Itself - Wise Up Sucker My all time fav band. Another of my fav bands. Depeche Mode - Walking In My Shoes Killing Joke - Love Like Blood

Very nice! I've been half-heartedly looking for one of these kits. You make me want to search a little more seriously.

I haven't downloaded it yet, but it looks good to me. https://cults3d.com/en/3d-model/gadget/ford-coyote-5-0-v8-engine

Definitely not! I usually fill up as soon as it hits 1/4 tank, but I did a lot of driving on Monday, so didn't get around to it. Why Ford would put the fuel sender near the top of the tank and not near the fuel pickup at the bottom of the tank is beyond me. There must be a reason.

That's a really nice build!

Fun update on my truck. Truck thought it was out of gas. When I parked it Monday night, the gas warning light had just come on, showed 75km to empty. No problem I thought, it's only 3km to my usual gas station, will fill it in the morning. Our driveway is on a bit of an angle though. Just enough of an angle that the sensor in the tank wasn't sensing any fuel at all, so it shut everything down, preventing starting. Even after I grabbed a gerry can and put about 10L of fuel in it. Anyway, back to normal, tank is full.

As an aside, I like looking at these old ads, then Google Mapping the address and seeing what's there now. I'm guessing EL Rio Bravo will not assist you with a supercharger.

Thanks! It would have been mid-80s. I wish I could remember what the covered looked like! I do remember that the pages of the artricle were hot pink. Ahhh...the 80s.

Is there an easy way to search for a specific car in a specific issue? Way back in the 80s, there was one that really jumped out at me. I saved like one page of an issue with this picture. Would love to find that article again. I even picked up a kit to build a replica.

Currently, no. But the topic of MCM merch has come up in staff meetings recently. Will keep every posted!

Those look pretty good. Saved the link, will have to give them a try.

Truck decided not to start this morning. Turns over, cranks strong, but won't catch. Has plenty of fuel. Was just fine last night. So tried to start it, after 15 seconds of cranking it goes into safety mode. "Crank Time Exceeded" and now I have to wait 15 minutes to try again. Try again, and now after 15 seconds of crank time, it locks down and I have to wait an hour before trying again. The joy of push button start and drive-by-wire gas pedals. You can't just keep cranking it over or giving it gas to try and get it going. *Insert rant about all the electronic nonsense on new vehicles and how the older ones were better because you could actually troubleshoot and do something yourself* So of course, because it's about -20 Celcius, there's all kinds of demand for towing services. Truck finally got towed in to the dealer here at about 2:30. Ugh. As an aside, my 99 Tahoe that hasn't moved in almost two weeks fired right up and got me to work with no drama at all.

That may be so, but for those of us who would rather print things ourselves, it's the option we have.

I'd say you went right through the clear on the hood. But on a positive note...those headlights and grille! I definitely need to measure up and modify one of my grilles with your 3d files now. No more putting it off!

Looks great! As an aside, that engine is a BlackBoxSTL design as well. I've printed up a couple for some of my own projects. His designs are excellent, as you've seen.

Looking forward to more!

In my happy place.

Beautiful build!

Nicely done! That's a great build.