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Vacuum-formed the interior parts today. I need to modify the patterns made from Corian, and go again.

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Great start!

I'm back..... almost forgot to say, I finished an "outlaw", inspired by this topic!

So I'm at the Honda dealer, to find out that sitting in the car listening to the radio for about 15 minutes will kill the perfectly operating battery. I see this article and think "great, I need to build a camera and first segment of the boom now". Mine would be much less cumbersome.

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From Model T to Model 3: How Driving Changed Over a Century How many have, or own any of these cars? I had a '57 Chevy, currently drive a 2016 Honda Civic Coupe. But doubt I will own a Jaguar XKE, should hunt down a kit.

Now that Popular Mechanics picked the 10th generation Civic for 2016, I *have to* get this kit! They should have picked the first generation for 1975 or whenever they introduced it, but I'll live.

We all have our favorite subjects. I'm not into lowriders, but I've seen some paint jobs that blew me away, appreciate the effort of masking and getting metal flake through an airbrush, for example. Thank you everyone. Now I've gone into OCD mode, *had to* add b+b logo. I also *had to* add rally style mud flaps, just because it's a detail I like to make. In this case, the right side extends out when the door is open. The left side is red to accentuate the asymmetrical theme.

There has been some progress in models over the decades, hasn't there? Only because the GSL Common Kit theme is the Tamiya Beetle, do I appreciate your conundrum. Are all IMC kits so bad?

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Yea, I have a stash of aftermarket wheels, but the hollow spoke magnesium factory wheels are really advanced, and I wanted to see how Alclad magnesium looked. Thank you, and everyone else, appreciate the support. Maybe I'll keep building models.

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My IMC Ford J-car was "fiddly", as someone else said about IMC kits. Since I finished another project that got started early this year, I should resume on my Canopy Express.

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Kitbashed the Tamiya Porsche 959 with the Tamiya Speedster 'Club Sport', because the kit was the donor for the resin transkit of the 959 Paris-Dakar project. This was intended for fun, and to experiment with a different hinge, and doing Rhino Liner. It's a curbside because the engine and some of the suspension parts were used for the other project. The intended use is camera car, to be used on the race track or historic rally (but not WRC rally LOL). I managed to bugger it up in places. Salvaged parts are transistor radio speaker grill, guitar string (wire), aluminum newspaper printing plate, Fujimi steel screen, various parts box pieces, resin copy of Vehicross gas cap, baking soda can seal lid (not seen, should take bottom picture). I had also raised the wing with 0.1" plastic, and added scoops. I also tried out the new 18-300MM lens on the Nikon, not happy with the lack of depth of field. Gives new meaning to "let's roll!"

I've seen some good applications of it, and it's not really off subject. I might start a topic just about it! 99% DONE!

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I would be interested too! Could use that grill on anything, vs. the specialized p-e parts.

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Today I got into the obsessed and possessed mode, but had to go see Christmas Carol the musical at the college, it was so good I wasn't thinking about all the things I needed to do. LOL I tried something new, wanted to do a 'Rhino Liner' finish in the interior, to hide the rough putty in the corners (imagine sanding the inside corners of a box). I could have done carpet, but this is a working vehicle. Since I have almost 10 pounds of 'Polyblend' non-sanded grout left over from doing tile, mixed with 'Ceramcoat' acrylic paint, about half/half, gooped it on and stippled with a short brush, adding to the rougher areas until I was happy. For once, I enjoyed brush painting. I had to paint over with gloss black, with the same technique. I would say this was the reason I stopped working on this project, glad to get over this hurdle! I had some detail painting to do, normal stuff. Fabricated the fire extinguisher mount, simply cut an aluminum strip, bent at a point to mimic a buckle, used an aftermarket decal. I also have nice aftermarket instrument decals, so those are in, with an air duct screen, various switches and lights made with photo-etch screws. Finished the door detail, after spraying clear inside. Added the grab bar, and mounting plates and p-e bolt heads. The mirror has a film salvaged from an LCD camera display, it's really thin plastic with much more realistic mirror than foil or chrome-plated parts can do. I had fine stainless steel mesh left over from a Fujimi kit, so the hood ducts and rear openings are done. The lights are done, I'm happy with the black headlights (I got Hella black headlights for my Jetta which was the inspiration), but too dark for the other lights. Last details to be done are the seat belt for the seat, and one to support the door. Then license plates. Then I can put it together for the last time, which means...... THE HINGE.

Thank you! I'm all into realistic, off the wall, but I'm obsessed to a point, been telling the little guy to stuff it, I want to finish this instead of redo. I should deep clean my paint booth when I get to doing a show standard quality. Even when I do, the static charge from sanding the plastic acts like a magnet. I should try airbrushing in the .... [public forum shut up before getting into trouble]. Others and you, thanks! But notice I didn't open the drivers door. I'm anxious about final assembly with paint.