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I forgot to mention that members have volunteered parts to use, such as a set of tires/wheels for the Studejimmy to have a spare. I also have ideas offered, such as mudflaps for the same project. I also traded for making wood steering wheel rims because I showed how I was doing that. This wouldn't happen, if this forum didn't exist, or I took the risk of looking like an idiot in failing to not finish a project, or showing how to strip paint with brake fluid, again.

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Dad got me one with the #1 tip when I was a teen, early 80s, which I still use. I should get a #5 for bodies, if that will put out a bigger fan. I tried their double action, hated cleaning it. Nice job fixing it up!

Thank you. ? Appreciate it. Thought I was done 3 years ago. ? What was I thinking? I better make a note on my drawing, one of the links needed to be shortened to tilt the hood. I make the plastic hinge pins using the aluminum plate and a lighter, which keep breaking when installed. I just need them to work one time, before I glue each joint. Have to get both sides done, got driver side done tonight. Using roof flashing aluminum for the arms, it drills much easier than the coffee can steel.

Thank you for sharing that. Yes, I have a few film containers somewhere, that will go into the kit box repurposed for transport. Thank you. Thank you.

Yes, it's patented.

I'm improving the hood on a previous build. A pet peeve is how the hood loves to fall off and hit the hardest surface around, on the pointiest part. ? Even if you don't make a hinge (in this case not operable but looks real), this trick will be an improvement. Obviously if it's not a '50 Chevy, the placement will need to adapt. Materials: K&J Magnetics (website on label), steel from something like a coffee can. In this case, I used thick aluminum so it wouldn't be effected by the magnet. Video demonstrates that I figured out how to make something work.

Brand of kit? I never saw it before. Headlights look great, were they chrome reflectors? You did a smashing job on it. I owned 2 MINI Coopers, attended 2 Mini Meets, they showed the original version of Italian Job.

Yea I'm going, someone has to lose. ? Been several times, and this will be the last. Had fun finding a hotel that wasn't asking for both arms and legs.

Thanks Russell for giving me a shortcut back to this old WIP! Since I'm redoing these hinges, and I have these cool rare-earth magnets now, I'm improving it. Something that always annoys me about these '50 Chevy pickups, the hood falls off when you aren't careful picking up. The plate that is dovetailed into the hood is made from thick aluminum. On the cowl, I glued a bigger magnet on top, and the smallest on the bottom, so I hope it won't rotate closed. Glued the smallest magnet in the hood, opposite the bottom one, I marked the top of that magnet when it was on the cowl's magnet, so it's orientation is correct on the hood. Added one more, the bigger size, at the point of the hood, with a steel plate on the hood. Rookie film showing how it works!

Thank you! The spare was designed to come off. The gas tank is a paperweight. ? Thank you. I was thinking of the '50 Chevy at the beginning. It's a mix, bed and wheelbase aren't a match. ?

Looks great, I like it! One of my future builds, after I found this book at a local bookstore. Glad you think the older kit is better.

Very nice! I just talked about getting the Boomerang, have you posted that before? I understand it's a tough kit to look right.

Before I joined the forum, I didn't do WIP. Heck, last century I didn't because film and developing to get prints was a pain. With digital cameras/phones that are so much better than film, it's fun to take a ton of boring build pictures and share here. I've learned and been inspired by others, and I hope I do the same for anyone.

I like that era of Cadillac. Killer build!

There is a thread started recently about perfection, this qualifies. ?

Good thing I posted how I did the hinge, using as a bookmark. Lost them somewhere awhile ago, need to make new ones. ? Thinking about using rare-earth magnets in the body this time, instead of trying to get 2 holes perfectly lined up.

I say YES! I think that was the purpose of models to begin with, whoever inherits it won't know and will throw it out. ? Someone came to a model club meeting, his deceased dad's collection had some cool stuff. His dad had started this IMC kit, but it was easily salvageable. Because it was started, got for free. It was a challenge to build, so be warned.

I know right? ? Like this one, we saw it on another thread in the last year, so I hunted one down. Someone in the antique auto club said he wanted to get rid of his models. He listed off the common ones and I was like bored, then he said Countach and the scale, so I didn't know it existed before this. The funny car was not complete, so don't get excited. Someone asked if trucks can be included, why not? As Ace said, this is another one I *had to* get. I've seen pictures, not a great rendition, but still cool. I never would have thought these would be "collectible".

I have that too in the stash, so between us I think it's now disqualified. The Spyder is more rare, but someone else posted their build, so whatever. I have a partial kit of Italeri's 250SWB. Also have the Testors 250 CA Spyder. I could go on....

I just wasted over an hour trying to renew my license registration online. ADOT has a website, FASTEST WAY - SAVE TIME they tell us. I got through inputing my CC#, and then a window popped up, with the circular time thing, and said "Do not refresh or navigate away from the page as this may impact your payment." So I had to babysit the computer to keep it from going to sleep, and had to click on the screen before they timed it out. Over an hour!!!!! So I'm hoping the Post Office will get my paper check to Phoenix now. When I was in High School (half a century ago), they showed us a film called Future Shock. They told us computers will make our lives easier, it will be a paperless society, we would have to work only 3 days a week. The only thing they predicted that came true, was gay marriage, and look where we are today. ?

I'm my own worst critic, so I should talk. I usually strive to do a perfect job, and it never materializes. My trick is to assemble enough perfect parts, in the hopes they overwhelm the imperfect parts. I don't have the time to make everything perfect, that's why I have so many WIP on the shelf of doom. If I didn't have to sleep, eat, clean house (which I did today after many weeks of not doing anything, it was the perfect ghetto), work, shower, see my mom more often, I could make the perfect model. But I don't, time waits for nobody, and I have a stash to build, and more awesome project ideas than time. It always amazes me to see things some humans make that are perfect, like pocket watches that actually work, I can hardly make a hinge that works good enough. I would be more depressed if I obsessed about making the perfect model. /end rant/

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If you quit posting on this forum, 18 days should be enough time. ? Dealing with the trailing arms is one of the most challenging parts on this kit, dealing with the big mold seams and chrome, YUK!