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Thanks Anthony, I’m hoping to get the orange metallic onto the body today and get a start on the interior painting as well. Cheers Misha

Wow Ferby, shave & a haircut is bang on! This is a stunning build in many ways, the colours work so well with the style, the wheels contrasting with the red trim and flipper discs, combined with the extensive body mods and detailed tuck & roll interior; all the details are period correct especially with the skirts and exhaust pipes running along the bed. Is there anything off interest under the hood? Congrats on a beautiful build, cheers Misha

Ford 53 - 302 Update! I’m moving forward with this project, yet it may be my second consecutive CannonBall DNF! Time is very limited especially with our planned return to the Valley of the Sun, Arizona for the first time in three years. Oy vey. Nonetheless most of the parts have been cleaned up and primered and colour coats have begun with the body. I also constructed the new fuel cell with extra capacity to replace the stock tank and spare wheel well. After cutting out the part I used thin and flexible sheet to provide a mounting surface. Once I was happy with the primer finish on the body I wet sanded it with 3,000 sponge in preparation for the Sparkling Silver (LP 48) undercoat for the metallic orange finish. I also sprayed the window chrome trim surround and may go with it as the final trim treatment. The roof will be an off-white, perhaps creamy solid colour. To prepare for airbrushing the body was washed with Ivory Snow dish soap, rinsed and allowed to dry. The choice of soap is based upon the pureness, as many dish soaps today contain a silicone like additive to make dishes sparkle and ruin paint jobs. The initial session required the usual misting coat beginning with rocker panel, wheel well surrounds and other more convoluted shapes on the body to ensure good coverage followed by light coats applied at right angles; front to back then side to side. Allowing for the paint to set off, usually five or so minutes two more wet coats were applied in the same manner. Quite happy with the results as it appears to be in the original metal finish awaiting the colour coats. The next step will be to mask the window trim and roof in preparation for the lower body colour. Thanks for checking in, all comments & suggestions are most welcome ?Cheers Misha

I had a similar issue, then realized that the notice had to do with reaction to a post rather than a reply, you know the funny items added on a previous update where one clicks to indicate a response. Hope this helps… cheers !isha

Sweet ride Jim! Always enjoy seeing the Phaetons, a kit that’s been around for ages now and still very buildable. Congrats and cheers Misha

Currently using the Coyote “Road Runner” Boss 302 from the 2013 Boss Mustang kit in my 53 Ford Hardtop. Cheers Misha

I agree Charles… the headlights are a delight as the shell is cast in clear resin, allowing one to carefully mask the signal light while finishing the shell in body colour or chrome. The headlight rims will also need to be finished likewise thereby allowing for a mix of styles. Looking forward to seeing yours mounted on your ride! Cheers Misha

That’s really wild Phil! Great engine construction. Cheers Misha

Hi Steve, Now that autumn has settled in we can return to our workbenches and it is a pleasure to see the work you’ve done on the Blazer. Molding the roof to the body looks great and solves a lot of the fit problems. Achieving that one piece body to look so smooth required a lot of elbow grease with sanding the texture away! The Hugger Orange ? finish would be very eye-catching (I had my first car a 65 Corvair painted in Hugger Orange) Looking forward to your progress, cheers Misha

The entire intake system is from Norm, our club did a combined purchase awhile back so I still have a lot of little yellow bags to use ?. The manifold is part # P-113 4-Carb Intake Manifold designed for the early Hemi from the Deuce 5 window kit. It includes the carbs and stacks.

Hi Paul, I really like the look of vintage speed equipment and my go to source is R&D of M. For this build I used the Strombergs with the scoops, the sectioned rad, shell & PE grill and exhausts and the G-82 headlights from there. Norm Veber is highly skilled with his resin work and is worth having a look at. Thanks for your interest, cheers Misha

Ford 53-302 back on the Workbench! It has been awhile since my last update, though now with autumn in full swing I’ve been able to get to the workbench. Recent work has focused upon the interior, mocking up the 302 engine to fit the chassis, and finishing off the body work. Having decided on using the Mustang buckets and rear seat along with the console I had to modify the parts to fit. The buckets only required a simple notch at the base yet the rear seat was sectioned to reduce its overall height. The rear portion of the interior platform had to be rebuilt once the seat was removed to provide a background support for the Mustang folding rear bench. I also detailed the interior roof section with headliner braces and detailing the side window detailing as it is so prominent with the hardtop design allowing it to be seen readily. Luckily the 302 required very little work to fit with the only modification needed was to thin the interior tranny hump somewhat for greater clearance. The four part engine bay comes together easily by fitting it on the chassis and tacking the four pieces together while keeping any glue off the chassis. The body work in now complete with the final primer coat on it. The trickiest part has been the hood since shaving it the hood ornament indent had to be filled while still retaining its bull nose shape. Next step is beginning the two tone paint finish with an orange ? metallic body with a cream coloured top. I’ve debated using the faux connie kit on the trunk and decided against it as ti interfered with the clean, more aerodynamic look I’m after (saving it for the rag top version). Cheers Misha

East Coast style 5 window built for this past summer’s Deuce Days held in Victoria, Vancouver Island… Cheers Misha

That’s quite the project Phil! Be following your slice ‘n’ dice with great interest. Great to see another local replica build in your talented hands. Cheers Misha

Great looking build Andrew! Your conversion is striking and the colour choice is bang on, and the Oregon plate is the finishing touch to your replica . Cheers Misha

That’s a great connection Phil! Memorabilia always enhances the build. The beginning shots are impressive with the progress towards the final finish. Cheers Misha

That’s quite stunning in black Rich. Great stablemate to the white livery. By the way, what is the source for the Martini stripes as I’m a fan! Congrats on a great build, cheers Misha

Checked thru my albums and came up with these shots of a Charger 500 undercarriage, tho’ not sure if it’s the K&K ride, suspect it is as I was searching for it at the time. Cheers Misha

I certainly would be interested in building Virgil Exner’s asymmetric concept roadster, hopefully there will be others to make it a viable project. It certainly is one of the significant “Forward Look” designs that Exner penned for Chrysler’s aerodynamic look of the late 50s into the early Cheers Misha

Really great detail Mike, the engine compartment and interior are stunning especially considering it’s 1:25 scale! Congrats, cheers Misha

That’s right, BMC didn’t have much success with the MGB in the 63 Sebring as a strictly works team. For the following season they broadened their team with personal from the racing world.

1964 MGB Sebring 12 Hour Over the weekend I pulled out the Aoshima kit of the MGB Club Racing version to have a look at it. This was a special edition that contained extra parts such as the hardtop for the race version in addition to the regular stock parts. I was especially glad that the wire laced wheels were there as well as the stock seats, as the Sebring racer only had the race seat for the driver. The only sticking point was the lack of a LHD dashboard, yet a bit of scratchbuilding will fix that up. Being a curbside will be a plus for me, as I often go down the rabbit hole with driveline detail. Let the build begin! Cheers Misha

Great idea! Gary beat me to the Cunningham 904 by just over 16 hours, so I would like to take up the MGB # 48, one of three MG entered, it being the blue one. A shot of #48 during the 1964 Sebring 12 Hours A more current photo of #48 with additional mods for vintage racing added, such as tow hooks. I’ll be in the stash later today to pull out the kit and posting it. Cheers Misha

Bit of a goof on the copy above with the Chaparral and the McLaren-Elva being mislabeled. These were unique kits in that they offered then current racers, while being curbsides they do build up into decent replicas with a bit of extra detailing. I’m fortunate to have three with the Lola being the exception. Cheers Misha

Saturday in the Cowichan Valley, Blazer K-5 with the top off and laying low.