MarkJ

All the decals are done except the front fender and door contingencies which I always leave till last since they are the hardest to do. Still no issues but I almost messed up a headlight pod 12. The small ones are always the hardest.

I like what you're doing, Kevin. I wish I had done that to my Ward Burton first xfinity win Buick he drove back in the day. But that was years ago.

Your Maverick reminds me of my Santa Cruz. It is also an almost truck but I hauled some fencing materials to fix my wooden fence, and it had no problem doing so. I love my little truck because it's a lot more fun to drive then a full-size half ton pickup.

Mazda has always made very stylish looking vehicles. My other daily driver, which is more like a weekly driver is a 2023 CX-5.

Steve, I'm hoping to sneak a little time in today. Only have a few left to do.

Looks like it just came off the showroom floor. Amazing. Volkswagen should get in touch with you to do a commercial.

Thanks, Steve. If I can ever get all these honeydoos done, I might be able to finish the decaling. These Powerslides are awesome decals. Only had one split on me and it was a very tiny one. But I was able to put it back together so no biggee.

Started on the decals and no issues yet.

Decided to show the build ready for decals.

Been having a lot of home front issues the last two days involving my pecan tree so I haven't been able to work on the build. Finally added the front spoiler this morning. I had to make one from styrene because the one that came in the kit was too big and too thick and would not have had the right angle if I had installed it. Would have looked like a cow catcher on a locomotive engine. So, I should be able to start decaling this afternoon. I just have to go slow and make sure I don't mess any of the decals up. I get excited putting them on because I want to see the model finished and I end up messing one up. Well, there's no extras on this sheet so I can't do that. They are powerslide so they should work well. They always have in the past. Wish me luck.

Gerald, I'm tuned in to watch this one come together.

Looks very good to me. I know how challenging resin can be. What donor kit are you using?

Totally agree with you David. It's weird because I had a 1979 El Camino but it wasn't anywhere as neat as this little vehicle is. It had a way underpowered v-6 in it with a 2-barrel carb and it was not fun at all to drive. I ended up trading it in for a 1982 Silverado short bed pickup with a v-8. It was a lot more fun to drive but wasn't overly big like the 2020 Silverado I had before the Santa Cruz. Its posted below. I really don't miss that truck at all. Thats before I put the side steps on it.

I was looking at the photo captures from the YouTube video of the race and luckily noticed that the aluminum fairings for the rear bumper were not raw aluminum on this car. They were painted red along with the rear bumper and half of the front bumper, so I went to all that trouble painting them aluminum for nothing. Now I need to paint them red again. Bummer, but I'm glad I noticed it now before the final assembly of the build. After I fix that I can assemble the tub to the body and the body to the frame and then add the tires, front spoiler, and the exhausts that don't hook up to anything, and I will be done with the build and can start decaling. Yay.

Yes, David. The main thing is, it is fun to drive, and people are always staring at it like they want to ask me about my little Hyundai Santa Cruz. They have a turbo version available, but they always come with a bunch of other stuff on them like roof rack, bed rails, and gaudy looking wheels that hike up the price about 10 grand. I drove a turbo, and it was impressive, but I just don't need it for a locally only, around my house driven vehicle. The base engine is peppy enough for me.

I don't drive daily but when I do it's this little baby. I had a big old Silverado pickup but I got to where I hated driving it because it's gotten too big for me. I can't tell if I'm in the lane properly when on the interstate and it's hard to see if I have clearance when getting on or off the interstate. Plus, when I go to get gardening stuff It's hard to get that stuff in the bed because the tailgate is so far up in the air. And it's even hard to get in the vehicle even with side steps that almost killed me putting them on myself. I was so happy to trade that monster in on this little sports car with a bed. I recently put some of that ceramic polish on it after clay barring the hood. It's like a mirror now.

I'm so close to the end now I really don't want to post anymore wips, so the next photos you see will be in the showroom or whatever they call it here. I never can remember.

Steve , Larry has revealed that you were right all along about your decal choices. Thanks for your help and keeping the discussion going till he could help us all find out what we were looking for.

Edgar, you were right about the Kustom Header decal. My apologies for thinking otherwise, but Larry found an actual photo of the car that proves it. Those YouTube capture photos are just too fuzzy to figure out. Thanks again for your help.

I stand corrected. There are Kustom Header decals on the oob sheet that comes with the kit. It's not quite correct but they will get the job done. I have all the other ones. Thanks again, Larry. I don't usually get this kind of information till it's too late and I've already finished the model.

Thank you so much, Larry for definitively figuring out the decals on the fender and door. Thank you so much for posting a photograph of the real car as well. It is so much appreciated that you would take the time to do it. My only problem is I don't have a Kustom Headers decal that I know of. I need to check my stash again and hope I find one. I could make one with the image you sent but I hate to waste a whole 8.5 x 11 decal sheet to make 2 decals. But I might as well just go ahead, and do it if I have to.

Thanks Steve. The more I look at the front fender contingencies I have come to the conclusion that you are right about the Zoom decal being below the Edelbrock and the Jet way is above it. I was letting a photo of the Rebel 400 car mess up my thinking about it. So, I believe the mystery is finally solved and I feel good about the placement of the decals.

Thanks, Steve, but I can't really take much credit for the gauges. It's just a decal that comes in the kit if you want to make a fantasy build. It just happens to line up with the guages molded into the dash so once you get the decal lined up on top of the gauges and use some micro sol that softens it to get it to form fit, you're done. You have to work the brush with the micro sol to get it nice and soft but after it dry's, its seamless.

A few more things done and I made my usual end of the build check list so hopefully I don't forget anything inside the model. That would not be fun.

Steve at this point I'm going to call it a day and use the jet way decals whether they or right or wrong. Thanks again for all your help with this decal mystery. I will probably add the nascar decal under the winston cup decal just because its supposed to be there and I have seen it there on other Allison cars as well as Petty and Pearson.