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Just need to paint it.

I should have explained, that is a printed-out paper version of the real size of the window net, scaled down from a photo of the real net in the car I am building. The loom is an inch tall and wide, and the scale size of the net is about 3/4 of an inch tall and wide. The borders are 1/16 an inch tape I will cut out from some tan masking tape and then paint with white vallejo acrylic primer and paint. I coated the net with elmers glue to get all the threads to adhere to each other. Makes the net stiff and flat but it would fall apart when I take it out of the loom if I didn't. I was thinking about weaving it so to speak using a needle, but the loom is so small that would be impossible for me. Maybe a young guy with an enormous amount of finger dexterity could get it done.

Thats pretty neat. I had no idea all those things were available. Great job on the bench and pallets.

Wow, Pierre. I am so impressed with this diorama in progress. Did you scratch build all these items I am seeing? This is going to be awesome for sure when finished.

Awesome Torino, Pierre. Glad to see your post over here. Your work definitely needs to be shared at more forums.

I know I said no more wip pictures, but I wanted to share the finished tire/wheel assemblies and the loom I made to make the window net. I borrowed Drew Hierwaters creation from an article he wrote for Scale Auto Magazine. I added a few features to mine to stiffen it up. This rope type net was used in the seventies.

Thanks, Pierre. I thought I would be finished with the build part today, but I'm not pleased with the window net I made and will make a new jig to create another one. So hopefully tomorrow I can decal it.

Thats good. I still see some in Hobby Lobby. That's what I used.

Maxx, be sure to post a wip so we can follow along on your journey. Thanks for the kind word.

All excellent builds. Never seen the Robbins green version before.

Almost finished. Just have to finish the rear axle oil pump. Install the taillight lenses. Install the left front headlight pod. Install the grille. Install the front bumper and air dam. Install the rear bumper. install the back glass straps. Decal the model and then future the model.

Excellent build. I've always wanted to do an alternate history putting Rex White in a 64 Chevy that happened when Chevy decided not to drop out of nascar in 1963. Can't get enough inspiration to get it done.

Wow, That's beautiful. Super clean build.

I'm finally at the put the model together stage, so no more wip pictures. the next picture you will see, will be a finished photo and a link to the rest of them.

Thanks, Pierre. I know the cage looks funny but that's the way the real car was built. Go figure

Thank you, Carl. Much appreciated.

Thanks guys.

Thanks Carl. Just need to find the right size tube or rod and put a top on it and some sort of bracket.

Thanks, Carl. I can't seem to find the coil in the Corvette kit so I might have to make one, But I think the engine might be complete except for painting it and adding spark plug wires. That's all the plumbing I do. I need to put the blades back on the fan too.

Thats it, folks. There is no top for the air cleaner. The hood with a duct built into it was the top for the air cleaner. Whenever they opened the hood, they would throw a rag on top of the carb. I'm not going to model the duct in the hood because I have no ref pictures about how it looked.

You just bend it with your fingers and keep checking it on the pattern and the 1/16 rod is so skinny that it holds it shape. you make it a little longer than you need it for the section you are doing and then trim it on the pattern to get the right length. Then you put it in place on the sticky side of the tape that holds it in place on the rectangular piece of styrene that goes on the head where the header mounts, and then put the liquid adhesive that dries in about 20 seconds on it. I'm using the micro mark "same stuff". I would recommend using a respirator because the fumes are very strong and give me a sore throat and a cough if I don't. Learned that the hard way. I found that they do warn you on the label about the fumes. To me it's an easier process then using solder or wire. It's hard to glue those materials. Thanks for your interest in the build.