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The first shot shows the rear bulkhead. it will be painted to look like natural plywood which apparently it was. The others are progress shots of the dash. No, the switches are not that long. I just wanted the glue to cure a little longer before i start sanding and shaping them. roll bar shots after that. Just a single loop with no reinforcing tubes. I will get the fuel hose to fit more flush, eventually.

Bump. Looking forward with anticipation for more on this one.

Really good stuff. I have even found its the perfect fixatent for decal sheets that I make. The testors 1261 I was using can melt the ink if you get too strong with it. The furure does not hurt them at all, and small contengencies stay sharper. If it fogs on you dont panic. It will clear up when it fully dries.

Another Awesome one from your bench, Tim. Everything looks perfect. Really like the grille alot.

Thanks, Pierre. If you can find the Revell kit, or the Historic Racing Miniatures kit, that I hear you can purchase on ebay for ten bucks, those would be much better choices then the amt kit. Nothing seems to fit on this kit, which is par for the course with all amt kits, Except for maybe the nascar amt kits.

Its not fun but can be trimmed down with the saw. Be very careful , these things are easy to break and scratch. I scribe a line with a #11 blade to get the saw started and use as a guide.

Thanks, Mike. I had to cut the glass down to just a windshield and just a back glass because they refused to fit as a one piece item. The vent glasses had to be trimmed also because they ended up being way behind the frame on both sides by a little over a sixteenth of an inch. when you get to that part of your build you will probably notice the same thing if you also have this amt kit.

I had to cheat a little on those . The 1/25 scale amt webers had to be drilled out first and then there was not much room for any kind of tubing that I had. I did not want to go through the side of the chrome intake part of the weber. I had to use a solid piece of styrene rod paint it bronze and then put a touch of black paint at the end of the rod to simulate a hollow tube. They dont make a drill bit small enough to drill out that size rod. I wanted to do what you did to your webers but they just weren't big enough.

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To tell you the truth, I don't remember, so you are probably right. Just make sure the stuff you have is clear. try it on an old body to see if its self leveling and dries crystal clear.

This is the product you want. Its exactly like the old future.

Excellent job , Mike. The paint came out superbly. Especially the gold stripes.

Yup, I'm still on board with it. One thing I have realized is the masking for a two tone paint job will be a lot easier because there is no overspray. Also i will never have to clean my airbrush again and I can wash my brushes in the sink with Dawn. No toxic chemicals involved at all.

Thanks, Josh, but whatever I do from now on will not involve spraying . I'm all in with just using a brush from now on. I think if I can get the matt varnish it will give me the results I want. Thanks again for the comment..

I'm going to say the engine is done. I wanted to dull it down some and wanted to by the vallejo matt varnish , but h.l. was out of it ,so I bought the satin varnish, but it did not dull it down enough. I will try the other h.l. in the area and see if they have it.

I wonder why they made them carry a spare tire in these race cars back then. I noticed the Grand Sport has one, and it looks like a front tire and wheel off a usac sprint car of that time frame. I noticed the roll bar in your cobra, and at first I didnt think the grand sport had one but I spotted one the other day in a ref picture. It appears to be a single halo bar that follows the roof and down the b pillars right behind the door openings. Again, your build is coming along excellently.

My gosh, Josh . Between the steering wheel chrome core you cut out and the spare tire hold down bungees, I cant decide which is more through the roof Awesome. Amazing work you got going on here.

Thanks , Josh. These amt kits always seem to have the molded in stock exhaust and suspensions so you have to remove at least some of it or you can go crazy and remove all of it' but that isnt really worth it. So I just try to remove the obvious stuff that would look ridiculous if you kept it. Like the exhaust.

Thanks for the tip on the chrome vinyl. I was hoping it could be purchased some where. You can see that in some situations it would be better to use then bare metal foil.

Some more awesome work going on here, Josh. The tire decals turned out perfect. Tell me more about the adhesive chrome vinyl.

The seats and door trim are not right but that's looking like too much work to get that done.

Some more stuff done. I have to do some more work on the pipes clamps , and the dash has to have the hoods removed and also the glove box door . the interior needs a deck installed behind the seats.

Wow, Pierre. I thought you could never find this thread buried down here. I'd say your 53 Ford with all the things in the bed and the weathered Black widow are more in line for recieving Builder of the Year, then this hacked up puttied up creation. I have 32 more steps to do, to finish . So at 2 days a step, I'm probably looking at 2 more months till completion, if i don't go Howard Hughes crazy first. Thanks for the props and the new ideas about painting, which i hope I can figure out to some degree of success.