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Managed a little time at the bench and started some clean up work. I’ve gone back to the first iteration of the windshield frame as per Bills suggestion. Closed in the rear fender section and will keep the stark contrast between the bulbous outer to the flat inside. I think I have the ride height pretty darn nailed down.

Well you appear to have a nice transition for the roof, adding filler was always a shortfall when I have thought of chopping a roof.

Well Jim, gotta say this is coming along really nice!

Nice to see you back on this one Dennis.

Doesn’t look to bad Jim, I’d sublet out my paint to you lol

Excellent, that's a nice reward for your hard work.

That’s looking awesome Tom!

Thank you for your input Bill, I nixed the front fenders as it seemed I was using to much of the styling of the 41 Lincoln whereas the road crusher look of both front and rear faired wheels in my opinion felt more custom coachbuilt. I have quite a bit of refining to do as this is still in my eyes quite rough. I will revisit the front fenders and see if I can make them less heavy.

One could think that im sure ?

??I learned something new today!

@milo1303s Bob, while I can certainly appreciate that is correct for the era I’m looking to have my build sit in, it’s not a look that appeals to me.

Yes!

Neat build, I dig the idea of the 3w suicide doors on a roadster, I may have to steal that idea for a down the road build. And as usual a clean build from you.

Wow I’m impressed by the clean work on this, awesome!

Thank you but I’ll be keeping with my vision of an art deco roadster, post war.

I was wondering if you might sneak in here. I know this type of building is more up your alley than opening a box and plunking out a painted cookie cutter build. Have you any thoughts or comments you care to share?

Awww shucks, I’m just a guy cutting up some plastic haha, but thank you for the compliment. The rear fenders as well as the nose are next in line for some redesign work, the marketing department had a firm chat with the design department and have sent along a sternly worded memo to the works department to stop mucking about, end their tea break and get on with the actual work. I’m hoping that there will be very little bond dust. I’d much prefer to get the shapes close to fitting cleanly. If you have any suggestion for the rear please feel free to chime in.

The design team and myself got together and collectively agreed that some things were not going well for this build! What I mean is that I did some looking at the hackery I had created and decided I should start with a cleaner example that will facilitate some nicer work moving forward. Step one clean off the work bench and have it devoid of clutter and shrapnel. Then I reached in the tickle trunk and came up with a Tudor body that had the roof harvested already, gently eased the cowl and doors from it and mated them to a cleaner rear section that had been deprived of its doors and roof. Trimmed off the excess body panels and mated that to the front section. I will be redoing the fender section on the front and rear to clean up same mad scientist type cuts as well, I have them all mapped out and am awaiting fresh orders from the public works on when we can fire up the chop saws. Thanks for stopping by, make sure to return the supplied ppe and wipe your feet on the way out!

Ahh that would make sense as to why I’ve never heard of him, I haven’t had cable tv since 2010. Did quick search on the google and he has a lot of talent( well a lot more than me haha).

I like to improvements to the hood

I put on my “Critical Thinking” cap last night and have reviewed my work so far. There are a number of imbalances, some I can live with some I will not! The biggest concern for me is the quality of the shell I started with. It has a large number of flaws that I do not like. The fender unit that I started with was also very rough and in hindsight I made some cuts that were kind of unnecessary. But overall the concept is solid in my eyes, I do have another uncut fender unit that I can rework and probably make for a cleaner assembly. As for the body I’m down to only one shell that I could possibly use and redo a fair amount of the work that is already started, a cleaner example will provide me with less cleanup/putty work later in this process. I have moved forward with the chassis and getting it to a useful period ride height. Thanks for looking and commenting I’m not done with this yet.

@David G. the engine bay looks proper sorted now, amazing how adding a few small details can change the look of such a small area. Glad you have the paint sorted now, I’m sure the next spray session will be favourable.

That would be a nice addition Jim

Thank you, I’m not familiar with the name Ian Rousel? There was a lot of trial fitting before some cuts were made. Working on the chassis atm hopefully have a worthy update soon.

Looks like something Peewee Herman would drive, that’s a no from me sir