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Thanks, yes there are several 1. large gaps between the chassis and body that I filled in, this will not effect the construction just the looks, 2. there are several gaps between the intake manifold and the heads and the front timing cover and the heads don't fit to good. 3. the seat is to small and out of scale again a looks thing.

I got this one finished, over all I am pretty happy with the results even if it's not close to perfect. I am still working on taking better photos and I think these are a little better. All comments welcome.

Looking good, I can never get enough of these hot rod builds.

Thanks guys, I have already put the model on all four wheels it does look much better with the new skins and wheels. The Henry j donor kit turned out to be of some use after all. The next update should go in the under Glass section very soon look for it there.

I got a lot of the work on the chassis done, still need to add shocks under the rear axle and a few other parts but I am almost there. The interior is glued to the chassis and it appears to fit pretty good with the body. all comments welcome.

Wow nice work on your GTX, the paint looks great.

I pic of the replacement wheels and tires, kit parts on the right and the good stuff on the left much better I think.

Thanks Bill, thanks Glenn. I Had a lot of trouble finding good pics for reference, but what I found also tells me that the rims are wrong, the kit comes with deep dish steal wheels for the rear and a vintage type rail front spoke mag. I will replace all 4 wheels with Cragers and the hard plastic tires with the Henry J slicks and skinny fronts.

Time for an update, I got the interior pretty much finished it's a little plain and boring so I added the seat belts, gas ,brake and clutch pedals, also added a tach on the dash. The kit came with only one seat and it appeared to me to be to small and out of scale so I swapped in a pair from the Revell Henry J dragster. I will try to take better pics next time, all comments welcome.

Thanks Glenn, I thought I was just going to buy another kit for the body, I think I got lucky with this one it doesn't look to bad.

I really like these old rod builds, I like those door hinges one day I will give that a try, nice work.

I really like it, nice clean build out of the box.

Time for another update. I fixed the side trim problem by removing it with a mini set of chisels, sand paper and a lot of scraping, both pics below of the almost finished body, all the chrome decals and windows added, just a few minor details to do after the body is mounted. All comments welcome

Yep I agree with all the others that is a very nice shade of blue, The rest of the model looks good to.

Time for another update, got some color on the body Tamiya metallic blue TS-19 I think it looks pretty good, to bad it was a waste of time because I forgot to strip the chrome trim off the side of the body. This is the first time I have made such a big mistake like this. The correction may not be so simple if just strip the side trim off and not strip the paint off the rest of the body I may get two different shades when I re spray the body.

Nice build, yep those wheels look much better.

I like your street machine idea, the engine looks awesome.

Time for a small update, I have been working on the chassis. I used lots of scrap plastic sheet to fill the gaps between the chassis and the body and there was a huge gap between the firewall and the body of the car that was also filled. I still need to fill the seems and do a little more test fitting before I am done.

Thanks for the comments guys, I have always liked to do the detail work on engines.

Looks good to me, maybe the guy drove the car blew the engine had it rebuilt and they painted it red, the only can of paint they had in the shop.

Well done to bad they never made it that way in real life, I like the looks of yours much better.

Time for an update. The first 2 pics are of the engine with many changes and details added, scratch built magneto, pulleys and belts, fuel lines plug wires and a few others. The third pic shows the body with 2 large plastic bulges on the radiator support and the 2 straps of plastic I think to hold up the hood, both have to go, these items are removed in the last pic and I added some strip plastic on the lip of the fender wells to hold up the hood. The engine still needs to have the paint touched up in a few spots than I think it will be done.

Thanks for your reply, I will post an update on the engine in a day or 2, working on the fuel lines and plug wires now.

Outstanding work, over the past 2 days I went through every page of this thread to see your awesome work, can't wait for your next update.

Hi guys it's been a long time since I posted any of my builds, you know how it is life gets in the way. A few pics I of my Iowa Shaker build, the first is just the box art for those who don't know the kit, the second is a pic of the raw engine showing the big gaps in between the intake and heads and the lack of a decent water pump, the third pic shows the scratch built water pump and some of the work filling the gaps, any and all comments welcome.