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I’ll look into that. I just want to make something that’s more realistic then the original kit. I don’t have a fixed vision in my head. The only elements that I want to keep is the body and the decals.

Honestly I’ve always used Testors to paint small bits like engines, suspension etc. And I just use one of their brushes, nothing fancy. Don’t have any issues with brush marks but you do have to make sure the paint flows when you apply it. If the paint doesn’t flow just add some thinner to it.

Not sure why but the Fairlane keeps getting pushed to the back of the workbench. In the back, in the corner, in the dark. Dug it out this weekend and made some progress on the interior. Removed the clutch pedal and cleaned up some mold impressions on the floor and finished up on the door panels. I sanded off the Torino door panels and converted them to Fairlane. Vertical ribs were represented with the use of some Tamiya masking tape. The moldings were made from some strip styrene and I printed up the woodgrain inlay that I scanned from a sales brochure. Only problem is I forgot to paint the trim before gluing the panels into place. I will now have to do it after the fact which will be a lot more difficult. Unless I tear the interior apart again. 🙄 I made up arm rests from some scrap and created some window cranks from straight pins that are no longer straight and styrene rod. I found a steering wheel for a 68 Torino in the parts box. Technically the Fairlane center emblem is different, but as AMT screwed up and molded the emblem upside down we are far from correct anyhow. I could theoretically remove the horn ring and reattach it 180 degrees out. But I'm not putting myself through all of that. For the most part all Ford vehicles in 68 used the same steering wheel just changed out the center emblem. '69 wheel was the same ,but the pad was changed as well as the emblem. I added a shifter and turn signal lever to the steering column. The gauges in '68 are black with white lettering, in '69 they changed the background to silver. You can get preprinted gauge faces for the '69 but they are not correct in this instance. So these were detailed by hand and then a drop of epoxy over the top to represent lenses. You can get a good shot of the ashtray on the back of the front seat here. If you recall I fabricated the front seat from a spare back seat. I made castings of the new front seat of which this is one. I've saved the master as I'm sure I will need another bench at some point. Also got the glass installed. I still want to make rear side windows for this. BTW that is not a smudge on the windshield, that's on the bench down below. Thought I got my bloddy fingerprints on it again didn't you, not this time. Maybe next.😯 That's it for now. Hopefully there will be more progress soon.

Glad to see your catching up with this one. Maybe it will be nice to you the rest of the way.😃

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Thanks Mark, this gives me a different way of looking at it. I was thinking strictly along the lines of a funny car but what you say makes a lot of sense. Never built too many drag vehicles so this helps.

My wife is a big fan of Scrubbing Bubbles. Spray it on, let it sit and then wash it off.

not San Francisco

Me and my shadow strolling down the avenue, me and my shadow not a soul to tell our troubles to, because these days nobody really cares.

Dow, Charles and Jones, Edward co-founded Dow Jones & Company in 1882

At World Series

Maybe they’ll give you a digital download😆

I replaced the backlight on a computer monitor once, it wasn’t worth all the effort should have just bought a new one. Today they sell TV’s everywhere, including the supermarket. Right now they are on after Christmas sales.

Presently cooking potato leek soup because for Christmas dinner my wife and I both bought leeks. Have to do something with them so soup it is.

Of his nose

World was presumed to be flat until Columbus proved it wasn’t, was the load of BS they taught us in school, but now we know what we were taught was wrong.

Conveyed through the mountains on long flatbed trailers the log home I always wanted to build was coming together in my dreams until I woke up.

The watergate scandal

Hide the evidence

“Physical” was a song made popular by Olivia Newton John but was originally intended to be recorded by Rod Stewart, that would have been a whole different music video.

on your fingers

a death trap

Buttles, to put it in the third person, encompass the duties of a butler of which there are many but the primary responsibility is to their principal's comfort, and well-being. (Russ Berrie, the founder of the company named after him had a statue of a butler in the entrance to his house, but no real butler inside.)

While doing my dog's nails this afternoon with my Dremel I wondered what other hobby related items people use on their pets, and by the same token what pet items we use for our hobby. Cat litter comes to mine as being used for dioramas (and soaking up big spills if you're the messy type). So what other items can you guys come up with?

Geezer Butler was the bassist for the heavy metal group Black Sabbath, his full name is Terence Michael Joseph "Geezer" Butler