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I believe that's the one, Jody. Polish the aluminum first.

In that case, there was a post on this forum in the tips section about making your own stacks from aluminum tubing with flared tips. Keep us posted on your build.

Looking good so far, Jody. You need to use an engine with a big blower on it!

I have a ton of original, unpainted wheels from many kits, James, and many of the dog dish hucaps to fit. Problem is, I'm in FLorida USA and you're all the way in Australia. Gotta be expensive to ship all the way down there.

That's a scary looking thing. Great details.

Ma's Resin (Alan Raab) makes some fantastic tires and another thread here says that Alan will soon be making wheels.

You going to put those flashing lights in the hood too?

Married only ten years (this time) but I now how you feel Johnny. My thoughts and prayer are with you and your wife.

And it looks nice and shiny. Best of luck at the show.

I'm a glue the wires into aluminum tubing or drill out the distributor from the kit. I get my wire from Rick at Scale Dreams. Rick also carries Model Car Garage wire looms that I use. It looks like Kris Morgan makes so very fine distributors - many people here love them - but I don't build big buck models so I won't pay 4 or 5 bucks for a distributor. I sometimes feel bad spending 7 to 9 bucks on Pegasus wheel/tires. I did purchase some tires from Alan Raab at Ma's Resin and they are fantastic tires. I'm waiting on some wheels from Time Machine Resin, but can't comment 'cuz they're not here yet.

Not so easy since moving to Florida - we don't need a front plate (tag) down here. On my 1:1 and several friends vehicles, I've covered the factory insignia (Ford, Nissan, Chevy, etc) and covered them with vinyl sign tape in the colors of the Vietnam ribbon.

Gseeds, you would be the man to correct the mistakes that I wasn't able to do. Looking forward to seeing your build.

Thanks agian for the compliments. I'm sure somebody like you Marcos or one of the other builders on my hate list could do a fantastic build from a very inferior kit.

Instead of trying to light a fire, Harry, why not drop some coconuts?

I'm liking this one already. Keep going!

Could you use aluminum tubing bent to shape? Maybe solder but that might be too soft. Maybe some Evergreen rod? How about using a coat hanger?

There should be a post in here somewhere about using solder to make headers. I'd tell you exactly where but I'm not too good on searches.

Thanks Pete. I looked at it again and was able to figure it out. I'm going to have to practice cutting/grinding on something before attempting this project. Pretty neat how you formed everything. My Paypal went through to Jonathan.

No just flocking. There's acetate in the skylight.

Yeah, David G. all my builds will be showing that plate. Vietnam 1969-70 USMC It doesn't show up in the pics but I painted the body line all the way around with Testors gloss green.

YEAH!!!! The mailman delivered my first subscription issue and it's in pristine condition. Now to get time to read it cover to cover several times.

Lotta wires there. Wheels/tires look good. What's the source? I like that root beer paint too!

Howdy Pete. The dual cowl roadster arrived today and I'll be doing the PayPal deal in a few minutes. Thanks so much. Could you answer 1 question? What is the part that's larger than the windshield but smaller than the tops? I can't figure it out. Thanks again.

Yup. HOK gold base with organic green over it and then a coat of Tamiya TS65. The hinges came with the kit. I just had to cut the doors out. Like I said, the kit sucks! No matter what I did, I couldn't get that firewall up any further. The firewall is factory attached to the interior plate with a seperate dashboard. The dash glues onto the inside of the cowl. If I had checked closer sooner, I might have been able to put a piece of sheet styrene in there. Lack of better planning on my part, I guess. No problem with the questions - that's part of why we're all here.

Looks like a great addition to your diner, Sam. Very nice job.