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Dang that looks nice! Great ideas incorporated. Glad to see the wheels built up and worked on. One thing - the drivers side front brake drum looks like it's backwards...

Dang, not even on my radar but looks like could be fun. HAve to keep watching for this one.

That can be frustrating for sure. Glad you worked it out.

LOL. Me too. I have 7 or 8 diecasts now and a few plastics. Sometimes ya just gotta.... even more interestingin my stuff is that I have no real interest in Firebirds and variations, yet I have 17 of them in various scales. Where do they all come from???

Wow. Love the green. Seems like I never find anything cool like that one. Good find. Something else to look for...

While not my thing, it IS an attractive vehicle. Like something you'd see out of Count's Customs, maybe.

And if you're a fan of Pat Ganahl, he has this website/blog where he shares some of his memories and even model cars. https://patganahl.com/

Nice stuff y'all. Nice to see some stuff that doesn't turn up for sale currently.

While looking up more on the Hirohata Merc, I came across this site. This is good for a couple days' worth of videos and distractions. https://www.historicvehicle.org/ Here is a link to a 4 part series on the Hirohata. Good stuff, several historically significant car guys. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKrgfQIGjcY. I didn't see this one on the HVA site. Enjoy.

That's how you know it's a Heller. It's a Heller of a build!

Thanks. And yes, the wheels look like they've been around a while and handled a lot. They have aged so nicely - no way I'd mess with them now. They were part of what drew me to the kit to start with.

Nice!

Super Nice!

I'll give it a look soon.

Love a Dart. Will keep watching.

Yes, you may want to search it - several threads on the variations, including one that goes from when it was Future up to a few weeks ago I think. Plus some links to a page with lots of advice on using.

Thanks Tim.

Thanks. I'm mostly down to a "one at a time" kind of building routine now, so this is it. Glad your body worked out, I can't wait to see yours as well - especially how the extreme Z and stance work out. I wish I could do that, but I know me - that would end up unfinished. I have to build so that I see fairly quick improvements or I lose interest or forget what I'm doing between sessions. Might get it finished this weekend. That's my hope anyway. The build has evolved to where it reminds me more of a Dave Bell drawing than anything else. BTW, I have had your Fotki page open for a couple days now - just perusing the builds. Thanks for all you do.

Nice catch and fix. Good thinking and photos to see what you did.

Nice random pics guys. I don't think I have anything I haven't posted on here durnit. I was getting frustrated by the LACK of photos of some vehicles on the net and decided I would try to post photos of everything new I got so if some did a search they might find something on the net before they dropped $100 on a $5 diecast. again, thanks for sharing - nice to see others' collections.

That's a neat little build. Great idea and turned out really cool. And interesting.

Can't wait to see this one. I'm liking these old style builds more and more.

An update - almost to the end. This is the rear floor I built originally. The Moon tank filler tube will stick out of the rear window opening. That's all I had originally, but my guy decided he needed a little more range so he added the cell so he doesn't have to stop at every station on the way to the Cruise Ins. And a proper battery box. Next is the front section. Seats of unknown origin. Kit walls and dash. Interior is fitted for last time. Now you can't really see any of it. ? Also got some texture to the top by dry brushing. And no windows other than windshield on purpose. Fitting the radiator hoses might involve taking the radiator back out - wasn't thinking far enough ahead. The headers don't fit with the plug wires - will fix that. Still got to make a coil and get that stray wire secured. Lights, shocks, radius rods. All little things, but add up a to a couple more hours probably. Taillights - kinda liked what Tim Boyd did on that new 32 in the last issue of SA - not sure what I have in the junk boxes. Terribly impractical car, but not completely unreal.

Looking good.

THanks. And yes, that car just looks like 50's luxury. And very imposing.