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Great tip isn't it. Thanks Bruce, I'll cya there. Will PM ya later in the week about a meet up there. Thanks Dann. Totally, there's so many different techniques to learn and develop in the world of model building.

Thanks Dann, I am sure you would do it justice. Tonight's progress. Deciding to open the grills in the side body panels was the easy part. Actually getting them out took about 2hrs so far and I only have one side done. I thought about drilling and sanding the opening. A method I have used in the past. This tends to lead to a mis-shapened opening as I seem to always be chasing the desired shape from a bit too much over sanding. I decided to shave the back out of the panel with the plan to just 'pop out' the grill. This turned out to be the ticked. The other side is well on it's way.

Very nice work. It's amazing how a bit of added panel scribing adds to the realism of a build.

Congrats Pat, super job.

Harold is such a nice guy. I spoke to him years ago when I first found his awesome products, called him up just to say thanks for making such fantastic stuff. He was super friendly. Here's some engine ref pics of the trumpets.

Nice sculpting and reconstruction of the tail fin. I'll be following along.

In my quest to make this a collaboration of the Barris TV car and the Burton movie car I decided it needed a hood scoop. So in search of a donor hood scoop I went on a search into the stash and found an old Pro Street kit that had already been kit bashed. The scoop was ripped down to a 1/4 of it's height shortened with the intake being beveled, then radiused. In order to get the scoop to the shape of the hood I tried a few large containers then it hit me, use the hood. So I taped some 320grit down and went at it. Not sure if I will add more shape to the intake to replicate the TV car or not.

Impressive work and detailing going on here. I really like the colour you picked for the body.

Defiantly an added touch. As with many aspects of scale building, size maybe an issue. Either way I am sure it will look the part.

Wow, real nice Box Art build. Congrats.

Real nice engine.

Good luck with the mods, this is really looking good.

Absolutely beautiful build, nice work on the engine. Couldn't agree more about the instructions. I have a number of these engine kits from various vehicles. Although they are absolutly incredable resin castings the instruction are some of the most convoluted I have ever tried to decipher.

Simply spectacular work.

I dig the pipping work Dan. Very nice detail touch.

Thanks Dan. Hi guys. I am pretty happy with how this is turning out. I spent about 30min wet sanding down the Duplicolor filler primer with 500-600 grit foam backed sanding pads. Yesterday while working on the house I would drop into my studio and shoot some primer. As per the instructions I wait at least 10-15min between coats. All in all I think I shot about 14-16coats. This stuff is sooo awesome, I can't recommend it enough. It can fill imperfections up to a 1/16" deep without shrinking or cracking. So for our needs it's pretty much perfect. I've been using it for about 8yrs with much success. As you can seen it buffs up when wiped down with a cotton cloth. I'll have to scuff it up some before painting. Thanks for looking in.

Nice work.

Good looking interior. Sweet paint.

Another small update. Two rounds of filler later and we still need more. I am hoping a final round of filler then a shot of filler primer should bury these seems.

Great channel. I admire how much passion and energy Adam has for his craft and projects.

You should take it to the London show next weekend so us Ontario guys can get a good look at it.

More good work, this build is a pleasure to watch.

Small update. 4hrs of sanding a scraping the shell. I flat scraped the top of the fenders. Also reshaped the tail fins to give them a crisper knife edge. The hood trim/roof track was removed. Thinking about an omauge to the TV car by adding a hood scoop, very tiny. Block sanded the sides of the rear fenders, block sanded the top of the roof for an hour to pancake it. Some filling will be in next. Also flat spotted the tire's, rounded the edges and dressed down the script. All comments welcome, thanks for looking in.

Hopefully it looks good. Ya pretty cool tire for sure. I built this back in the mid 90's as well, gave it away to some kid.