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Nice!

This rocks James, very interested in seeing this done. Great front wheel creation.

Good progress Bruce, looking good.

That's really cool man!

Cool finish.

Wow that is heart breaking news to hear of a lose of such an involved and detailed project. I'm sure you'll salvage what you can and move onto another just as detailed build.

Nice weathering, really dig the wheels.

Nice engine detail.

An experiment.

Got some of the boarder masking done tonight. Man this stuff is challenging to work with, I like it.

Looking good, I really dig the stance.

Nice casting. Good luck with the rest of the build.

What a great tribute to a loved friend.

Wow, your BMF, and paint are show room quality, nice work.

Very cool mod. Good luck with the rest of the project.

Great work on a really crappy kit, I like what you've done with it. Your engine detail is great, love the carb linkage. I have built this kit a couple times, both as OOB, total junk. I ended up just glueing the hood shut.

Great paint work, and some really good progress.

The first colour has been laid. Dollar store Neon yellow nail polish, thinned with Acetone. Some more practice shots. A little more consistent, should be much better with a straight needle, and the right thinning, and PSI, for now I have the MAC valve about half closed, and the comp at about 20PSI. The difficult part is the paint will surge a bit once I clear the tip. I clear it off on the masking template then move the brush into position as I depress the trigger. The new needle will allow a much smaller line, much closer to a pencile line, which is what I need. There is definately a technique to this small shading, keeping the tip and needle clean seem to be key. I have found I have to wipe the needle and tip after every row. First pic is with Tamiya Acrylic, second is with Model Master Acrylic.

Thanks guys. So I have done some net surfing and found a few pics of inspiration. I have some what of a plan. Just not settled on what the future holds for each "panel". I can say there will be checkers, weaves, lace and if I can figure it out those fish like scales, and who knows what else's. My goal is to use as many of these colours as I can and as many techniques as I can on one build. I forgot to add the Chrome and gold, doh. This build has one purpose, to see what I can do and learn as much as I can in one build. From this little experiment I am hoping to learn what works and only use what works for furture builds. My thinking is to try a many techniques as possible on one build. It sure is going to look wild, and maybe even just plan aweful. I will try and make it look some what tied together, but it is not a priority.

Very cool build. Love it.

That is some real smooth paint, and one big mother of a hood scoope! Nice work.

Brilliant! Nice restoration.

I read that both decal sets will be issued with the Super Boss.

Awesome dio and build.

Thanks guys. Charles, sorry man I have plans for it too. I will be putting it in another Willy's build, same idea as the first couple pics but much better planning.