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I know Darin was giving us a chuckle but if the price of new kits (around $25) makes you think it's too much, check out aircraft, or armor, ships, figures .. pretty much any other branch of plastic kits. We auto guys are the LUCKY ONES! I know, the latest Japanese kits are approaching armor.

I want to reach and touch the leather on those seats! .. nice job!

Spectacular transformation! .. so subtle ..

Basic black still looks good .. very nice job!

I don't even want to hear from all the anal car modelers here!

Zowie! .. that works well!

Pliers and hot water works for the worst stuck caps, but I got this jar opener tool that keeps me from running upstairs for the hot water tap a lot It really was worth getting.

The first red ... Tamiya TS11 Maroon looked way off when I first sprayed ... thought it was too light compared to the can color, but it's looking better the more I look. The color itself is nice. We'll see when I put some candy red on top of it. I may try some darker primer in another test .. just some of my usual grey undercoat.

Not much for an update but the nose is taking better with lots of sanding and shaping. Time for some body putty now. I like how the extension has pushed the front of the hood forward in profile. I got lucky at the hobby shop an hour away as they had two of the Maroon colors I wanted to try. Also got some flat red. Now I have to put some Candy Apple Red over them to see how they look. I might have to try some darker primer as the white spoons made them look pretty light

MY kind of workbench! .. and tell me you know exactly where everything is!

I know you were on body color, Charlie. I got some Candy Apple Red and I'm going to try that over some maroon and see what comes of that. I'm glad to see there's some transparent blue around to experiment with too.

We've been doing that in Massachusetts for years ... my problem is with car registration. On line I get the new stickers a month before the old runs out and forget to put the new ones on when the time arrives.

Those wheels look like they were made for it!

Work on the nose AND Prowler headlight adaption to the hood has been progression, abet slowly. I began thinking the nose should be extended 1/8" to the hood and added some tabs around the nose to wrap some thin sheet. The tabs can be seen in the first photo. With the decision to use the Prowler headlights I could see they needed to extend beyond the front edge of the hood to clear the fenders. So, the extension is being added to the hood. It still needs another wrap or two of .2 styrene and then can be filed and sanded to match the hood. I can see I have to shove the headlights back a bit from the location in the photos to get the clearance. The front edge of the extension will be the blue line at the hood top. Once I get the hood extension shaped I can get the placement of the headlights fixed in place. I cut the back of the headlight mounting to form a vent/scoop to the engine and a little thinning with the dremal gives it a nice opening. The headlight area will have to be ground out from the rear to allow installation of the headlights themselves from inside the hood. I've been working on the engine mounts to get the engine position set so I can carry on with that installation ans see what clearances I need. The air intake on the SHO engine faces to the rear so I had to grind out some firewall to allow the new intake plumbing to turn 180 degrees back into the side of the engine. This will be bent from some soft planters wire and just end in a K&N filter I happened to have.

First, I have to ask what paint that Maroon is? Don hinted it may be a pearl? I've been looking for a deep maroon pearl and really lik ethat color from here. The rear of the body in silver looks to have sink marks around the rear tail lights? Is it me or just errant shadows? I've been fully enjoying this build!

This is the type of build I love .. something you owned! .. and you did a spectacular job on this! The engine compartment is especially well done.

It's tomorrow, but have a few duties before I get full down in the shop. I pulled out the Prowler and WoW! The headlights are installed in a separate pod from the body ... this will be a pretty simple operation. It looks like I could even cut the shroud back short and leave it open as a hood vent! What an idea, Jason! .. thanks again for the input. I have to get the front extension for the nose on before I can really fit the Prowler headlights but they look good! I know all the :old school" guys will hate this but I"m old school too .. started building car models in 1958 with AMT's first .. and this is 2012 .. I build what looks good to me and this will LOOK GOOD! I should have looked back on the Prowler as it has other parts that could be useful. The engine could have been a better fit, but it also has a rear trans-axle so maybe it would be more work adapting the suspension. Anyway, I like the look of the SHO engine too much and it's staying.

I had 3 beetles and never tire of seeing them. Yours came out very well! Welcome back to the building crowd!

The color has been edging it's way into my head lately, Charlie. It's always been black in my head, but I know it needs something more noteworthy. Dark just seems natural. I'm leaning heavily toward some clear over chrome on the engine .. the intake pipes and cam cover like in these photos ... a deep red or blue candy would fit these engine colors. Not sure where I'd find a maroon candy .. but I'm gonna be looking. I'm so happy I had such success with my first Alclad job on my daughter's van. this one is going to need some chrome replaced for sure! Definitely the wheels!

I'm thinking now! It's late for me right now, but will be in the shop tomorrow looking back on those Prowler headlights ... I was thinking of something molded in and this may be perfect! Thanks for the thought , Jason!

Beautiful painting, beautiful interior, beautiful build, just plain beautiful!

Got my eyes and errs perked and watching!

Not much to show for it, but this is in the research phase, mostly concerning the SHO motor. It looks good for a fit. The height is still the major dimension .. going to try to use the cast on motor mounts but need some larger angles to make mounts to the frame. Also meed some new brass tubes for the front wheels. It looks like a trip to the far away hobby shop since the LHS owner is away on vacation this week and this build is BURNING! I got the nose tied down with some added side pieces and looks like it needs about a one eigth strip to extend it from the hood. This puts it in a good position in front of the fenders and will help with the transition. Adapting the SHO motor has been involving most of my research. The chrome was stripped although it will be Alcladed in the end after cleaning up the mold lines. Some research on the distributor "box" cleared up hot to do the ignition wiring. The box will be detailed with an aftermarket coil box on top and look better. A transmission of unknown origin has been mated the SHO. It;s the right length and size and will get a frame support later once the motor mounts are done. Thanks for all the comments as they are especially helping during this research, fitting and FUN phase!

I'd be tempted to try turning the key on that motor!