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hahaha .. ya!

You got 3 years on me and were in the heart of what we east coasters only read about in car mags or simulated at our workbenches. There are cars from that era that haunt me still ... one of the few customs at high school was a 50 Merc with all the standard stuff .. chopped, 53 Buick trim, cruiser skirts, 57 Packard tail lights, Blue with gold in the trim. That's where this 49 Merc on my table keeps heading. I used articles in Car Craft and such to see how the body men sculpted steel and used their techniques on my models. I bent wire to the shape of some partsbox dual headlights to mold them into a 40 Ford fender. There were articles on every custom trick you could imagine. Like you say, Dave, the aftermarket was Mom's sewing tin. I remember hot sewing needles as "drills" for plug threads and I'd stick the sewing thread end in glue for a stiff "spark plug". At least there was a proliferation of Hobby Shops back then. With all the options in kits, read 3 in 1, the supply of custom parts was pretty good. Somehow I always managed to be buying another kit when I had no source of income. Well, bleach bottles had a 2 cent refund!!

That's a clean looking build. Most NASCAR decals have to be the nastiest things to apply on the face of the earth!

Interesting vehicle. They sure considered aircraft as the way to fly across the sands back then. just look at that tail.

That wasn't fair to us nor'easterners .. at least the sky looks like we've had for the past 5 months. errrr.. no wonder the airlines are in trouble...

Very good looking! Great job on the photos AND the build. That paint is the final touch ... looks fantastic!

Congratulations! It sure isn't an easy business and good to see some success

Nice daddy you got !

very nice.. I like the forward lean on the roof chop!

That IS one long trip ... can't believe you do these, but it IS your job!! ehhe This has been a long winter... I'd be happy to keep your spot on the beach staked out any time.

oh! I never realized it would stick after time.. very cool

That is so beautiful ... what lines!

Welcome and welcome!

That is sweet! I don't know if I could build one of those.. I love the Angila body and it might resist my normal instinct to section it....

<!--quoteo I missed this thread originally and whenever I saw your avatar I thought it was a picture of a real car! Very nicely done and excellent attention to detail. --QuoteEEnd--> That's the greatest compliment anyone could ever ask for .. thanks very much! (slips kneelingyak's check in the mail)

How old school am I? .. or, maybe that's just plain old... I'm most excited about the New Fiat 500 & Fiat 500 SRT-8 Hennessy

Thanks for the conformation ... that's what I always thought about places where you have to start another piece of BMF .. it always occurs right where the real cars break their trim.

PAPER TOWELS??? this is bigger than life!!!!!

Thanks guys! Looks like the slightly large generator in my eyes will be justified!!

Afraid I don't have the 87 anymore.. ehehe.. I'm all Porsched out ... couldn't locate a 968 when my '92 944 S2 wanted to be traded in so I got the closest thing available, a 2003 Infinity G35 6-speed Coupe. I'm not one to have two cars with the "good" one sitting in the garage. I live in New England mountain country and I drove all my Porsche's ALL year round. The first 2 were touchy since there were no snow tires available in those performance sizes. When we moved to a house with steep drive and I had to park at the bottom of the hill in snow I found snows for all 4 wheels. Was never any problem after that unless the it bottomed out in the snow.. eheh

Very nice. I like the paint. it really picks up the body features well.

ok .. the worst part of MCM is .. it's posted on the forum when the first person get an issue and us out in the boonies at the end of snail mail suffer and pant and try not to click on this thread to see who else got it before us!!!!!.... ehehhe

this is a neat looking kit ... two glass options .. wow!

I LOVE happy endings!! this is looking good! Just one note ... most black trim is flat, or at most semi-gloss. The black trim is best done after you apply your gloss clear coats or you'll be back masking and painting the trim with flat or semi-gloss clear anyway. Hope you're not getting too bent at us in the cheering section here. we are all defiantly CHEERING for ya!

Let me ask a question, but first, that does look great! How did you handle the bmf around the rear corner of the fins? Just short pieces of length?