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That paint is beautiful! Nice job and keep up the good work.

Hi fellas, been working this week on sorting out the engine compartment. I reshaped the kit supercharger coolant tank to look like a "drag" version I found online for a real GT500. These feature a fuel cell type cap which allows the tank to be packed with ice. The other smaller coolant tank was remade using styrene square stock. I've also begun working on the intake tube made from styrene rod and the large open element air filter. Lastly there is the finished radiator coupling with clamps. Should be getting these items finished up and installed very shortly. More to come!

I just placed an order from hwjapan.com. Well see what happens.

Thanks guys for the kind words! Work will continue on misc. detail bits in the engine bay and should get to mating up the body, chassis, and interior soon. More pics coming. Thanks for looking!

Finished up the fans tonight and mounted them to the radiator. Here is some build up pics and mock up of radiator mounted. Will add some wiring, and coupling/tube for upper radiator connection. Looks like some of the detail is lost when mounted but I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. More progress this week.

Thanks again guys! A tiny update here. The beginnings of scratched electric fans made from styrene bits. I turned the center (motor) sections of the styrene rod in the dremel to cut a groove to hold the fan blades. More soon!

The fronts are slicks from a very old Monogram Nascar kit shaved and sanded. The rears ... well they are the same diameter as the fronts but a bit wider and I have no idea what kit those came from lol .. I may end up using the Nascar slicks all the way around with some M&H decals on the sidewalls. On all 4 I had to dremel the inside diameter a bit in order to fit the Pro Tracks.

Thanks for the info Jay. No doubt the Pro Track rims are the business! The GTR will stay AWD and keep slicks at all four corners. It will be my first drag car in many years. Keep up the good work and thanks again.

John, I had to save those pics to my computer like I have done so many times before with your builds. Truly amazing! Truly talented! Thanks for sharing the pics, we ALL appreciate staring at your wonderful builds.

Jay what front tires are you using with the Pro Track fronts? Everything looking great, keep up the good work! The only pics I have so far are just teasers of my GTR, more to come soon! Promise

thanks for the kind words guys! I'm really having fun with this build and I really dig the simplicity of the Jada kit. I feel it has just what you need to build a really nice project and you can add as little or as much detail as you'd like. Actually I liked the Jada kits so much I bought a few more of each lol... More progress comin' up

You could use a toothbrush and some luke warm water and gently scrub away at the door lines, or you can use a toothpick to scribe at the door lines. I do this to remove all the gunk when I'm working at primer.

I'll agree with Bob, my Stylus is perfect for my needs. Cordless, good power, small and compact design. It sits right to the side of my modeling desk at all times ready to rock and roll. Although I do have an ancient corded unit that to this day is a workhorse and has never failed me. I use that for more "hardcore" cutting and sanding.

Hi Jon, this may help .... http://protechmodelparts.com/images/protechlogo.jpg Also, an even simpler version is : Using thin styrene rods cut to any length you'd like. Take flat jewelers pliers and pinch the ends flat. You can then use a file and shape the ends any way you'd like. The flat spot that you pinched can now be drilled in the center for a bolt/nut. Sorry dont have pics here at the office to show you.

Finally! The engine gets mounted. More detail bits to follow. The body is cleared, window trim done, patiently waiting for assembly! More to come folks. This weekend may be slow, heading to Detroit Autorama Friday morning!

Battery detailed with scratched hold down strap, posts, terminals, and topped with RB Motion nuts. Brakes from Mr. Model multimedia kit 21inch Mr. Model wheels/tires/brakes. Photoetched center painted metalizer magnesium.

New aluminum fuel rails, scalehardware bolts, etc .. Motor coming together Motor pretty ready to install. Coolant hoses remade from polished solder, complete with hose coupling, clamps, and scratched dipstick.

The engine received some primer and the valve covers spent some time in the purple pond. The valve covers were shaved flat and new finned aluminum spark plug covers were trimmed. The kit supplied supercharger needed some improvement! And so it begins!

Hi all, this is my first "on the workbench" thread here on these forums. This project was originally intended as a "quick build" during the '08 season but other "household" duties delayed some of the build up lol ... Anyways, she is coming along nicely and I hope to have the finished build in the "under glass" section very soon. The kit is a Jada GT500, which for the most part I've thoroughly enjoyed building. The body is beautiful and the quality of the plastic is very crisp and sharp. Its somewhat lacking in some details, but can be easily upgraded throughout. I was thinking if I had a GT500, what might she look like? Here is some build up pics of what I came up with. Hope you all enjoy. Interior coming together. I added photo reduced glow gauges to the dash and just some detail painting. Early mock up. Paint is duplicolor neon blue met. and gun metal met.

The hose clamps are thin strips of bare metal foil wrapped around the tubing then the simulated bolt is a tiny piece of flat cut beading wire epoxy'd in place.

Guys, the plates look great! So is there some special way of reducing them in Word? I've never tried it in Word. Whats the technique?

Alan, those parts are awesome! Very nice using those powders!

I measured with the digital caliper - side wall to side wall width (20.00mm / .78in), tread width (15.30mm / .60in), height (33.80mm / 1.33in), rim opening (17.80mm / .70in). Like most tires there is an inside lip, that the rim would have to slip through, this measurement is 16.6mm / .65in). This could be shaved down using a dremel to achieve the same dim. as the rim opening measurement (if necessary). The tires are all a semi soft rubber, not hard resin. Hope this helps. If you need anything else let me know. Good luck!

Hey guys, here are the pics. From left to right (CRT-501 Current F/C or T/F Drag slicks, CRT-510 Late 60's Goodyear Dragster slicks, CRT-511 Pro Stock Super Stock Drag slicks). IMO the tires I think would fit perfectly under small bodied cars would be the very last on the right (CRT-511). They seem to be just perfect for what you guys are looking for. Hope these help! If anyone needs any other views let me know. FYI .. the CRT-501 (on far left) are the size of the Monogram 2 piece big drag slicks, size goes down from there.

Guys, compresins has some really nice slicks. Not too long ago they released I believe 3 addt'l sizes one of which is fairly short which should work out for smaller bodied cars. I have all of them at home and can check which is the shortest later and post size/pic comparison if you'd like.