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They look great Dale, just a bit more lighting and it should work just fine!!!!

Thanks Mike and no, you definetly don't want to use a dremel tool for this kind of work!!!

I purchased mine through my LHS, if you look at the pictures it says missionmodels.com, try that, good luck!!!

I have always beleived that to do a good job you need the right tools. There are some tools out there that are essential to have in your tool box or hobby room, this is one of them. I have used this tool before but never thought about sharing it with you guys so whoever owns one out there knows exactly what I am about to say. I recently ordered a Dodge Demon from the Model Car Roundup website. It was pretty rough, (not to talk negatively about Model Car Roundup) so I had to do quite a bit of cleanup to get it in shape. Hosted on Fotki After cleaning it up a bit I started working with the hood scoops. I started thinking about how to attack the excessive resin inside the scoops without messing them up and remembered that I had purchased this great little tool. The chisels come in different sizes which came in handy in able to do what I needed to do. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki These little chisels are very sharp and work very nicely, one must be careful when using them not only for personal safety reasons but also for the fact that you can easily mess up and cut off too much of your work, I recommend to just take your time and take off the least amount of resin or plastic when working with them. Patience and time is key here. Hosted on Fotki Here is a picture of the hood. As you can see, the one on the left is untouched while the other one is already under way. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Here is the completed hood, hope you guys consider this to be useful information and go out and acquire one of these micro chisels, I guarantee you will love them. It's just one of those products that are easy to recommend. Now, if only they could pay me for the plug!! Hosted on Fotki

http://public.fotki.com/MCRUZ1/mama-meeting-june-2009/ A few more images!!!!

These people meet behind a Lowe's near my house every Friday and it really gets packed with lots of good stuff to see, check it out guys!!!! http://public.fotki.com/MCRUZ1/lowes-cruise-06-20-2009/

Very cool man, love these little pocket rockets!!! Looks better without the decals!!

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Perfection!!!!! Can't wait to see what else you have in mind for this!!!!

I have a battery operated dremel that I have not been able to find in any store after I purchased it, got it on sale for just 12 dollars and regret the fact that I didn't get a second one. What I like about it is that when the battery is draining it actually works better. You see, you have to keep in mind that while working with plastic the last thing on your mind is a rotary tool that goes too fast. You want to remove plastic, not burn it, the lower the rpm's, the better it will work. Remember, purchase the one w/ the lowest rpm's!!!!

I will decide on that later, have to see how much of the intercooler I have to cut down, right now is a little too large to just fit it in there so I will have to reshape it.....

Very cool!!!

Happy to see you are getting this digital camera picture posting science!!!! Great build my friend!!!

Hosted on Fotki Don't be fooled by this little engine, it has lots of parts to it which will make this a challenging build. I will have to do a lot of cutting and adding to ultimately try to make this thing work so please, wish me luck....

I want to be able to use as much of the original chassis as possible. The Grand National transmission was way too bulky which meant that I had to cut a lot of the original middle part of the chassis off for me to be able to integrate it. My biggest concern is making sure to have enough available space between the radiator and the front of the engine, this area will be housing most of the turbo and hose connections and accesories.. I managed to get a bit more space and will show this after I shoot a few more pictures later. Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki Hosted on Fotki A lot of the chrome parts on this engine had to be "Easy-Offed", these cars had a lot of non-shiny parts on the Turbo area and I intend to simulate them with various shades of Testor's Metalizer paints. Hosted on Fotki

Your idea sounds terrific my friend along with the others posted but I am more old school, a GN motor is quite the modern engine for my usual old school taste but thanks for the heads up!!!

At one time I was also thinking about picking one of those up myself but thought about the underbody coverage issue. Another thing I don't like about them is that once I spray a body, the last thing I want to do is just leave it there gathering all sorts of dust while drying which is the reason I prefer the hanger method.... Bob, what do you do with the dried paint on your stand? Do you clean it after every use or just let it collect paint after each painting session? I ask you this because at times, when I use the same hanger I get little chips of paint coming off the hanger when I don't clean it. Of course, to me is no big deal because all I have to do is replace the hanger w/ a new piece but of course, in your case it's an investment...

Looks good Nick but try taking that picture on the same sunny day but under a deck or something, the gloss will be more noticable when photographing it against the sunny background, something like this..... Hosted on Fotki Right now, the metal flakes are making it a little impossible to see the glossy surface. Try it for me okay!! Please!!! Please!! By the way, I love that Quattro, gots to get my paws on one.... Those body lines are sweet man, you have to get this one done man. Say hi to your pops and tell him that I regret teaching him how to polish, he is kicking my "trasero" every time we compete.

Looks cool man, can easily be a nice little project!!!

Nice picture, thanks, I can always use some reference!! Anybody else got more??? I will be eternally grateful for any help provided, specially if you guys know someone w/ the real car and can snap some pics!!!!!

Hosted on Fotki This is more or less what I am going for, found this nice photo on the Internet!!!

I envy you!!!! In a good way but I still envy you!!!

Thanks Tommy! I like your ideas also, the Chevy stripes are always a nice touch. I want to keep the last pair of rims and tires, I have always loved the look of the Weld Stars and with that metal rim they look even better. I still want the old school type of muscle look, you know, the "I take the car to work everyday but race it on the weekends" type of thing. I am still in between painting it yellow or orange, I have some Chevy stripes from a 69 Camaro I had laying around there but will have to cut them down and somehow work around adding them to this build. I am also seeing some nice Grand National decals on the GN kit's decal sheet that I may be adding to the Vega, sort of a "powered by Buick" or "GN" type of theme! By the way, after almost loosing my leg in that incident with Ariel years ago at the Liar's show, theres no reason to get better at this hobby than with that kind of inspiration!!