David G.

Thank you most kindly Scott! It's nice seeing this one float up to the surface again.. David G.

Thank you most kindly Scott. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out. =D-

Thanks, I'll keep that in mind. Thank you Devin. Yes, everything you've seen in this post is included in the kit and a little more. I'm currently working on a floor jack. I'll be posting photos of that soon. But when you go to buy, be aware that there are two versions of this kit. One is "Garage Tools" which has just the tools and the other is "Garage and Tools" which has both. I hope this helps. David G.

Thank you kindly Jon! =D-

I'm still following along and I'm still tremendously impressed with your engineering and fabrication skills. I'm also sorry to learn of your health challenges. I'm facing a few of my own as many of us in this community are. I'm glad to know that you're doing relatively well. Hang in there Tom. David G.

Dang Anton! That looks fantastic! Well worth all the time and effort you've put into it. BTW, I'd leave the lenses a little fogged. I've learned that when a project is this close to completion it's best just to let some things slide rather than taking a chance on messing everything up for a 3% improvement. Cheers! David G.

Hello Everybody! I have another installment for the Fujimi Garage and Tools kit. There's a welder's hood that goes with the arc welder. I've painted it but there's no way for a welder to wear it. So using some strip styrene and wire, I've made some headgear... complete with ratchet adjuster! After painting the headgear and gluing it in place I removed a section so the welder can see what they're doing. The completed Welder's hood. With the safety equipment in place, the arc welder is ready to go. Here's the shop with the arc welder placed. It's starting to look a little crowded and there's still more equipment to build. I'm going to need a bigger shop! As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment if one wishes. David G.

I'm running some options through my mind. Thanks again! =D-

Thank you so much for the tip Alan! That's is one modification that I hadn't considered, at least not in that way. I do have a thinner, custom firewall left over from AMT's '32 Victoria, I'll try that one first. If that one doesn't work I'll see what I can do to fabricate a custom piece and install it from the inside of the body shell. It'll be no trouble removing the one that's there now as I just have it tacked in for the test fit with PVA. I do value your insight regarding this issue. Thanks again Alan!

Sorry to learn of the failure of your laptop David. I have been keeping up on your posts for this build but I haven't been commenting as often because I've run out of creative ways of saying: "Wow, that's really good!" Oh! I've just found another way! I hope you get your tech issues resolved soon. David G.

Hello Everybody! I know it's been a few years since I posted any progress on this one. I've been going back to some of my unfinished builds and well, finishing them. Picking up where I left off on the arc welder.... Using a scrap of photo etch material I made a strap hanger and drilled it to accept a straight pin. After that I drilled a hole in the side of the welder's cabinet, cut the pin's length to about 5mm and glued the assembly in place. Here, after four long years, is the completed arc welder. As always, please feel free to post any comments or questions you may have. David G.

It just seems right, doesn't it? I'm hoping I can make this one work. Thanks for the encouragement. =D-

Hello Everybody! I'm still working on finding a suitable custom engine for this thing. I really want a Thunderbird engine and it looks like I may have found one that I can use! After test fitting a number of parts-box and glue-bomb engines I found this! It's from an AMT '57 T-Bird glue-bomb. Similar in size to the kit-supplied custom flathead, it looks like it might be a good fit. The test fit looks good! It even clears the original kit firewall. Let's clean it up and get to work! As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

Great work on both of them Kimmo! It must be a good feeling to still have the one from your youth. Thanks for sharing those. David G

Hello Everybody! The quest for a suitable engine for the Woody continues. This time I'll try the Chrysler Max Wedge from AMT's '49 Mercury. Removal of the automatic transmission is the first step. It looks like a good match between the Woody's transmission and the Mercury's engine. Since I plan on displaying this model without a hood I want to add a little extra detail to it. Here I'm fabricating a bracket to support the alternator. With the alternator bracket in place, it's time to move on to other things. When fitting the transmission I discovered that cutting off the old one left a gap near the top of the engine block. I cut and glued in some scrap styrene to fill it. Unfortunately, once the fan belts and fan are added, there's not enough room between the firewall and radiator for this engine. In its proper position, the engine barely clears the thinner custom fire wall, and the fan is clearly intruding into the radiator space. Fortunately, I do have other options. I'm looking at the T-Bird engine from AMT's '60 Starliner. Which is the one I originally wanted for this build. So since I'll be coming full circle on this, maybe it'll be the one. 😕 As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to share any comments or questions you may have. David G.