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David G.

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  1. I think the white works well on the side spear, the decals look good too. David G.
  2. Great idea cutting the hood for the side panels, the grilles are a nice touch. David G.
  3. Seeing it all put together, that interior is a complete knock-out. David G.
  4. Looks even better in the sunlight. Love the Arizona plates. David G.
  5. It looks quite workable so far. I wish you better luck on this go around. David G.
  6. Excellent blending work on the custom nose piece. Great idea shortening the fenders first, it keeps everything in correct proportion. David G.
  7. The engine looks great! Nice work with the rag top too. David G.
  8. Crazy wild with this one, love the body lines! Looks like it's ready for a shot at the land speed record. Or maybe the next Batmobile. David G.
  9. Beautiful work on the dash, the 8-Track is a nice touch. The interior looks great so far. The gold seats are way cool, I had forgotten that gold vinyl was a thing back then. That looks like embossing powder on the floor. If so, what did you use for an adhesive? I have trouble getting mine to lay that smoothly. David G.
  10. As I said earlier, better the hood than the roof or elsewhere on the body. A minor setback in the grander scheme of things. David G.
  11. Hello Chaz. For filling seams such as you describe I use Bondo Spot and Glazing Putty. What I've done is to cut the bottom of the tube off and squeeze it into a wide mouth jar. If kept in the tube, it will most likely dry out in a couple of weeks. Since this material is essentially lacquer primer with some kind of filler, probably talc or clay, It can easily be reconstituted by adding lacquer thinner. I have a pump bottle of lacquer thinner at my desk and add a splash about every week or so. It cures through evaporation so works well enough for seams and other irregularities but not so much for larger areas as it tends to shrink and crack. I have had some luck building it up in thin layers smoothing each out as I go, but that's a slow process. Hope this helps. David G.
  12. Yeah, I'm kind of leaning toward that direction. David G.
  13. Thank you Joe. I'll get the situation with the mounted figure worked out. I just want to finish this one first. David G.
  14. Thanks for the compliment Si. He was indeed quite touched. I'm still impressed with your work on the PE parts. Folding those davits must have been quite a bit of work on its own. David G.
  15. You have my interest, go on. David G.
  16. Paint and detailing look great! Could easily be mistaken for a 1:1. David G.
  17. A lot of great progress since I last looked in. Must be getting close to final assembly. David G.
  18. Nice color combination. David G.
  19. Very cool! The paint scheme reminds me of the dazzle camouflage used on British and US naval vessels in WW I. The lighting adds a nice touch. David G.
  20. The paint looks great, it's a bummer about the hood though. It's probably better that it happened to the hood rather than the roof or somewhere else on the body. In a worst case situation, the hood would be the easiest part to strip and refinish if it came to that. Hopefully it won't. David G.
  21. Looks fantastic! David G.
  22. I thought the chassis plate looked great, then I saw what you've done with the interior. ? Very striking appearance on the interior, well done! David G
  23. Excellent work on the interior, nicely detailed. The paint looks great too, seems right for the era. David G.
  24. Nice work on the extension, looks like it came out of the box that way. David G.
  25. A clean, tight looking build, well done. David G.
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