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Some progress to show. The chassis is up on 4 wheels. Motor assembly has resumed with the addition of the smooth valve covers, coil, and the distributor. Foiling has begun. More to come.....

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Thanks Charlie! That's 2 coats of Mica Red with one coat of Honduras Maroon on top. It looks great out in the bright sunlight! I'm having second thoughts about the interior color I chose. It looks too blue for my liking. I'll have to venture down to my LHS for something darker. Maybe something like charcoal gray would look better.

The Story Charlie returns to the office and is met by her assistant Brandon who tells her that George Netwill is in the conference room and that McNally's background check is on her desk. Charlie enters the conference room and greets George and asks, "How Can I help you?" Georrge replies, "I am being sued by my ex-wife and former business partner, Audra, for making faulty auto parts in my new business." "Do you have the court summons with you?" George hands the summons to Charlie and she says, "I'll see what I can do for you." She then tells George of her fee and what to expect during the proceedings. The Build After some issues with painting the trunk lid and hood, I was able to clear coat the entire body with Tamiya Clear. I ordered the 23" brakes discs from Scale Dreams for the Pegasus wheels that I am using. The chrome was stripped and the brakes were detail painted. The interior parts were painted with Tamiya Dark Ghost Gray and will be flocked soon. More to come.....

Thanks Christian! I've been told that I watch too much TV!

Revell '65 Mustang as Spenser For Hire's car. AMT '69 Cougar as Tracey's 428 Cougar convertible in On Her Majesty's Secret Service' AMT '71 Charger R/T as Michael Weston's '73 Charger in Burn Notice. Revell '68 Dodge Dart as Joe Mannix Dodge Dart convertible in Mannix. Tamiya Lotus Super Seven Series II as The Prisoner's KAR 120C in The Prisoner. Tamiya BMW 635 CSI as Hawk's BMW in Spenser For Hire. AMT '87 Mustang GT as Spenser For Hire's 2nd Season car. Testors' '06 Dodge Charger R/T in NCIS.

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My pleasure, Antonio! I have this Caddy WIP posted on 2 other sites and the response has been quite positive. Others want to build this model kit as a stock kit as well and I think that they didn't know how to go about it. I'm still figuring out certain aspects of this build as I go along and it is testing my abilities and skills. So far, I'm happy with this build!

The door handles were made from thin strips of styrene that I had on hand and doubled up to add some thickness. I did use my Dremel on a slow speed to create the recesses for the handles. Trying to create 4 recesses the same size and depth is not easy!

Thanks for the info, Del! Not knowing exactly what the floor pan was left me to my own devices and the kit instructions. I chose to paint it with the red primer and it was redder than I had expected. And, the original color of the model was Testors British Green Metallic. More progress on Spenser's Mustang. The front suspension is on. The disc brakes are in the purple pond and the rear drums are mounted on the rear axle. The wheels and tires are ready to be mounted. The interior floor has been painted flat black and is ready to be flocked. More to come.....

Thanks Del and James! James, if I do make Quirk's Gran Fury, it'll be well off into the future. I went and painted the body and discovered two things, one...the color is too bright and the door handles stand out like a sore thumb! I did an experiment on the inside of the trunk lid by spraying Model Master Honduras Maroon and I really liked the color in combination with the Mica Red. Two...the door handles where made from some round stock and I replaced them with some flat strips of styrene which blends into the body better. I called up my Dremel again and removed the package shelf and replaced it with one made from sheet styrene. I decided to leave the trunk lid operational and made a foundation for the trunk floor. The trunk floor is made from sheet styrene and should look great when it's painted and flocked. More to come.....

Andy, I have overlooked this kit since it came out, but after seeing someone else make this into a near stock model, I had to try and put my own spin on it. Wayne, thanks for the suggestion, but I have figured out a different solution. I have mounted the doors since this would give me more to hold on to when I go to make the door handle recesses. I have added pieces of styrene to the inside of the doors to give me more to grind into when I go to make the recesses. I am undecided as to leave the trunk lid operational and make a trunk floor or to just glue it shut. More to come.....

No problem Clay! I have started chassis assembly. The exhaust, rear suspension, transmission mount, and chassis have been cleaned, repaired, reassembled, and repainted. More to come.....

Skip, you are probably right! Charlie could possibly be disbarred for having wheels unbecoming to an attorney! Charlie, I have decided to use my Dremel for the recesses. The rear doors are quite thick and some careful grinding with a small ball bit made the recesses fairly easy to do. The front doors are another story themselves where the plastic is much thinner. I'll add a small piece of styrene on the backside of the door and then use the Dremel again. Hopefully, there will be enough material so I won't end up going through the door altogether. I painted the wheel spokes with Humbrol Gunmetal Metallic paint. Humm, Quirk's Gran Fury? I'm not sure if I could find a kit that would even come close to what I need for that car. It would be an intersting subject though. More to come.....

I have decided to continue the theme of my McNally storyline with another build. This one centers around Charlotte "Charlie" Rothmann, McNally's friend and part-time employer. My influence for this build came from a model I saw at the recent Classic Plastic show and an article in a recent issue of Model Cars Magazine. The Story Charlotte "Charlie" Rothmann is a person to be reckoned with. She is a Harvard Law School graduate who is very sharp, dedicated, and a powerful lawyer who stand by her client, win or lose. She works long hours, has very little time for a social life, and relies greatly on her friend, Private Investigator McNally, to get the facts to defend her clients in court. Charlie is usually seen driving her BMW 740 until she was sideswiped by a drunk driver. Fearing a rather large lawsuit, the insurance company offered to pay for the damaged to Charlie's BMW immediately. After dropping off the BMW at the BMW/Cadillac dealership bodyshop for an estimate, Charlie wandered in the showroom and spotted a metallic red Cadillac STS-V that seemed to be calling her by name. Being a very attractive woman, 3 salesmen immediately offered to assist her and she told them she would only deal with the sales manager, whom she knew. An hour later, Charlie was driving away from the dealership in her new Cadillac. The Build I am using Revell's Uptown Cadillac STS-V kit for this build and will de-bling this car by removing the overly large wheels and tires along with the mega stereo componants. The wheels will be replaced with a set of Pegasus Vanquish wheels and the paint will be Tamiya TS-39 Mica Red. I started by removing the Lambo door hinges and I will need to add exterior door handles including the pockets behind the handles. I added the exterior door mirrors only to realize later that detailing the window trim will be quite difficult. The solution? Carefully removing the mirrors without doing any damage to the door frame. I added strips of styrene to the forward and bottom edges of the doors to close the gaps between the doors and the doors jambs. Now, that's better! More to come.....

Thanks David and Clay! Kelp it up???

I couldn't find the F & F Mustang anywhere so I'm forging ahead with the flat hood and I have a set of smooth valve covers coming from Eric Stone. I finished paintin' and polishin' the body today. I decided to strip the paint from the chassis and start over from scratch. More to come.....

That's the exact same mixer that I have. Except for the paint splatters!

Excellent paint! Great job! I just got this one today at my LHS. Hope to be starting this one soon.

Beautiful GT 350!

I use the Badger paint mixer that I got at my LHS for $10.00. Well worth the money to me!

My LHS (Hobby Emporium) had their 30% Off Sale today and I got the Tamiya Aston Martin DBS and the Revell Dodge Dart Hemi along with assorted paints and sprays for under $90.00.

Brandon, yours will look somewhat like mine! Except, mine's a Hemi!

I got the body of Spenser's '67 Mustang painted with two coats of Tamiya TS-11 Maroon and it looks really close to what I want. I'm even comtemplating whether or not to even polish it. The distributor has been wired, but I won't install it until I get a new set of smooth valve covers. I have held off on the hood until I can find the GT hood from the Fast & Furious Mustang kit. If I can't find one, I'll use the one that I have now. More to come.....

Nice Enzo! Is this the Revell or the Tamiya kit? I have the Revell kit in my stash.