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Gosh! I had the TJ Hooker Dodge Monaco way back when! The Santini Air Jeep CJ-7 is definitely doable, but nobody has the decals and I don't have the nerve to want to try and create that paint scheme.

Thank you Carl!

Thank you Jeremy!

Thank you guys! Tom, the Lotus will be at NNL East 2020 in April!

The Monogram Land Rover Series III was never reissued after it first run. I was able to score one and I built it minus the goofy decals. I just got the new Revell of Germany Land Rover Series III LWB Station Wagons and it looks like a really nice kit.

Thank you guys! Sorry about that Jeremy! I forgot to add the ending chapter to my WIP. I went and corrected that.

Thanks Carl! Currently, Airwolf is still sitting in a bath of Easy-Off, waiting for a bath in Dawn Dish Detergent. I'll get around to it...

The Charger has come out of hiding again! I am bound and determined to finish the Charger this time. I work on it a little bit and then I put it back on the shelf. Well, not this time. I fired up the paintbooth this morning and got out a can of Tamiya TS-54 Light Blue Metallic and painted the '68 Charger this morning. This is three mist coats of paint. The chassis had a piece of 1 1/2" wide painters tape in the center so I could make the chassis overspray. This works pretty good! More Charger R/T to come...

The Story The two men work their way across the field towards the farmhouse and the other man walks in and he searches the rooms in the house. One man goes in the front and one goes through the back door and they surround the man inside and he lays down his weapon on the floor. The two men identify themselves as Massachusetts State Police and McNally, Boston PI. The lone gunman is identified at Chief Hodgins, the missing Police Chief when the Mass. Staties to over the Police Department. He is arrested and brought back to the Police Station to be held for arraignment and trial. The Chief didn't want a private investigator snooping around town and he had tried to kill McNally. Paul Dundy had hired McNally to find any other inheritors to his family estate and the only other person was a cousin living in Utah. That person was killed by an assassin shortly after McNally had concluded his investigation and Utah State Police had caught and killed that assassin when he tried to escape capture. The two remaining Whelton Police officers who were cleared of any wrong doing vowed to help rebuild the Whelton Police Department into a respectable Police Department. McNally had finally found all the facts he needed for his report. The Judge who had fined McNally for refusing to answer his question was arrested by the Massachusetts State Police and disbarred from any law practice. He was taking bribes and unfairly increasing fines in court. The complaints had warrented an investigation by the Massachusetts Bar Association and the Mass Staties. McNally might get a refund on his fine. The Build I have finished my 2010 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee and it is posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

This is my 2010 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee painted with Model Master Hemi with a Tamiya Semi Gloss Black interior, lowered suspension and aluminium tubing for exhaust tips.

I have finished my Lotus Twin Cam Special. It is painted with Tamiya Candy Green Metallic and Tamiya Light Tan, a wired engine and built mostly box stock.

I have finished my Lotus Twin Cam Special and it is posted in Under Glass. I would like to thank all those who have taken the time to view and to comment on my WIP.

I have this part on the sprue without any number tag and I had wondered what it was or where it went. The part number for the inlet on the hood is no. 184, but it is not listed on the part sprue. I had concluded that it went to the Super Bee hood and was the air inlet. This instruction sheet and part sprues is totally messed up! Well, I found part #184! I had thought that the part was a solid color plastic part, but it turns out that part #184 is a clear part. Now I know this kit has been compromised!

Thanks David! Yes, the Charger is worthless as an undercover car, but it is FAST!!! Ya, it's gotta Hemi! McNally has a plan even if he does step in pooh from time to time!

The Story The following morning, McNally drives out to Whelton and he stops at the Police Station now manned by the Massachusetts State Police. After talking with the Staties, he crosses the street and goes over to the Whelton Diner for some lunch and he was lucky enough to get the same booth he had the last time he was there. He places his order with the waitress and he stares out the window at the town square and then he focuses his eyes on the kitchen door with a diamond shaped 10X10 inch window. A face in the window is watching him while he drinks his coffee and waits for his lunch. HJis lunch arrives and the face disappears from the window. He finishes his lunch, pays his bill and leaves a good tip for the waitress. He leaves the diner and goes back to the Police Station while a man darts out the back door of the Diner and gets into a 2012 Ford Crown Victoria ex-Police Car and drives out towards the old Dundy homestead. A 2019 Dodge Charger SXT follows the Crown vic from a distance watching where the Crown Vic is going. The Crown Vic pulls into the Dundy Farm and stops in front of the old farmhouse and the driver gets out of the car and he takes an AR-15 out from the back seat, loads it and walks towards the house. The 2019 dodge Charger stops at the stone wall away from the framhouse and two men get out of the car dressed in dark green fatigues with an AR-15 and they quietly approach the farmhouse. The Build I clearcoated the Charger this morning with Model Master Ultra Gloss Clear. This is two mist coats and two wet coats of gloss clear. McNally will return...

I clearcoated the Lotus this morning with 2 mist coats and 2 wet coats of Tamiya TS-13 Gloss Clear. Now to let this dry and harden and then on to some polishing. More Lotus to come...

The Tamiya TS-52 Candy Lime Green is a fantastic color and a fantastic paint! And, a very forgiving paint, too!

There has really has been nothing bad happening since I started building this kit. Anything that could have gone wrong has been of my own doing. I have a bad habit of going out of sequence in my builds, so the instruction sheets are key to getting myself back on track. And, my own ingenuity. Don't ever be afraid of building a Tamiya kit!

Thanks Jonelle! Nothing to be afraid of here. Easy kit to put together. Just be careful handling the decals as they are old and they don't really need any setting solution.

I applied the decals this morning and it took me a while to do it. Some of the color stripes came off which could be attributed to the age of the decals or the decals are that fragile. I'll see if I have any gold decals that I can use or I'll get a gold gel pen. Now to let this dry for a day or two before I add any clearcoat. More Lotus to come...

I foiled the window frames, added the metal lettering and the mesh to the front grille and the hood openings. Then I added the lower body panels. More Lotus to come...

I had to move the Lotus body out of the way for another pressing project and I had placed the body on top of the chassis and it reminded me of an episode of "For The Love Of Cars" where the host, Philip Glenister interviewed a man who has a stockpile of Delorean parts and several unfinshed projects including a Delorean on a 4X4 chassis. Sort of like a monster truck-like vehicle. More Lotus to come...

I rebuilt this kit recently and I replaced the turbo 4-banger with a Boss 429 from the Revell '70 Boss 429 Mustang.

I did the P/E grille about 10 years ago along with a complete WIP. Those pictures are long gone, but I still have the model and I took some new pictures of the front nose piece. Carefully remove the grille backing with a knife or a Dremel at slow speed. Once removed, cut your P/E to fit and paint it on both sides. Using some C/A or Superglue, adhere the P/E to the nose piece and let it set for a while.

Ben, may I suggest that you remove the backing from the grille and use some photoetch as a grille insert. This helps the look substantially.