brett

Thanks, Put some paint on , yellow was done yesterday masked for the orange last night. Orange was sprayed this morning did the masks about lunchtime then sprayed the black

Very very cool. I'm watching

Thanks again . The saloon was built for our clubs dirt track night, I did a half scratch built modified a few years ago.as well. Although I prefer cars in the Pro Mod or a 70's funny car vein, I'll pretty much built whatever takes my fancy whether its an import sled or rod .My goal for 2012 is to improve (well everything really) my paint work. Its almost twice as good as last year so I'm hoping I can get there.

I like it . You can use clear styrene or clear packaging for the missing glass. not sure what your tail lights look like though

Well I put some primer on and l took some primer off sanded for high low spots) then I put some primer on and when I sanded it back off I was pretty happy with it (dang there goes my song). In between primer drying times I painted a few bits and started engine detailing. Oil lines Yes I know the sumps not painted but I dont want the paint to rub off with all the handling Blower manifold plumbed and plug wires done test fits one and two tomorrow I will mock the headers up for the body cutouts then start laying some colors down as That will be the most time consuming job of the whole build

just gonna put a link to my under glass post Jeff,, as most of them qualify anyway http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=51197

The blower looks alright but the hat looks huge

Awesome work Roger.

great looking build man. Love the color on it

Thank you again guys, it really is appreciated

Beautiful work as always Paul. Hope you have a great and safe trip, see you next year.

Sorry no decent pics of the copout car yet but heres one from when it was leaving the bench and the only mongoose duster I've built yet was this one this isnt the reissue.

Thanks guys. Chris, its the 25th scale Schumacher car. Gonna plumb and wire this one ( will give me something to do while the paint is drying , as I have to paint all the graphics ) .

wow Rob, that is flat out nasty (in the really good way).

Very cool James, I like it a lot

Not good to hear at all, especially at this time of year for his family. May he rest in peace. Last update for today, yes its all been done in real time ;D. Changed a couple bars so the bell housing isnt sitting in no frames land body as it sits now and as the reference pic I extended the rear spoiler a little, may knock a bit off the top but it looks about right to me

So while the frame's drying I started ( and finished) removing the rear window louvers and making up a new rear window As you can see I installed a thin frame for the new window to sit in The new body work has a thin smear of putty over the joins which I'll sand back tonight

Then while that was drying I realized the motor would have to be move forward much like Chris's Army Vega. But not wanting to go to as much effort I decided to move the engine mounts and lengthen the drive shaft so I cut the mount brackets off and re glued them on the opposite sides on the other side of the frame uprights Drive shaft has a nasty seem as well as been to being too short now so replaced with aluminum rod

As you can see from the following image from Wayne http://images107.fotki.com/v67/photos/1/177223/5536490/drm318-vi.jpg the Kit Vegas are quite different see following So the chopping commences . I had already the body (which was quite twisted) in primer with front and rear panels attached to look for any nasty surprises , also helps to have a contrasting color when you're scribing parts out.First up off came the hood scoop then the patch panel

Great paint on all Derrick, dont think I can pick a fav though

Replacing your shield with a triangulated nose cone would be the way I'ld do it

Beautiful work on all Peter !

Thanks guys, much appreciated. I've actually spent less time in the shed this year than the previous few but have a better system in place for getting things done. Andrew, Yeah well instead of finishing a couple close ones I kinda started another . Jeff, the little one is a hot wheels 1:64th which I tried to replicate in 1:25th scale, it was the old AMT merc btw .

Thanks guys, much appreciated. Niko and Charlie, Dont you hate it when you know you have a couple little touchup jobs to do and you forget to do them cause the wife wants you to do a little job first. One that'll just take a minute (more like an hour). You go back to the cave and think what was I going to do ? Ah thats right take some photos . You post them up and some one says ............................. Doh. Anyways Thanks guys, If the sun ever comes back out here ( been raining for a week) I'll post a couple of revised out side pics with the necessary changes

Looking sweet Joe, hope you shake your cold off soon