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You had to write this text, because no one can otherwise see, which one is Real and which one is Model? Once again, truly amazing build.

Just curious, but why? It makes model looking much better with BMF applied than chrome trims painted silver. Chevy Pickup looks very good so far! Paint job on the fenders turned out great, and I'm sure that this is going to be amazing build.

It has been pretty warm here in Finland too, but now it is raining and it's little colder than few days ago. I have to wait when the rain stops so I can go clearcoating DoubleDragster's Frame.

Beautiful Fiat Altered! Color combo looks great, and I really like the engine setup. Those two motors just look "right" in front of that Little Fiat Body.

Thanks, Bryan and Thom! That intake manifold is still in progress. Now when I'm sure that everything fits under the hood, I can do lots of finishing for that Big Block and then for example, the manifold will get some work to make it look right.

You did excellent job with this Truck. Great subject, I like the 1:1. It looks very good to me. This Model sure looks like real, paint job is awesome and detailing is excellent too, as always. This just makes me speechless, GREAT job with this Truck! B)

This needs 15" wheels with High profile tires. They would look very good on this, I just don't dig those big wheels.

I like this one so much that I had to put my JoHan's Cuda box on the display cabinet.

I've always used lighter, and it works very nicely. Give as less heat as possible, so the rod just bends. If you give too much heat, it will turn into black and smell bad. Today I used that method with these tubings of the Beretta Bracket Car.

Heh, there are many WIP threads, since I have bit over 50 projects, and I'm trying to share those most interesting ones with you guys. Progress has been slow, but today I managed to solve my fit issue. Hood didn't fit nicely, and today I trimmed a little material off from the frame, so engine sits a bit lower now and everything fits under the hood. Next I have to build a bracket for the alternator, and belt too.

Finally an Update... Not so much done today, but something anyway. I removed mold lines and other trash from the frame, and then I primered it. Primer dried fast so I managed to paint them too. Tomorrow I'm going to spray some Metal Flake- Clear on those parts. Also painted those spokes of front wheels, and glued them together. Rear Wheels are in the paint stripper, I'm removing the chrome plating so I can paint them Magnesium.

Thanks for the kind comments! It has been a while since the latest update. But finally I managed to add some tubing for the front end. They are made from parts trees, but I can't glue them yet, I can glue them when everything is painted and ready to go together. On the pictures, parts are just mocked up together. And then I glued that little cross bar on place.

Great work as always, Chris! Those brackets look awesome, it's nice to see that you are back on the bench.

I got the body cleared. So far it looks pretty good and ready for decals and another coat of clear. But let's see again in the morning, when the paint is completely dry. I will post pictures when it's decaled and next clearcoat has been sprayed.

Nice job with the Merc'! You did Awesome job, the starting point doesn't look too great to my eye, but finished product really does. Superb work! Is there a Model Kit or Resin kit available of this car? If not, this is VERY unique Model. And even if there is, it's very rare kit and this is unique anyway. How did you make the windows, and what material you used. Since that windshield looks like hard one to make, it's anything but square.

Very Nice Brakes you have there! This is art, I can't believe that it's a Model, even if it's Larger Scale. Can't wait to see more.

Oh, I remember that bike! If I remember correctly you had a topic of it somewhere, some time ago? Needs to look for it.... EDIT: Found the topic: http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=26183. Anyway the pictures are not from the Bike anymore. Nice job with that one too.

Great Looking Build, as always! I've said this before, but I say it again. It's nice to see a builder who is building only Old School HotRods. These are cool without any modern parts, just like this one. You nailed the Show Car Look. This just makes me wanting to get back on my ShowRod build...

Great build, as always! These DW Style Builds just make me feel happy, these are funny and different. I'd like to try my hand at one. I can't believe that you built this in 2,5 weeks. I could not get the bodywork done on that time !

Oh, didn't notice the Stock Eliminator markings. Don't know, what your goal was with this build, but it doesn't look like Stocker. I mean that exhaust pipes are unnecessary stuff, and I guess that it has exhaust manifolds either than headers? Other that that, it looks like cool Stocker from the 60's or 70's. Nice build anyway.

And Some Pictures From Cruising In Vantaa, Finland... Link To All Of The Pictures: http://tapahtumakuvia.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat%202012/Cruisings/Vantaa/Vantaa%2015.6.2012/

Here are few pictures from Cruising in Espoo, Finland. Lots of cars since the weather was very good. Couple of Teasers: LINK TO ALL OF THE PICTURES: http://tapahtumakuvia.kuvat.fi/kuvat/Tapahtumat%202012/Cruisings/Espoo/Espoo%208.6.2012/

Very cool Fairlane! Paint job truly pops in my eye, and I like the engine detailing too. Wheel and tire choice looks good too. Nice to see one beautiful Fairlane without too big wheels and ugly flat tires.

Nice Work, John! You always manage to impress everyone with these builds. This one is looking like real Truck. Paint Job turned out extremely well. I don't know if this has been asked before, if it is, I don't remember or then I've missed it. But: Are you going to build the motorbikes too?

Oh yes, we have lots of cars here. (Well nothing compared to the USA of course, but usually on the Finnish Championchip Events there are about 200 cars and motorbikes). We have pretty much different car categories too, and soon it's the time of European Championchip DragRace event here in Finland... Hope to see lots of ProMods and Top Fuels threre. And oh yes, currently we have about 7 TF Teams here in Finland.