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Jimmy... thank you so much. I can tell you that i am guilty at times of rushing some primer on parts because i want to be able to see what else needs to be fixed on the parts so get them ready for paint. I know those lacquer primers can be a pain at timebur I have had good results with it for years but always have to be careful and some times I am not thinkibg and put to heavy of a coat in at fiest and know I will get some swelling. Cruz.... thank you for the kind words. I have been a bif fan of your work for a while. I love how all of your builds are very clean. The work is top notch that you do. Steve.... I am looking forward to seeing these builds. You need to post them for sure. You are welcine in the rivet info. If I can help anymore on it just let me know. I will be posting more info on them once I get to the installation portion of the tins but first want to get them finished and prepped for paint...lol Ira... thank you. I am trying to make them as real looking as I can. Even teyibg to make them pass for a 1:1...lol

Mike... thank you. I think or at least I am hoping to get the tins painted in two weeks or so. I need to finish the last details of fixing things and then get the final coat of primer on it then it will be ready to paint. Steve... its great to hear from you. Have you been working in another 1/16th scale funny car?? As far as the rivets go I will be most likely be gluing them in. My plan is to use some of micro scales krystal Klear, its a white glue that drys completely clear. plus when unstalling them I can have a wet towel and whioe any excess off right away when the rivet gets pushed into place. Dave... thank you. You and me bothe on the paint. I need hurry up and finish up the body work on the tins. Jason... thank you. I feel happy with the way the fix went and think its much better now. I cant wait til that day when thia build is done. Jimmy... thank you. I feel much better about the tins now. I know I was rushing things the other day and when i mist a bunch of light coats on i dint get that swelling effect. Thank you for the props on my talent but I have to tive that credit to the good Lord above, with out him I am nothing. Oh yeah I went to Napa yesterday to pick yp some of that primer only to find oit they were closed...lol. Gonna swing by there when I get off work today amd pick up a can or two. I am curious to see how it works compared to the plastikote.

This is one gorgeous model. I love the stance, did you modify it or was that how it was in the kit. It sits perfect. Again.. Nice job!

Bob... Thank you. John... thanks brother... you know I am trying to make the tins the best I can. They arent perfect but should look good once done. When I get to the point of cutting all of the rivets and installing them....they are gonna be a pain in the butt...lol I cant wait to see the updates on your HH... i will make sure and have some extra absorbant depends on Robin... thank you Scott... thanks brother. I am really happy with the fix so far. Just a little minor work left and then I believe I can get some paint on them which is pretty exciting to think about because I have to admit.... i am getting burnt out on them...lol

John... Looking good! I can't wait to see the paint on this it's gonna be gorgeous.

Here is a shot of the bottom, I think I can call the bottom done now just needs sanding and will probably get another coat of primer when I prime the whole tins again: Here is the firewall, Looks much better after adding some more bondo and primer: View from another angle, needs a little sanding and good to go:

Hello Fellas.... well I was able to get some more bondo on the tins a couple days ago and shot another coat primer on the part today. I am pretty happy with it now still some minor stuff but very close to having it done. Here is what it looks like now..... I had to fix the rear package tray portion it was bugging me: I added more bondo on the firewall: Fixed minor areas on the bottom side as well: Here is the package tray with a few coats of primer on it now: Here is the bottom side of the package tray:

Niko... thank you very much for the kind words and for the birthday wishes. I have to admit that it has been really hard keeping my attention to this tin work. I feel like i am so burnt out in it but I know I am so close to having all of the bodywork done. I guess that is what has kept me focusing on it. Then it can be painted and done. Lol but I really want to get back to the engine and other parts of this build. Brad... thank you my big brother. Now I am one year close to the big 40...lol Tyrone... thank you my friend. I need to get this one done so I can finally jump into a pro mod build like you. I still would love to see you do a 1/16th scale pro mod one of these days. James.... thank you so much for the info. I think I am gonna have to pick up a can of the napa primer and try it out for sure. For some reason I thought it was the type you had to mix at first and disnt realize it was in rattle cans. Rhank you for the Bday Wishes. I am hoping to get the tins sanded from the mud work I did last night and get another shot of primer on the tins today. Scott... thanks and thank you for the bday wishes.

James... I would love to learn how to use silver leaf and use in graphics in models

Thanks brother.... I appreciate it

Any Updates on this cool build??

Paul.... very nice work. It looks killer!!

John... my big brother that is looking killer in primer. Nice job on it. Tgis is sure getting close to having aome paint on it.. Hey what primer is this again, i know i have asked before but forgot... lol

Jim.... Thank you. the bottom of the tins have been pretty much like that the whole time other than the support piece I added after breaking the tins . I think it was hard to see it with no primer on it before. John and I are different people, he is my big brother and I hope to be able to be as good as him when i grow up....lol As far as this is happening with the tamiya primer and putty. Next time do a few mist coats (2-3 min) before you start laying down a heavier coat. Its rhe solvent in tye primer causing the putty to swell. I have seen rhis same thin happen of you just sand off emblems sometimwa the primer will make it pop as well.

James... Thank you for the recommendation on that primer. I have a Napa close by and may have to give it a try. I have been a big fan of PPG and HOK products over the years but I have a feeling the napa products will be a little cheaper on the pocket book. I will have to look up and see how much that primer is there. As far as what is up next for this build. I was really hoping to just finish up the tins to where they would be ready for paint. Inam really close to being there but I was debating on getting back to the body and doing some more body work on it so 8 can get some primer on the body. ButI think I really want to jump back to the engine. Thanks for the kind words on my quote.

Paul.... I was using plastikote spot fill and primer which is a lacquer base. I am sure it its making the bondo pop because of the solvent in it. I usually hit a couple of light coats over the areas with bondo first James... Thank you. Yeah I think the primer is making the bondo swell in that area since its lacquer based. I have been usinimg this Plastikote primer for years and it has worked good for me all these years but i should have known better to get a few lighter coats on first. I keep debating if I should pick up a cheap HVLP gun at harbor freight to use as a primer gun and pick up some PPG primer Debating on some K36 or DP50 gray primer.

Ok Fellas... I have done a little work the past two days... not much but making baby steps on the tins again. I was able to start doing some work on the bottom side and the start of reshaping the rear bottom piece. as well as start fixing the top. Got some primer shot to check my work again and I will need to add some more bondo and do some more sanding. Here is the progress I made: I got the rear top pretty much done where I am happy with it but in the right middle of the top area I need to add some more bondo to fix one area you can see here in the pic. Then I am thinking I am going to try and add some more bondo to the area were the pieces meet that are angled. Oh yea I also scribbed in the panel lines on the back piece too: Here is the back side after doing some cutting, sanding and trimming on the back edge piece. this area needs some more work and bondo added: Here is the bottom with the support piece now added, I don't think it looks too bad and works well: I keep having issued with the stupid firewall. this area keeps popping back out and I need to add some more bondo now to try and get rid of that spot showing up. you can see it runs the whole length of the firewall:

Joe... Thank you. You are gonna laugh but I actually did them all by hand with my pin vise which doesn't have a thumb spinner. I can show you a pic of it. I think I would be afraid to use some sort of powered tool on them considering the drill bit I was using was a .016" Dia. Greg..... How's my Aussie Mate doing?? Its great to hear from you. Thank you for the kind words. I hope that you have been able to get some bench time yourself. I sure miss seeing updates on your builds. I really admire your work. I am looking forward to more of your awesome 1/12 camaro pro mod . Cheers!

Wayne.... That thank is looking great man. Glad to see you making some progress on it. Joe... Nice job on the weathering. The Stuka is looking great! I was able to shoot a base color on the cart. I was too lazy to break out my air brush and mix up some steel color so I chose a color which I thought would look close to steel. well I am sorta wrong because i think it has a little too much metal flake in it but it may not be bad because I am going to attempt the salt chipping method so many other colors will go on but wanted some areas to be a bare steel. Let me know what you guys think and if you would shoot an actual steel color on instead. I think I would have rather just mixed some paint up for the air brush rather than just using a spray can now....lol

John... that engine is absolutely beautiful. Love the weathering you did on it. It is sure an inspiration and really makes me want to get my engine for the funny car to this point with all parts painted with alcad. Keep up the great work brother

Scott...i finally heard back from Mark at mshobbies as paul mentioned above. He told me that he can get what ever tuner model factory parts that are still in production. Here is his emaill addy: mshobbies_56@yahoo.com You can google mshobbies for web address. I dont remember what it is at the moment. You can tell him I sent you. He lives here in phoenix

Mike.. thank you my friend. Darryl... thank you for checking in. I appreciate the kind words. Dave... thank you. I am hoping it will look pretty good once it gets painted and the rivets installed. I actually cant wait to see how it will look....lol Jim... thank you for the kind words and for following along in this build. Dave... no worries my friend. Thank you for checking in on this. I hope you have beem able to get those problems worked thru. I am assuning its in the '37. The engine you have been working in is gorgeous by the way. I am looking forward to when you get back to your pro mod build, love seeing your updates. Steve.... thank you very much on the kind words. The fix ended up being a little easier than i originally thought when I broke it...lol i cant wait to see it with paint myself. I think with the paint Ibam gonna use and the rivets should make it pop pretty good. Well Fellas I wanted to let you know that I spent a little bit of time working on the tins again last night. Made some good progress on the bottom side sanding and fixing some stuff. I still have some minor fixing and shaoing to do but hoping to work a little on it when I get home and getting some more primer on it tonight. Hopefully I will get what I wanr done so I can show a few more pics on it. Thank you for following along.

John... looking good Brother!!! Man i lobe the wheels especially the tiny bit of weathering you added in the center. Nice work.

You are welcome Scott. I just contacted a guy here in Phoenix to see if he can get those parts. He sells alor of race cars and studio 27 and top studio parts. I didnt think of him until now. Once he gets back to me I will let you know what I find out.

Scott... I believe that I picked them up from Bob at Scale Hardware a while ago but it looks as if he doesnt carry that product anymore. I did find tuner model manufacturing on ebay. I will have to see if I can find any other distributors that carry that brand.