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Randy... Thank you. I will have to get a video of it firing up for ya... That would be totally sweet to hear it fire up. Jim... Thank you so much for the kind words, I really appreciate it. I have no clue how people there react to it, This will be my first entering anything at an IPMS show. I can tell you this my Build book is over 100 pages so far... lol John... Thanks Brother.... I am looking forward to hanging out with you and everyone else that is going to be there. Shambles... Thank you very much. This has been long over due to get it to this point. Just a few more things left to check off though.

Well Fellas.... I have been busting my tail putting in a lot of hours on a build book, drawings and trying to get things done for the nationals coming up next week. It's going to be close but I am plugging away and hope I get it done. I decided to drive around my neighborhood to try and find an area that would pretty cool to do a photo shoot at. And well I took a couple test shots and thought I would share them with ya.

Brad... wish you could make it too. I know you have some prior plans. The Car is basically done but have 2 items that I would like to still add but I need to finish the build book first. Bill... I will look for you for sure. Won't be hard to spot me. I will be the short bald guy walking around...lol. by no means are you hijacking my thread. It's always nice to put a face to names on here.

Chris... thanks man, I honestly don't know what to expect with the nationals since I have never been. I am just excited for another show here in Phoenix and looking forward to looking at all the models that show up. I am really looking forward to getting back to My Goose Dragster build for the dragster build off. I will for sure get back on it the Sunday after the show since the show is from Wednesday thru Saturday. Bill.. I will keep fingers crossed that everything goes well. Would be nice to meet you for sure.

Tim... I am not sure that I will need a suitcase...lol I have heard that there is possibly going to be about 3000 models there. That's what one of my friends told me that I talked to earlier today who has gone to the Nationals before and he said that the Swap meet will have a bunch of the big hitters out there. I am excited to experience my first IPMS Show that I will be entering in and with it being the Nationals will just be the Icing on top. I will let you in on a little secret it isn't a Bantam, Although I do have a Fiat Altered body....... well ok it that one won't be build next either...lol I think you will dig what it will be .

John Pol... thanks for the kind words. I sure hope I dont take that long on the next one. I learned a lot from this build that I ahoyos be able to build my next one much faster. Bill... right on... nothing like moving here at the hottest time of the year...lol. I'd you can come up for the show that would be awesome. It's at the Phoenix Civic center August 1st thru 4th in downtown Phoenix.

Bob... thank you very much, it's not perfect but good enough at this point...I just wanna be done with it. Tim...thank you for the Kind words, it's much appreciated. I have been busting my tail as of late to try to get it done in time for the IPMS Nationals here less than 2 weeks. I am super close and have been working on a build book. After the show is over I will Unveil my next project I have in store...

Holy Smokes Tim... that is awesome and had to been a pain in the Butt. I know drill rod can have a hardness of Rocwell C60 to C65 which would make it very hard to cut. You couldn't of found anything any better to use for the impeller.l without machining it all from scratch. Looks Killer. You keep raising the bar for us.

Tim... that is flat out Gorgeous my friend. Those wheels look great. I can't wait to see more of this build. Keep up the awesome work.

Thanks Bruce... I appreciate the Kind words, Its been a fun Build but glad that It is just about done

Alright Fellas.... I did some more work on this over this past week and in between trying to get a build book created for this build. So I wasn't 100% Happy with the way that my front Axle's Alclad turned out way back when and anywhere from all the different things of moving it around and working around it. I had rubbed some of the Alclad off by Accident, well anyway I decided to Tear the front end off the chassis and repaint the Alclad. Here are pics of the Updated Front Axle.... I sanded the Front Axle down to be repainted: Here I repainted the Black House of Kolor Base and Omni Plus Urethane Clear. After Paint I forced dried it at 140 Degress for 1 hour: Here is the Alxe after re-sprayiing the Alclad Chrome: Polished up the Axle and Put the Axle back together: Front View: Here is the Axle installed back on to the Chassis and all of the Radius rods hooked back up.: Here its the Chassis all Back together:

Chris.... Thank you very much, It's been a lot of hard work John... I am pushing Hard to get this thing done in time. We shall See what happens. Lou... Thank you. Shambles... Thank you very much. Stephen... Thank you Sir, Looking forward to seeing you at the Nationals. Daniel... Thank you. Ryan... Thank you. John... Thanks... Yeah been a long time coming to get it to this point. Can't wait to have it done so I can start on another Fun Dragster Build. Stephen... Thank you, But where were you when I made that part 7 years ago...lol . That is a great idea and will keep it in mind for future builds.

Donn... this one beautiful and gorgeous build. Man did this turn out nice. Love it!

Nice work Jay... this looks great!

You are welcome. That Dash is looking great. Yeah that kit looks like a good candidate for dome detailing. I actually picked up a set of the Scale Motor sports carbon fiber kit along with a Photo-Etch set they had for it too. The other Tamiya kits seem like decal nightmares...lol.

Chris.... This is going to be a great build. I love these types of race cars. I have a few of the Tamiya Kits that I want to build. Would love to detail the Sauber Mercedes or the Mazda 787. I will be following along on this build. Looking forward to more updates on it.

Here are a couple of Fun Shots I did with putting the body on the chassis..... close up of the engine sticking out of the body Inside of the body Fun Side by Side with the restored car:

Well... Fellas.... It's that time again for another small update. I have been chipping away at the last items on my to do list and I am getting closer to having the car completed. It feels good to about be done with it. I have installed the Body Tins for the last time and added the additional rivets in place, Also got the last few decals on the body. Now time to work on just a few more items. Here the Body Tins have been put in the body for the final time: Inside view of the Body Tins and Dog House: Then I got the Ed Pink Decal installed on the Snorkle: I also got the decals installed on the Spoiler:

Chris.... Thank you very much. John... Thanks Brother, Yeah it really needed that extra little pop with the hose clamps. Danno... Thank you my friend. Really appreciate the kind words. Daniel... Thank you.... I better go check the threads just in case . Ray.... Thanks my friend... You know I will try and add more detail next time... , I do appreciate the nice words Tim.... Thank you my friend. Hoping to see some more progress on your Bantam soon. I wanna see that Bad Boy in person some day. Dave... Thank you very much!! Bob... thanks, I don't think they went off because of this build...lol Bill... Thank you, I should of dusted the car off before I took pics but I was too lazy... Mike... Thanks Art... Thank you Brother... I really appreciate the kind words. There were many times that I was ready to call it quit's but glad I pushed myself just that little bit more to do a few extra things. It feels great to have my list down to single digits to being done. Stephen... I really appreciate the kind words. Its been a fun build but I am so ready to be working on a different project...lol Dave.... What can I say but thank you.

Looking Good, This is gonna be a great build.

Lou... Man that is just some Awesome Work on all of the Cars. Love the Top Fuel and Pro Stocks. And Holy Smokes those Sprint Cars are incredible with some insane detail and very impressive. Nice work. I look forward to seeing much more of your work around here. Can't wait to see what you have in store for us next.

Rickard... Nice work on the shifter and rear end. Man do they look killer. Love the Burn out with the rubber

Nice Job Curt... looks great!

Clay... awesome build brother!! I must be sleeping under a rock since I missed seeing this thread. I cant wait til see more of this build. It's looking great

As you can tell I didnt quite know what you were saying... lol . Now I understand.