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Brad.... Oh my goodness I am loving this build. This is going to be a fun one to follow. You are off to me killer start my friend. Love your talent. I can't wait until your next update.

Thanks Brother.... I know I am pushing myself on this build and going to farther lengths just to prove to myself I can do it. Don't think I can do this on every build though. I would never get anything done...haha

Now it is in the extended position: Here it is installed in the body, Extended: And Retracted: Picture of it right side up: Well time to give my dog his meds and heat up some left overs, then I will be back at the bench working on the next part of this. Hopefully I will have another update later today for everyone. Thanks for following along.

Here I have cut down the main box to size, As well as fabricated the top with a slot that will allow the distance that the latch can move: I next set the slide into place and needed to fill part of it in so there wasn't a big gap and I created a small opening that the latch would move thru: I then added some .010" thick pieces to create a track that the latch would slide in. I wish now I would of at this point made the slot a little tighter but was afraid of not giving my self any clearance so that it would bind up and not work: Here it is with the top added. I need to sand the top piece flush to the main body of the latch, Here it is in the retracted position: Another post with pics coming....

Hello Fellas.... I appreciate all of you following along with this build. I wasn't able to get to the bench much this week due to having to take my dog to the vet on Tuesday only to find out that He had to go in for surgery on Thursday. Surgery went well and he is doing good. He had to have surgery on his ears for Hemotoma's that he has been having and after a good 8 to 12 of them that I have had drained the vet thought it was time to do surgery on them so this wouldn't happen again. He is doing well I just feel bad that he has to wear the Cone of Shame as I call it but it keeps him from scratching his ears while he is healing. Maybe I will post a pic or two of him. Ok enough about my dog lets get to the update on this build So this after noon I have been working on the latch mechanism for the hatch. I am calling it good even though that I wish I would of made it feel a little tighter when it is moved but it functions and does what I wanted it too. I still need to work on cutting the glass out from acetate and drilling holes in it that my buddy John Teresi was kind enough to supply me with acetate to use. I will let the pics do the talking now. There will be about 3 posts with pics to break them up so I don't upload so many at once.... I started out by working on the slide mechanism. I used the smallest piece of flat brass that I had. Drilled a hole, then tapped it for a 1.0 mm Scale Hardware Hex head bolt: The bold will get threaded into the slide so that I can install it after everything has been painted: Here I was basing the box around the latch trying to make it as compact as I could: Now I had cut a section out of the Lip on the hood that the latch will go thru and added a track that the latch will somewhat run on: Pics continued on next post.....

Greg... Thanks Mate. Hey I am just a tad over 5 feet myself... I claim 5'-6".... Henry... Thank you. Scott... Thanks, I appreciate the kind words. Marcos... Thank you. I appreciate you following along. Dave... Thanks... You would think I would be able to build a real one at the speed I have been going...haha Mike... Thank you... John... Appreciate the kinds words Brother!! Dave... Thank you. Maybe one day I will get to a NNL show back east. Alan... Thank you. you are so right about how something can not only drive you nuts but take 3, 4 or even 5 times longer than expected... ....lol . I never would had thought I would have still been on this hatch detail...lol Arnold... Thank you. Brad & John... I have a special treat for both of you. I am uploading pics to photobucket as I type. Will have some pics up shortly.

Ray... John will be starting the Hot Rod in about 3 weeks when he wraps up this Bad A$$ streamliner..... .... ..... John will you please let me borrow a few of your Mini me's so I can get my Army Funny Car done soon.....

Art... You are another one of the talented builders here who I look up to. I am always enjoying your work. Very nice fix on the paint it looks great. I have to agree with John I am itching for another update.

Alan... Nice work. It's looking good. I would of never guess the decals cracked. You can't. Even tell where it was that you fixed it. Nice work. Engine is looking good too. Keep up the great work on this.

Dave....I am speechless. Your work is beautiful and I am loving the progress. I am drooling over this. This build will be reference material for when I get around to my pro mod project. Thank you for always sharing your build. I have learned so much from your builds.

John... This is just flat out awesome. Man it is gorgeous. Having the car on the truck ties it all in. Beautiful job Brother!

Art... that is sure looking nice. Those flames turned out awesome. This is one gorgeous build. Looking forward to seeing it with clear on it. Keep up the great work on this.

Henry... Thank you. I haven't had much bench time since last week. Murphy.... Thank you Hello Fellas... well I was able to get a little bench time in tonight. got a little done but not as much as I was hoping but I made more progress on the hatch which is good. I really want to be done with the hatch but there are a couple more small things to do then I can call it good. I started adding the lip around the hatch and I now need to add a couple filler pieces, as well as design the latching mechanism and I need to get the glass cut for the slot. I have to Thank my good buddy and Brother....Mr. John Teresi for sending me some Acetate for the glass in the hatch. What I had was to thick and wasn't working like I wanted to. Thank you again John for the pieces you sent. I will show them in the next update after this one since I still need to work on cutting the glass panel to fit. I first stared out by adding some support pieces to the side to build the panel up from where I had sanded it down for the glass: I then worked on getting the lip added to the hatch, I am letting the glue dry good before I am going to try and sand the edge down to the height I want since I loaded it up with weld-on #3: Another view of the lip. I have 2 spots where I need to add a little filler piece: As usual I had to put it on the body to test fit it:

John... Amazing work Brother... that thing looks sharp and the paint is like glass. Nice work!

Dave... I love seeing your updates. Your work is always so clean, perfect and nice. Those parts are looking sweet. Keep the updates coming.

John... the race car is sweet. That paint is gorgeous.

Brad.... I love it. Your work is killer brother!

Derrick... you are making some great progress on this. Man the chassis looks great. The detail is killer. Looksnlike you are close to having this car donem nice work.

Art... That is some beautiful work on the rims and tires the paint is gorgeous. That chassis is sure a beauty too. Insure love your work Brother.

Charlie... that body is Gorgeous. I sure love your work and your attention to detail. I cant wait to see more.

Brad... You are an inspiration my friend. Love the fix you did for the rim and tires. Looks killer. That care base is off to a great start. Nice work!

Brad... Thanks brother. I have been trying to push my limits on this. Glad you are enjoying fillowing along. I have two ideas for the latch for this and hopefully I will be able to work on them tonight. been sketching ideas on a piece of paper...lol. I have a few chores I need to do first when i get home from work then hopefully get a little bench time in. Ira...thanks for checking in on this build I appreciate the kind words

Mark... Thank you so much. I really do appreciate the kind words. Well Fellas.... I got to the bench for a little while probably worked for an hour or 2 and felt like I didn't accomplish much. I started sanding down the back side of the hatch where the glass was going to go. Then It seemed like it took me forever to figure out where and the best way to mark the hatch for the rivets for the peep hole window. I got the rivet holes drilled but I didn't get the other things done. So tomorrow I hope to button a few other things up on this. I only have one pic to share but the way I am looking at it, I am chipping away at my to do list and accomplished something on it tonight. Thanks for looking.... Here is the hatch with the rivet holes for the window drilled and rivets stuck into place. I will need to cut the rivets length down in size:

I am digging this build. It's really cool.

I need to pick this issue up