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Niko... thank you. I think the copper head gaskets give that extra little touch to the Engine The material was a bronze phosporus from K&S metals. Dave... Thank you. When I get the other parts painted I will get another mock up shot for ya . I too am curious what it will look like with the painted engine sitting in the chassis...lol Mike... thank you sir. I think I did a better job with the sheen with this one than what it was before Clint... Thank you for the kind words. Dave... I would love to hear this thing fire up. Actually I just want it assembled... Scott... Thank you Buddy! It's coming along. John... Thanks my big brother!!! You know I didn't realize that there was that many views. Greg... Thanks Mate. I am very happy with the way the colors turned out for the block. Danno... I think it is that I am so dad-gummed slow....hahaha well actually if I wouldn't redo things 4 or 5 times I would be a lot farther along.... Ray... Thank you for the kind words. I hopefully won't be draggin' my butt because I really want to get this one finished. Well Guys little update. Haven't had time to work on it today but going to hit the work bench here shortly to work more on the valve covers and blowers. But I did go to my local PPG shop here and had them mix up some blue paint for this build. So now I have all of the colors to spray the body when it is ready for paint.... Hoping to have more updates for you soon.

This is awesome!! Nice job on it.

This is freaking awesome! I love what you have done with this. Very creative for sure. Very nice build. How long is this boat?

Totally cool kit. I was lucky enough to pick up a 1/24th scale Trumpeter P-51 Mustang a few years back that i will be building one day. That typhoon looks like a nice kit with lots of detail. Any idea what the price tag for it will be?

Pat...this is one fantastic build. The weathering on this is outstanding on this and looks killer. Nice job on this.

This one nice Merc and it looks great. Nice job!

Wow.... This is one fantastic build. I am blown away by the beautiful weathering job on this one. Very nice work.

Chuck... Another nice set of decals by you. It looks great!!

Thanks Danno.... I know you are just as anxious as myself to get this bad boy built up. Now I need to get the valve cover, blower and injector hat prepped and painted

Jonathan... This is gonna be a great build and the kit looks nice.

Glad to see you back on this one as well. Love the stance of this stang!

Tyrone....it's great to see you back on this build. She is looking good. Keep up the great work on this.

And as usual I had to mock a few pieces up on the engine block to see what it will look like. Mocked up the block, head gasket, heads and manifold. I think it is finally starting to come together..... Engine Mocked up with painted parts:

Greg... Thanks Mate!! I am glad to hear that you are going to be hitting your stride again. I can not wait to see your big scale funny car build. That is going to be awesome. I can not wait to see your pro mod back on track. Joe... Thank you so much, I appreciate you following along on this adventure. Alan.... Thank you.... I have to be honest, I really hope its ready for the Winternationals...... . Please don't don't toss your F/C out. that's the last thing i ever want my build to do is discourage others. Well Fellas... I got some good news, I was able to spend a little time earlier repainting the heads and I have to say I am much happier with the results. This time I took HOK BC-25 Black Base and I added some flattening agent to it. I started out by spraying a spoon with no flattening agent in it then I proceeded to add flattening agent a little at a time and doing sample sprays on spoons to get the result I wanted. took me a total of 4 times of adding a little more flattening agent to the base until I got the result I wanted. I sprayed 2 coats of the base on the heads and I think they turned out great. Here is the results..... Heads, Header Side Painted: Heads, Manifold Side Painted: One End of the Heads: Other End of the Heads:

Derrick.... This os one clean build. Man I love it. Very nice work. I am so glad I picked one of these kits up. The detail on the wheels just look killer. The whole thing is bad a$$. Job well done on this one. The paint is flawless.

Clay... that is great to hear this one is back on your work bench. Looking forward to learning more from this build and seeing your next updates.

I have to agree with the first one is my vote for the wheel cover. That chassis is looking nice and so is the engine.

Henry... Thank you. Joe... Thanks man.i was real happy with the paint....other than the mess up of the heads working on fixing them now lol

Rick... its great to see you back on this. man your work is very clean and nice. Love watching your work come to life.

Robert... thank you for the kind words. I know you may not see much of the gaskets when it is installed, for example the oil pan one but knowing its there makes it feel right. John... Thanks my Big Brother.....When I grow up and learn how to build I wanna be like you .... I still have troubles with shooting Alclad from time to time. Clint... thank you very much about the block color. I can't wait to see all of these parts together now that there is paint on them. Very Exciting. To answer your question about the 1/16th scale stuff. There are some 1/16th scale kits available although they aren't in current production but you can find them on ebay or at swap meets. If you hang tight for a few month Revell will be realeasing a 1/16th scale funny car which will have new rims and tires in them. One of the members here was working with them to get some new and updated parts. You will find that most of the funny car its out there that Revell did all have the same basic chassis with a few different bodies. There are also a couple different 1/16th scale Front Engine Dragsters and also a couple of rear engine dragsters as well. As far as the pro mods go, there are no kits for them. You would need to start with a Pro Mod Body from an aftermarket company and then using bits and pieces from different kits and aftermarket companies. I have to tell you ever since I started 1/16th scale kits I have fallen in love with building them. They are a little easier to detail since they are bigger . I say go for it and try one sometime. There are a bunch of talented modelers here that would be more than happy to give any advice you need building one. Ok Fellas..... Some good news and some bad news.... Good news....I got paint on the parts and am pretty happy with the results for the most part other than the heads. I am going to have to reshoot them as the process I was doing for them after I based them in black. I had mixed up some clear and matte clear from Alclad to give me just a sheen to the paint. Well my Dumb Arse decided to hold the airbrush too close with a little higher pressure and I only laid down one coat and it dried funny like it ran. Doh!! But It will get fixed. Here are some pics Please excuse the crappy pics I was in a rush to take them but here they are: Block Painted Alclad Dull Aluminum: Outside pic to see the color: Oil Pan Repainted: Heads painted HOK black base, then sprayed a mixture of Alclad gloss clear mixed with the matte clear to put a sheen to it; Here is a view of my Oops of having the airbrush too close to the part, and mind you this was only one coat of it.... ....Bone head move by me

Hey Bart.... Checking in with ya to see if you have had any bench time or updates on this one.

Hey Clay... any updates on this build? Sure miss seeing progress on it. Hope all is well.

Dave... this build has me blown away. That master cylinder looks great. The break pedal is awesome. And I love the home maid jig you made. that is some awesome work to keep everything straight. I am going to have to borrow that idea on how you did your jig. You have me wanting to see more of this build. Looking forward to more.

This build is sure coming along very nice. Awesome work.

Bob... I got the gaskets covered already Oil Pan and Head Gaskets: Danno.... thanks my friend. I was really hoping to make it out there this past weekend and wan't able to get there. Man I missed out on some good stuff. Did you by change get any pictures of the 1/6th scale funny car and 1/8th scale dragster?? Would loved to of seen them. I will make sure and make it out to the Goodguys show in march. Scott... Thanks brother!! the pieces are starting to fall together.....lol I hope anyway