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Bill... Nice work bud. This looks great. That first pic is sweet

Lou... here is the only front end pic I could find but this is on the car they restored the car and not sure if it was that way it was run.... David... By the way.... Nice collection of kits

John... that mock up is looking sweet and you are making some great progress so far. Nice work Brother!!!

Bill... Congrats on the win at GSL. This build deserved it and so did you. Love this build. I am planning on going to the next GSL myself and hopefully will get to see you there.

What Pat said... I have had one friend back home who has sent many parts to them to do and they have turned out great. I would say you would be better off to take some of the parts off the tree and clean up before sending out.

LOL Scott... yea no pun intended. I did that by accident...

This is a great build and I like the direction you are going with this. I think the engine would of looked awesome matching the body look. I know I am a little late saying this but I really love the inspiration pic you posted in your first post of this thread. Sweet ride.

That would be sweet if they brought the Vette back.

Scott... Thanks brother... I appreciate the kind words. Just wait to I add just a tad bit of detail to the tins. I hope when I add the rivets it will make it pop. Brad... Thanks buddy....I gotta tell you that this body tin work was a challenge and I am ready for a break from it lol. Still debating what I should work on next.

Bill... Thanks buddy. I still have detail to add to the body tins which should make it look even better I think

Well Fellas.... I pretty much have the Body tin work completed. I still need to add some support pieces from the sides and what i am calling the fire wall portion. I need to glue those two together and as well I need cut the dash up and add the detail that goes to the front windshield. But to be honest I am ready to take a break from the tin work....Little burnt out on it...haha. Not sure what to move to next... more body work stuff.... for example...cutting out the escape hatch and make it working as well as the air dams over the front wheels. OR get back and prep the chassis and some other parts for paint OR the engine... Hmmm what to do I got the rear section piece fabricated and installed: Another View: Here is the Tin Work out of the body, I still need to remove the two support pieces I created to keep things together when I first stared making this: View of the bottom: Placing just the tin work on the Chassis:

Niko... This is looking great buddy. Keep up the good work man!!

Dave... Absolutely beautiful work my friend.you have me drooling over this motor. Every little detail is just killer. Your talent just amazes me. I can't wait to see more.

Tyrone... You have hit a home run with the paint on this. I am so impressed with how you executed the paint. It is spot on. I love howyou got the orange to fade into the yellow so perfect. And painting all of the silver. I also love the pic with the '57 ....totally killer

Dave... Thank you for the kind words and encouragement on this build. I am trying to do justice to it lol. So far I am happy with how it's turning out. I just want this tin work finished haha

I have to agree with this. I would much rather pick up the orange one vs the black one.

I got the side pieces glued in as well as I made pieces to fit the top corner which can be seen here in this pic: Here is a shot of the tin work from the underside. I have one more piece to make that will get glued in on the back that goes around the roll cage area. Once I get it made and glued in I will remove the tin work and take pics of it out of the body. I have tacked the tin work in place in a couple spots just so the tin work wouldn't move so I could get the other parts fit right while fabricating them:

Well guys here is another update on the tin work. I am just about done with the fabrication on it. I have one more piece that I need to make. Once done with that I need to do the body work and sand stuff down. As well as drill holes for all of the rivets that I will be putting in this body tin work. Starting out I needed to fill the gap between the fire wall portion and the body, shown here is the gap between the two: I have added plastic to bridge that gap between the body and the tin work: Here is one side that I added material to. This will all get sanded and you will never know it was multiple pieces: This is the other side:

Danno.... I had no idea you were secretly a rivet counter .... Kidding buddy!! but if you wanna count all of the rivets on this tin work when I am done adding them you are more than welcome. lol Brad... Thank you my friend. John... Thanks my Big Brother!! Scott.... Thank you. These Rivets in the Window Panel I am using are from scale hardware and the part number is RIVT-08-B, Rivet 0.8 mm Head Diameter and made Brass. Dave.... Thanks man. It may look easy but then again some of the parts I make a couple of times before I am happy with it Art... Haha Steve... Thank you David... Thank you for the kind and encouraging words.

Mark... Killer work on the ladder bars. This is sure looking great my friend. Looking forward to your next update already

You could always buy a 1/12 scale Big Block from TDR Innovations: https://sites.google.com/site/tdrinnovations/1-12-model-car-kits/1-12-engine-shop/1-12-big-block-chevy

John... I love the mock up of this build. It is looking killer already. I also love how creative you always are on your builds. Totally cool about those front rims. Looking forward to your next update.

Nice hobby room

John... You are off to a great start Brother. It was great to chat and catch up tonight. Looking forward to more.

Very cool ... i am digging the colors you went with.