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Yes Bart..... any updates?? I have been missing seeing progress on this killer build.

Nice looking build. You did a great job on it. Keep up the great work!

Darryl...Always love your work man. great looking car!

looking forward to more on this build. Looking great. I have no idea how I missed this build.

Very Cool builds. They all look great!!

Hey Brad.... it's great to hear that you have gotten more progress done on this build. I can't wait to see these updates. Bummer on the Camera.

Joe... Very nice work on the break set up. Man it is looking sweet. That brake handle is killer too. Glad to see you getting some more time in on this bad boy. Keep up the great work Bro!!

Warrick... as far as I know there isn't much out there for upgraded parts for a drag bike. I myself have had an idea for a while to do a 1/12 pro stock drag bike by starting with a Tamiya 1/12 scale bike and scratch building a frame for it and modifying the body to work for it. If you search thru this drag racing section you will find a Harley Drag bike that John Teresi build and let me tell you first hand it is one Sweet Builld. You can see some of the stuff he used for it. But most likely you will have to mix and match various parts and even scratch build things to get what you want. for this drag bike.

Outstanding John... looks beautiful.... ok so you started with a silver base. then did the black lines. what coclor was used for the next pattern. not sure if another shade of silver or custom mix you came up with. I love it Bud!! you keep amazing me.

John you have to be the best back yard builder I know ... i wasnt sure if you were using a booth or not since I saw no dust in that paint. Its flawless, but spraying inside the shed would also help. I typically spray on the side of my house right outside the garage in m back yard. Keep up the great work.

Ray.... Looking good man. You are making great progress with this build!! Very cool one as well.

Niko... this is gonna be another great build man. looking forward to seeing progress on this

John... the paint is looking killer so far man. I love your paint work. its off the charts. do you spray your stuff indoors/outdoors or a mini spray booth?? looking forward to the next stage of the painting progress.

Wayne... this is looking great man. I am totslly digging.the graphics and name of the car. nice job in them. It fts perfectly. keep up the killer work!

Joe this is going to be another awesome build man!! Looking forward to seeing this one come to life.

Dave... that is a totally cool car man. I am digging it!!

Chuck.... That body looks great man. Is this the body you were going to mold and sell??

Brad... Thanks buddy, I appreciate the kind words. Plus it was great to chat with you for a few today. Greg... How's my Aussie Mate doing?? I sure miss seeing your work on your builds mate. Thanks for all of the kind words. I am looking forward to having much more done on this build. Anyways most of my evening was spend out in the garage and side yard painting parts feel great but had a few hiccups. First the one airbrush I was going to use ended up shooting funny like it was sputtering so I had tear it apart and soak it in a bucket of lacquer thinner. Can't figure out why I did what it did unless the last time I used it I didn't get it as clean as I thought. That airbrush has been my old reliable one. I have had that for at least 20 years now. But I pulled out a different on and used it I am pretty happy with most of what I sprayed but there are a couple items that I will need to go back and respray again. One was thanks to a bug that decided to fly right in front of my gun while spraying and it pushed him right into the part...lol and the other for some reason I decided to use my tack rag in between coats on my oil pan and the alclad did like it and had little bumps in the paint. so not sure what caused it. I will hit it with some 2000 grit paper and respray. I am wondering if I need to shoot it father away than what I am shooting it. the first coat seemed to go on nice. I think maybe I sprayed it a little more than just a mist coat. that may be where I went wrong. Gotta love learning how to shoot new stuff. anyway i won't bore you anymore by talking I will show you pics of all I sprayed today. First Up is the side Tins of the chassis. They are spayed with House of Kolor black base and then shot with HOK inner coat clear with some flattening agent in it. I had to play around with how much flattening agent I used to get the look i was going for. There is a couple pieces of dust that I am thinking of hitting with some fine paper and reshooting the inner coat clear: Next is the Fuel tank. I had shot this previously and for some reason I had some fish eyes that popped up in the paint which i think was caused from wiping it down with was and grease remover and I may of not waited long enough before I shot the paint or shot it on a little to heavy the first time. But now I am pretty happy there were a couple pieces of dust in it so i am debating on hitting it with some fine paper and misting a little more HOK black base with inner coat clear over it: Here is the Midplate which I sprayed again and the reason it got repainted was I had to trim some of it off the bottom because it was a little long and hanging below the chassis. Some how I missed the boat on that one: I repainted the black on the rear end and then shot inner coat clear with less flattening agent this time from the first go around with it: Here is the rear view: Here is the headers. this is one of the guys that the bug decided to fly in the way of. so they will get sanded lightly and mist a little black base back on it. Then I will be adding more flattening agent than what the rest of the parts have on it because I want these to be a flat black: Here is the oil pain for the 2nd time, if you look closely you can see little bumps on it. So I am hoping the 3rd time is the charm on it. I am gonna try shooting it a lower pressure and make sure I mist every coat:

More Updates on the brake system..... I have finished the brake lever and happy with it. Took me a little longer than I though but was worth it. Here is the start of scratch building it. Drew it up on Solidworks, Printed it 1:1, cut it out and glued it to my sheet aluminum and then Scribed and used a razor saw to cut it out: Here it is after I was done cutting and sanding. Set it next to the plastic template I did first: Then I had to mock it up to see how it looked with adding an extra 1/16th of an inch to the length. Think its a perfect height now:

Too Cool. Man the detail you have done is just awesome buddy!! Love the fit up with the body too. Love the Support our Veterans on the door as well. Great work!

Good Morning Fellas.... well last night I was going to post a teaser pic but couldn't get it to upload on photobucket. I just tried again and it worked. I was working on the brake handle and some more of the break system. It not much at the moment but what you see is a template which I will be making the part out of .016" thick aluminum plate which will be 1/4" thick in real life. Let me show you the couple pics, then its time to go get some Ice coffee from Dunkin Donuts and then start working on this build all day. Also Keep in mind that I will be changing the master cylinder to a single piston unit and I am actually going to make the brake handle a 1/6th of an inch taller. Stay tuned.... Here is the brake handled that I have drawn up on my CAD program and then laid it over plastic and cut away. As you can see I didn't fully cut the handle portion since I was trying to gauge for the height and over all appearance of it. Will change it with the new one. Another View of the handle where you can see I am using RB Motion Rod ends and tubing for the rod that goes from the handle to the master cylinder:

John.... I have to pick my Jaw up off the floor. I have to say. I think this is one of the best builds I have seen from you so far. Very Impressive!! Everything looks great!

Scott.... Thanks Brother!! I appreciate it. Danno... Thanks bud!! You know I have a deadline for this build ...... Art.... Thanks buddy!! Shane.... Thanks ma I appreciate kind words. Update: Well guys I have been priming some parts since I got home and going to be working more on this all night...... Actually the whole weekend is going to be for this build. I am going to be painting some more parts tomorrow as well as repaint a few things. And working on some new stuff. I will hopefully have some pics up a little later. I need to draw up a few items for some template so I can fab up a few items tonight as well. So stay tuned guys.... I am super stoked about getting to work on it this weekend.

John... this is pure amazing and looks wicked fast as a rolling chassis.

Art... I can't wait to see this build come to life. it will be another Beauty by you.