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I just picked up the December issue today and looking forward to sitting down and going thru it now. Got a call from my LHS yesterday that it was in and they were holding a copy for me.

Very nice Derrick!!! the headers are looking good.

Tyrone... This build is off the charts. You are doing a killer job as always. I always enjoy your updates. that would be one awesome paint job. to do. It will look fast just sitting there .

Dave... thanks for being very pro active about getting this body done and for us to be able to have printed in 1/16 scale is just awesome. To me it doesnt sound like its too much prep work for the body. the end result is that you will get a more accurate and better finish this way. I really would like to get one as well. I have a bunch of parts coming from TDR/shapeways and can't wait to have them in hand to play with.

Jim...Thank you very much. I really appreciate you sending a CD out to me. I am so stoked that the drag racing season is about to start again. what I would give to make it out to the winter nationals. one of these days maybe next year. was hoping to make it out to firebird raceway in Feb when tue bug boys are here but with the way work is at the moment it doesnt look like I will get to make it to the track. Thank goodness for DVR lol

Jack... you are welcome. I look forward to you posting your builds. Especially this FE dragster you are looking to winning Jim... WOW what can I say, Your work always amazes me. I was wondering if you would be able to do the cogs like I had drawn up and man you knocked these pulleys out of the park for me. I am stoked about these. A BIG Thank you goes out to you Jim. I am looking forward to seeing the the Fuel Distribution blocks when you get them done. I still have some more items I need to draw up for the Fire Bottle and get drawings over to you. Hoping to find some time soon to do so. Will keep you posted for sure. Thanks Jim!

Hello Jack and welcome to this fun site. It is a compliment that you have joined because of my project. There are alot of great builders here that will welcome you to this board and everyone is more than willing to help each other out here. Mark Johnson is a man who does a good deal of resin casting engines and he does some killer work and the quality is very nice from him. The engine that I am using in this engine is a Mark Johnson 427 Hemi Resin engine. He has many other complete engine kits from a 427 Hemi, 392 Hemi (Injected or Blown), 417 Donovan, he also has a big block ford and is currently working on a Big Block Chevy.... by the way these are all 1/16th scale. I belive that he may also have some 1/25th stuff but I have only seen the 1/16th scale engines. let me get his email addy for you. I odn't believe that he has a website. Rob from RBMotion is a great guy and his parts are just awesome. you can't go wrong there. A few other places that I use for my parts and builds are: Charlie at Pro-Tech has some great quality products, His braided line is the best in the business. He carries photo-etch, resin and some metal cast parts. Great guy to work with as well. I have also gotten some of my 1/16th scale stuff from Terry at Flash Point resins and I have also purchased parts from Rodger at Competition resins. If you are looking for some great sets of rims look no further than Jim at Micro Nitro, he is doing some killer stuff that you will see in some off the other 1/16th scale builds here. If you have any questions feel free to ask.

Nice job on the headers Derrick. You are doing one heck of a job bro. Did I hear Turbo??? wonder what you are going to put it in... lol

Danno... did Darrly get the pics over from that show? Harry thank you for looking into this for us. i was thinking i possibly missed the issue some how. i really need to get my subscription order in.

Hey Brad... you can take a look at my 1/16 Army Vega build and see how i moved the rearend up to get the ride height down. I dont remember which page its on but I did rework the chassis by cutting the rearend mounting.tabs off the kits chassis and moving them up. then I renforced them with a small piece of sheet plastic behind them. it wasnt too hard of a modification and really helped with the stancd of the car.

Art.... that is great news brother. thanks again for all of your hard work and efforts for this. It was also great to talk on the phone with yoy. thanks for the encouragement. Chuck... thanks man. we will be in touch for sure. I will shoot you my info as well.

This is just beautiful. Wow! I am very impressed. very clean and nice work. I love the blue on the chassis and engine. what color is that? keep up the great work on this.

Rom... it is great to see you back on this build. it is sure looking great. i can't wait to see these pics from computer at home. seeing it on my phone doesnt do it justice. i need a bigger screen to see all thay detail lol. keep up the great work buddy.

do i need to find out from greg or harry which issue it was in? I surely missed it some how and have been waiting patiently for it to come out thinking it hasent been shown in the magazine yet lol

Derrick... Nice work on the headers. they look great. I had no idea that plastruct had elbows like that. Can't wait to see them completed. keep up the great work.

This is just Beautiful and Gorgeous. Very nice build you have there!! I love that it is so clean. Great Job!!

Ed... Thanks man. I appreciate that kind words. I have been pushing myself to build even better with this build and I have learned alot over the years of building Hey Gus... thank you for the compliments and for following along with this build. I have been really excited to share this with everyone.

Hey Danno... do you know if the Desert Scale Classic 2011 has been in any of the Model CAr MAgazines yet. every issue i have been looking and havent seen it yet. was wondering if. I missed an issue somehow.

That is awesome!! very nice work.

Charlie... that injector hat is looking great. the detail is very clean i think I am going to have to borrow your idea on the bold heads on the solder. That looks killer. keep up the great work on this.

Welcome to the boards Danny. You will find that this place is a fun place with a bunch of great builders will to help everyone.

Wow... this build is looking great. You are doing a killer job. the frame looks great as well as the front end. You have made some great progress since I last saw this build. Keep up the great work.

Art... I am glad to hear that you did get my voice mail. I wanted to make sure because I wasn't sure if I pressed the right button to deliver the voice mail... . Thanks for the information on the decals. That would be great if chuck redid them. But I will let you know that ever since I have started this kit its been my intention that I would be painting the red and planning a way to paint the pin strip black around it as well. I wasn't too fond of how the decal was split up around the fender area and plus the fact that you mentioned that the color for the red is off. I wish I had an Alps printer to print off a set of headlights & tail lights myself. I know that Slixx was supposed to be having a 1/16th headlights & grilles decal but when I last talked to them they had no clue when they were going to have them done so with that I figured I need to get in touch with Chuck and see what he possibly had. Look forward to chatting with you.

Joe... Looking good Bud... that wish bone looks great.!! Nice work

Art... I am not sure if you got my message today or not on your voice mail. gave you a call. we will catch up one of these days. Hey Chuck (Stang1foever) I got your email addy from Mike Garland and I want to get in touch with you and see what all decals that you have. I have seen a few and want to purchase some. I wanted to find out if you had any decals for any of the '74 vega cars. I am looking for some nice head lights to use for my Army Vega build and have heard that your decals are best out there. Thanks