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John... Holy Smokes this is Awesome!!!! Gonna love this build of yours. You are off to a great start. that frame is looking great and man you sure put it together quick. I have to tell you I have had an idea about doing a Pro Stock Motorcycle myself starting with a tamiya 1/12 scale crotch rocket bike and scratch building a frame. just haven't found a doner kit yet. was hoping to find a Suzuki GSX/GSXR Kit to start with but may have to end up using a Yamaha or Kawasaki or a Hayabusa. I know this is going to be a great build and I will be following it for sure. and John hope you don't mind if I save your pics for references. oh yea what size tubing are you using for the frame? Is the rear slick a 1/16th scale slick from a Top Fuel/Funny car kit? looks to be the perfect size.

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Great Find for 5 Bucks! I may have to hit up a harbor frieght in my area lol

This is looking great and turning out nice!

Romell... Looking forward to the pics. Keep up the awesome work.

Nice looking Rides!

Romell... you are doing some great work man. the ride is looking good and turing out great.

I would have to agree with the others that have said something about the mold/seam lines. Also have to agree with the hood thing too. I can think of one of my builds thats like that. I don't think I ever caught it since i didn't test fit all of it with the air cleaners on. I know now I find that I try not to rush anything like I did when I first started buiding when I was younger.

Thanks Brett! You definitely need to do at 1/16th build, they are sure fun. Thanks John, your words are an encouragement. I can't wait to get more done on this wasn't able to work on it tonight but hopefully tomorrow.

Tyrone... You are doing a great job on this build. Its coming together great!

Very Nice looking Wagon. I love color. You did an awesome job on this.

This is a great looking build. Love how it turned out.

John... this build is a definite Beauty... it turned out amazing. Love all of the detail you added to this kit. As I have said before Big Fan of your builds. thanks for always sharing with us.

As others have mentioned here aready... Acrylic paints are the best.

Thanks Richard. I have been having a blast with this build. It has been fun so far and is getting more exciting with more progress i make. It makes the whole picture clearer and little by little I am getting there.

Nice Looking build. It turned out great. I like how you have dragster and car done up. Keep up the great work.

I was able to put a few more hours in tonight and make some more progress. I feel I didn't get too much done but am happy with what I got accomplished tonight. Here are the pics. I started out tonight with cutting material our for my fuel tank hold down strap. As you can see I cut up a Beer can and used the aluminum from it: Next I took and and bent the Fuel Tank Hold Down Strap to fit the fuel tank: I added a drain plug on the rear end: Next I started to work on the front spindels. going to be removing some of the kit plastic and using Scale Hardware attach to the front Axle: I cut little bit of the center section out and drilled thru so I could have a bolt go all the way thru, got one completed here: Finished cutting and drilling the other spindel: Then I had to attach spindles to front axle's to see how they looked: Got a little more accomplished with the fuel tank. I was digging thru my aftermarket parts bin and came across a Pro Tech 1/25th scale distributor and the turned aluminum base was perfect for the cap for my fuel tank, so I had to rob and use it . Then I took and drilled holes for the RB Motion A/N fittings which will get painted up red and blue using Tamiya Clear Red & Clear Blue:

I can't wait for my LHS to get it in stock. I really need to just get a subscription....

Thank you Marcus... I will search them and see what I can find.

Looking good Tyrone. As a few others mentioned any ideas for paint??

Thanks Richard! Thanks Derrick, It feels good to be back at work on this. Yeah I have done a little investment with Scalehardware products the past few months....lol.. Sad thing is that I may need to order some more hardware. few items they were out of when I was purchasing. so I picked up a few alternates.... doesn't hurt right Thanks John, I am really excited about going all out on this build. Just wish I could make progress faster but then again I don't want to rush anything, but work gets in the way some times.... I am excited about this 3 day weekend I will be having over the 4th. will pretty much be spending time on this and little my 1/16th scale FED, gotta color sand and rub the body out on that one. John your builds are an inspiration to me. I am planning on doing some more work tonight when I get home from work. So hopefully I will have some more updated pics later on tonight.

off the top of my head, I would say check with Replicas & Minitures. they do some great resin parts. not sure if they have that but I think they would be a good start. or you could get something that close from them and then tweak it to your liking.

Derrick... This has sure come along since the last time I took a look at it this build. You are doing some fine work my friend. I love the progress that you are making. Can't wait to see more pics of it. seeing your build inspires me to get more work done on my funny car I am working on. I am making progress on it but its at a slow and steady pace since I have been pretty busy the past few weeks. This 3 day weekend coming up will be pretty much spending most of it working on the F/C.

This is Simply an Amazing built. Great job on this so far. The craftsman ship looks great. the color is awesome. decal work is nice. I do have to ask a question on the Mexican hat hub caps, are those turned aluminum and if so where did you get them. I have been looking for some of these for a '49 Merc I want to build. I know Machined Aluminum Specialties used to make them but, he stopped making them. Keep up the great work.

John, the paint work and decals looks great.... This is a totally cool build. Thanks for sharing.