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John, That body is coming together nice. Love the work you have done so far. Keep up the good work.

This build looks great. I recently picked up this kit a few weeks ago myself. The detail in the parts are just nice. Keep up the great work.

That front end is looking amazing. You are doing one heck of a job. You can tell that all of the hard work that you are putting into this body work is going to pay off and give you the resuls you are looking for. Keep up the great progress on this build. I can't wait to see more. I love how the air ###### looks that you have added. Its spot on. and like Brett said Thank You for sharing with us.

Can I ask part numbers on the wheels and tires?? Modelhaus is going to be a vendor at a show here in Phoenix this coming weekend and I think I will just have to pick a set up

That is one Bad A$$ build. I really like what you have done. I have one of these kits that I want to build someday. BTW what rims and tires are those?? I really like them. Great build!!

Thank you John, It means alot coming from a wonderful builder like yourself. I want to be able to build just as good as builders out there like yourself.

Thank you everyone for all of the wonderful comments. Really happy with the results even though I had to reshoot the purple two/three times. The end result was well worth it. Aaron... I won't have it completed by the DSC this weekend. I would love to but I just don't want to rush it. I will be bringing it so it will be there as a work in progress

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Looking Good Chuck!!

I had no idea about that. Thanks for the info. that would be great if they did a full detail glue kit. would love to build one of my fav driver.

This is outstanding!!! I love the color, great choics for this build. Looking good. can't wait to see it all done.

That is looking sharp!! and that Chassis looks fantastic, what colors did you use on it since I see a contract between chassis and rear end. I am really digging it.

I have used radio shack 30 ga wire with S&S specialties wire looms in the past and had no trouble with them. Can't say that I have used the detail master ones. I would suggest getting ahold of Charlie at Pro Tech. He has some nice stuff on the market.

I wish I could get my '32 Rad Rod finished to enter this but I don't think I will make the deadline. It's coming up sometime soon right??

I will be there and looking forward to seeing everyone there.

Thanks Ken Well I was able to work on this weekend, I picked up some new purple since the PPG DBU I was using had actually gone bad when I originally sprayed it, I knew something wasn't right but sprayed it anyway and well had to go back and redo it... . Was happy with how the new paint sprayed. It laid down very nice other than a few pieces of dust that got in the clear. But I will color sand it out when I lay the decals down. I will clear again to seal the decals in then will do a final color sand and rub it out. Here are a few pics:

I was able to clear the decals this weekend, So I am one more step of being closer to having this build completed. Happy to have this done. Now on the to do list is paint the underneath of the body flat black and under the nose piece. Then its just gluing the nose piece onto the frame. Here are a couple pic:

I am definitely going to pick up a tube and try for sure. For some reason I was thinking this bondo in the tube would of been just as grainy as the bondo in a can. Now knowing that you said it is nearly as finely grained as the Evercoat, thats a definite plus. What else is funny is that I started using glazing putty (non 2 part with hardner) and I will say that stuff was junk in my opinion for a couple of reasons, 1. It shrinks, 2. you put too much on it cracks & 3. takes way longer to dry. After having so much trouble is when I switched and been lovin the 2 part putty. I was going to tell you a tip I learned last year in regards to PPG paints. Not sure which ones you used but I mostly was using Deltron DBC and used a few DBU's. Anyway Little over a year ago when I got laid off I started getting back into building alot like I did years ago and when I went to my local PPG paint store to get some paint the one guy working there was telling me about the Omni line (there is Omni & Omni Plus) that PPG has, It is pretty much like DBC and used the the same DT860/870 Reducers. I typcially have them mix up either a touch up bottle, 1/2 pint or pint of paint for me. well the cost is amazing how much you can save going with it. for example I picked up a 1995 Ford Ultra Violet Poly just this last week to reshoot one of my kits. ( I shot it with this DBU a week prior and noticed that something wasn't right with the paint.) Long story short, I had this color in DBU that I picked pick up years ago and the paint went bad. It basically got seedy. due to it being a paint that needed a reactive reducer. Wasn't sure if there was air that got into the can or what. Anyway a Pint of this color is DBC was about $98 bucks and I picked up a Pint of Omni and it was $28. the guy at the PPG shop did say if you were blending a job that lets say to a factory paint on a real car that it wouldn't match as good so you'd probably want to go DBC there due to toners and metallics...etc But for what I am doing with painting our models, I will save my money where I can. Anyway you may of already of known about the Omni line but thought I would share. It lays down just as nice as DBC. Also Sorry that I got side tracked from what this original post was about. Patrick, I am glad to hear that this spot putty worked great for you.

Sweet Ride!! looking Great!!

Very Nice build!! I really wish that Revell would make a model of the current C.O.T.

Very Cool and nicely done. I like it cause it's different and it reminds me of something from the Tron movie I think its the wheels that makes me think that

This is very cool and slick. I like what you have done here. Looks great using another kit for the bumpers and the Inner cooler is sweet too. Nice Job!

Thanks Rodger & Jeffery... It feels great having this thing 95% done.

Chuck, that is awesome he those for you. What others has he done??

This is what I have been using for years and have been happy with it. One of my good friend's dad who painted my real 71 El Camino and has been painting cars for an easy 25+ years recommended the evercoat to me and that would be good to use on plastic models. I will have to pick up a tube of this 3M bondo and give it a try. I have also been using PPG and HOK basecoat/clearcoat for painting my bodies. Again its a preference thing and like how it sprays versus other brands out there.