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Derrick.... Its great to see you back at the bench. This is going to be a Bad A$$ build. I am looking forward to more and seeing all of the TDR goodies.

Dave... thank you very much. I may just have to borroe that .3mm pencil from you... Clint... thank you. The toggle switch was done just to see if I could actually do it...lol wasnt sure how it wqs going to turn out. Simon.... the red line is 30 gage wire that i used to pull the parachutr chord thru the heat shrink tube to make it easier on myself. I will have to show you the actual parachute mount bracket I made two nights ago. I will try to get pics of it posted when ai get home from work today. Tim... thank you very much. I am still trying to get a handle on the weathering stuff. My skills lack in that area big time. I would love to do an all weathered build one of these days.

Rick... you can email Mark and order from him... his email is mjaafd1@msn.com

This is going to be another wicked and wild John Teresi build. I am bucking myself into my seat and hanging on for the ride. going to be fun to watch John and his little minions do their magic on this one. It will be another show stopper.

Brad... this thinh is looking killrr. Man it looks great with the decals. Love this build.

Ray... Thanks... I promise they weren't used Chick-Fil-a bags... haha. One time I went there and asked for a couple of new bags from them.... They probably thought I was weird... haha John... Thanks buddy... You really need to wear some depends so you can just change your messy shorts . Thanks for the kind words. Scott... Thank you my friend. Brad... Thank you and you know Chick-Fil-a sandwiches are so yummy... lol Brent... Thank you. I was trying to give it just enough weathering to make it not look brand new... lol. I have a Competitions resins 1/16 Fiat Altered body and its really nice. I need to build it one of these days...haha Danno... Thank you... Hey now that's KFC... Joe... Thank you my friend. I can totally tell the difference between the real thing and this one... haha L88 Chevelle... I wish I could of made an actual chute to pack it with but I just took Kleenex Tissue paper and folded it up and stuffed it in the chute pack. Clayton... It wasn't too bad to pack the chute with the Kleenex paper but I had mocked it up quite a few times. I was going to say just wait cause I am going to have a 2nd version of the chute pack for when the body is off of the car and sitting on the body stand. I think it should be pretty cool but before I do it I am going to get other things done on this build to make sure it makes it for the DSC. if I don't have the 2nd Version done for that show not a big deal cause I will get it done after the show. Trying to use my time wisely since I only have 2 months left. Mike... Thank you very much for the kind words Nikko... Thank you my friend for the nice words. I feel I am starting to make some good progress on things and can't wait to have more done now.

Nikko... Things are looking great buddy. Man that body looks awesome after getting the Red Oxide Primer on it. Looks ready for some paint. Keep up the great work on this build. It is really showing.

This is looking great. Nice job so far.

Brad... I can't wait to see your next update. I know its going to be a Steller one.

Here is the whole Parachute Assembly: Another shot. I stuck a rod in place to keep the chute from opening up and I also weathered the Parachord just a tad to dirty it ever so slightly with some Tamiya Weathering Master stuff: Here is the end of the parachord that I made a loop to mount to the mount bracket:

Fellas here is the update that I promised earlier.... So last night and today I have been working more on the parachute I pretty much have it completed other than a couple small details. I still need to add a "Remove before Flight" tag and I need to make the bracket that will attach to the rear end or chassis... Haven't figured out yet which location I will use. Here are a few shots of what everything looks like.... Here is my multiple attempts before the completed one that you see. As you can see I started out with my chord material and then I added heat shrink tubing. Hit it with the hair dryer and even a lighter. Then for the fire retardant material I used the inside of a Chick-Fil-A bag: Here is an up-close shot of the material that I used for the Parachute cable which looked just like Parachord: Here is the Parachute packed and the release chord put thru the chute and mocked up on the body: another angle:

Tim... You are welcome. Thanks for following along on the Army Vega. I can't wait to see you start yout twin enging Shotgun Express. Going to be a sweet build. Michael.... All of Mark Johnson's engine's are 1/16th scale. They are very nice resin engines and you won't be disappointed if you ever get one from him.

Mike... Thank you very much. You know I had to see if I could do the switch... lol Sflm... Thank you very much for the kind words. Dave... Thank you. I will have to see if I have a sharp number 2 pencil around.. I know I have a pencil but not sure about a sharpener since I typically use a .5mm Mechanical pencil all the time... Tim... Thank you so much. I have so much respect for you and what you are doing on your Awesome Henry J build. That thing is gorgeous. Bob... Thank you sir. Brent... Thank you. I bet that 23T Altered is looking great. you post pics of it. What body were you using for it? Ray... Thank you.... I am hoping that I will be able to amaze people at the DSC by just having it completed by then. The clock is ticking and and I am trying to hurry to get it done. So I should have an update for you all later today. I have been working on the parachute some more the past few days and got some great progress on it last night just a couple more details to call it done. Also earlier this week I was able to finish up some of the design work and got an order submitted to Shapeways to have some more parts printed up. I decided to have it printed in the Frosted Extreme Material, so I am super excited and can not wait to see how they turn out in that material since I have never printed anything with it yet. I know its the same as the Frosted Ultra material but the resolution is much finer. so we shall see.

Tim... I am truly blown away and Amazed at ever update on this build. I know how much work is going into this and its paying off. I know that these had to be pain and I can relate with some of the items I have done on the funny car. But I can't believe the detail you are doing in 1/25th scale, Its freaking amazing. I will be honest... I think you would love a 1/16th scale build. I think you have done a Kick Butt job on these from struts. it turned out amazing. I can't wait to see what you work on next... well after you finish the other strut

Tim... As others have mentioned already I use Westley's Bleche Wite and then after I do that for a bit I then wash the parts with Dawn with a little scrub down. I will tell you hands down that Mark Johnson has the best resin engines in the business. You can see Marks 426 Hemi that I am using in my 1/16h Army Vega F/C build. I would sure love to see this Dual engine dragster you are going to be doing. It sounds like it will be a killer build. For posting pictures I would recommend either Photobucket or Fotki to upload your pics to and post them from there. I am looking forward to seeing some progress pics of your dual engine FED as I love 1/16th scale builds. George... They are talking about 1/16th scale Resin engines from Mark Johnson. As of right now I am unaware if he has a website. If you get a hold of Mark, he will be more than willing to send you pics of his engines and parts that he makes. If you want I can PM you his email addy.

What kind of pie are we taking about?

Brad.... this is looking outstanding and I am totally loving it. I bet it feels great ro have it just about done.

Very sweet. I have interest. I have been trying to find dimensions for a Powerglide for a project I have in mine. Mind me asking if you drew this up and had 3D printed or is it from a kit or resin?

He's kind of like a Houdini isn't he Danno?? .... Builds models so dang fast and makes your words Disappear...

Danno... Thank you very much. Yep I couldn't leave that little yellow wire out. I fought with that thing pretty good for quite a while. Those wires are about .012" in diameter and I had to use a #80 drill bit which is .0135" Diameter. So I actually had to strip one end of the wire and bend it over so that it would stay in the hole...lol John.... Thanks my brother.... well I have to be honest, I don't think that this a perfect model by any means... it's far from it but your kind works are appreciated. Brad.... Thanks Brother.... That sucker was very tiny and a pain in the butt to get the holes drilled in then for the wires. They each had their own hole drilled and the two on the side. Yes it was great to talk to you. I started getting that information for you that we talked about yesterday. I will finish it up and get it over to you sometime today. Thanks buddy.

Leonard... It's great to see you back on this. It's looking great!

Aaron... I am not sure about that I am pretty much a hack at Photoshop. Too me forever to do that...lol Joe... Looking forward to seeing you at the DSC.

Alright Fellas... I have a quick update. Been doing work most of the day but what mostly seemed was mocking stuff up as well as trying to figure a few things out with the parachute which I am hoping to button some things up in the Parachute department tomorrow. Don't have pics on that yet but I will show you what I do have pics of. Well I decided to strip my headers once again because I saw something in a picture that I did not notice before. I was having to repaint them anyway prior to noticing this little detail. I never saw it before but the real car had a support piece on both side that was welded to the outside of the headers. so I decided to make the piece out of brass and solder it onto the part. I also was working on a kill switch last night and today. So far I am pretty happy with it. Here are a few pics... Here is the headers after being stripped and adding a 1/64" thick piece of brass that I soldered to the headers, Now they are ready for their final paint job: Here is the Kill switch that I made for car. This switch was made from .040" x .040" Evergreen Styrene rod along with, Pro Tech Detailing wire and the Toggle switch was a turned aluminum piece from Top Studio out of a 1/12th scale toggle switch set: I just had to take a pic of the switch and penny in my hand to show how small it actually was: Here is a shot of the real car and you will have too look close just to the right of the right hand grip of the butterfly steering wheel you will see the Kill switch: And another shot of it which you can see in lower left hand corner of the picture:

John.... Thanks for the Kind words brother. You have become a dear friend of mine and I am so glad and thankful that we became friends... I still remember when I first got to meet you out at the NNL West. I can't wait to see what your next 1/16th scale drag car is .

Tim... Thank you very much!! I am more than happy to share how I do things with everyone. Dave... Thank you... I can't wait to see how the ignition turns out once printed. Jim... Thank you. I am doing a little modification to them and will post the results hopefully later. Niko.... Thank you my friend. I appreciate the kind words and I hope to have some updates to share later today. Dave... Thank you so much. i ts been fun being back on this one and I can't wait to get all of these parts sent out and printed to see how they turn out. Hoping to have stuff ready by the end of the weekend to send away. Bill... Thank you. I know I am nuts for trying to accomplish so much on this build but the whole times its been to prove to myself that I can do it. I really appreciate you kinds words about the debut. I think as of today I have 70 days before the Desert Scale Classic is here and I am pushing to try and have it done by then. We will see if I make the Deadline... lol I did try to contact snake racing a few years back to see if I could get any information on this... I sent them an email as well as posted on their facebook page with no response. After finding out that Mr. Prudhomme had sold the car to Mr. Hendricks of Hendrick Motorsports, I emailed them to see if they could take some pics of the car. And I got a response from one of their staff members saying that they didn't have the time or staff to be able to take a few moments to take the requested pics. So I have continued on with this build by doing what I have been doing all along. Using the only pictures that I was able to find and filling in the details that I could not see by either looking at other cars from this era or just making my own decision on how i would do it. I was out at the Hot Rod Reunion this past October and I had heard Mr. Prudhomme was going to be there so I had printed out about 100 pics hoping I was going to get to see him and talk to him. I did run into him while he was on his golf cart driving around and when I asked if he had a few minutes to talk because I wanted to talked to him about the Army Vega F/C he said he had something to do at that moment and told me to meet him over by some RV's by one of the gate entrance's in about 15 mins. Well I went over there and waited for a while and never saw him, I am sure he got tied up and was busy. I was a little bummed cause I was so close to being able to talk to him about it and felt the opportunity slipped out from under me. Charlie... Thank you very much my friend. I am really close to being able to start installing some of your Awesome braided lines and wires on this build. Its something I have been looking forward too for quite some time. The light is getting a little brighter...lol