Mooneyzs

How fun.. I may have to break one of mine out and have a fun build.

So here is the fit up of the window into its home to see how it fits, I was pretty happy at this point: After transfer drilling the holes into the back window this is what it looks like: Here it is in the body with the rivets installed: Straight on shot: Here is what it looks like on the inside:

Ok Fellas... Its about time that I get an update on this bad boy. Well this past weekend I did some work on the back window to get the window that I had machined at work to fit in its proper place. Feels good to get past this hurdle now. Anyway I had to sand the edges down on the brass window to get it to fit the way I wanted but I intentionally designed it a tad on the bigger side. Well I ended up having to sand off about .025" from the sides and not quite as much on the top and bottom... maybe .010" to .015". so once I got it to fit then I had to add material to the original lip to get it to sit at the correct height. I added a piece of .020" thick Evergreen Styrene for the lip. Once the lip was added, I added some Evercoat 2 part body filler and then transfer drilled the mounting holes into the new flange. After that it was time to Transfer drill the holes into the brass window. Did that and put the rivets in to see how it looked. I am happy with it now and can move on to fixing the body tin. Here are pics of the progress.... So here is where I started by adding small strips of .020" thick Evergreen styrene to build the lip up. I glued the pieces in with Zap-a-Gap CA glue: Here is more pieces added to the lip so you can see how it was built: Here is is once I had all of the pieces in prior to sanding or adding the mounting holes: Here I have sanded the lip down and now its ready for the holes to be drilled: Here is the pics of the holes drilled into the flange. sorry that its a little blurry: Adding more pics in next post

John... I am so excited to see that you have started this build. You are off to a great start so far. I know you are going to kill this build just like all your others. I am looking forward to your next update already. You are making me proud. Keep up the great work.

John... It's great to see you are really close to starting this. I can't wait to see what you do to this build. I know for a fact that it will be killer with your skills. But before you start this I think you have a tank and fender you need to paint mister... . This is going to be a fun build to follow.

John... Now that's what I am talking about that thing looks Kick A$$. You sure have done an awesome job on it. I sure love the Pipes on that bad boy. What a totally cool build. I can't wait too see what you do to the paint now.

Tim... You sir do some Mighty Killer work my friend. Those are some nice looking hinges. I am totally impressed. I keep saying it but you keep raising that bar for all of us. I have a long way to catch up to be at your level. Keep up the Awesome work and I look forward to your next update.

Oh WOW... Johnny Boy... Holy Smokes you do no disappoint at all. That thing is looking great. Stunning Piece of work. But you know I am ready for some Kolor!!!! Nice work buddy!!!

Dude... What an awesome update. I had to put my sunglasses on to look at all that bright shiny Alclad you got going on there You are absolutely the Jedi Master when it comes to Alclad. Now you have me itching to see see the paint work on the tins.... Loving the progress on this one!!!

ok... i will be I know it will be worth the weight.

I am still waiting patiently for an update on this... Maybe you have another build on the brain.... . I know its only been 2 weeks since you started it and all but I wanna see some paint.... haha

To Have my Army Vega Funny Car Finished for DSC12 ???... LMAO....

Oh Johnny Boy..... I am anxiously awaiting for some updates on this one. Lol

Dave... . Your work is always impressive. You are starting to be like me and redoing parts huh.... Lol It does suck to have to fix mistakes but the parts tend to be better than before. I know that one all too well lol. those inner calipers are so impressive. You have to be the master at machining because they are each done by hand and look perfect. I can not wait to see all the parts together. They are going to look killer.

Very cool build. This turned out very nice

Tim... What an outstanding job you have done on this build. This thing looks killer. It is a totally clean build. You always do an awesome Job on your builds. Nice work!

Mark... This is going to be an awesome build. It is looking great so far. I can't wait to see more of it.

Joe.... You are making some good progress on this build and it's looking good. Nice work buddy.

Tim.... Your updates are so impressive. You are one hellofa builder that's for sure and I have to agree with John about this being the badest build around. It's so impressive the detail that you put into this. I can't get over the fact that your parts are way smaller than the parts on my funny car. It truly blows me away. Nice job.

Brad.... You are welcome. I will actually be getting some bench time on Sunday. I am actually at my parents visiting for Thanksgiving. I can't wait to get some bench time and get the rest of the part designed for this build. Scott... Thanks brother. I have some pretty cool things coming up to do for this build. I can' wait.

Oh my.... That is going to be Bad A$$!! I can't wait to see it. I love the ides of the lace pattern.

John... My brother... That mock up looks great!! I can't believe it is ready for find sanding and paint already. I am totally looking forward to seeing what you do with a paint job. I know you will kill it any ideas on the color?

Tim.... Here you go again moving that bar up for us to try to catch up with you. Your work is just awesome. Love seeing your work.

Everyone of John's builds are worth watching.

Mike.... Thank you! You are right this thing won't build its self. Wish it would... Lol John... Thanks brother!. Dave.... Me too... Real soo they will be parts I am working on some other items at the moment. Tim... As I mentioned before I wanted to update them so they would print correct and I need to reprint an injector hat because the one I have is missing some holes. I really want the parts correct where I am happy with them Clayton.... Thank you. It feels good to be back at this one. Brad... Thank you. I also redid the blower pulleys because my 3D models did not match the actual parts. Art.... thanks brother... You do no know how bad I want to finish this build. And see it completed because I have some other cool builds I want to start. John.... No need to be sorry. I have been happy to help you out. Danno.... I was planning on going to Good guys but ended going to visit my parents. I would love to be where your pic is and wish I could blame a woman but I can't....lol