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Ok Fellas as promised here are some updated pics... Here I got the Blower and Valve Covers sanded and ready for paint: Here is the chassis tins sanded and ready for more paint: Got the parts on tooth picks ready to be sprayed: Here are the Blower, Valve Covers and Oil Blow off painted with House of Kolor Black and I tired a new brand of Urethane clear:

Dave... Thank you so much. I actually don't have a 3D printer. I have been sending parts to Shapeways but I just went to SolidWorks World one day this last week and I found a couple of other printing services while going thru the expo that looks like some good places to send stuff and the parts may turn our a tad better but am curious as to how much they will charge. I will hopefully have some more stuff soon to get quotes and then prints. but will keep people posted about it since these sample parts I saw at the Expo looked a lot smoother than the material from shapeways. Alright Fellas.... I will be having some updates for you guys later on what I have been up to today on this build. I am not done yet but hopefully soon......

John... Awesome work brother! Glad to see you on another build already. Love how quick this is coming together. I can not wait until your next update.

Super impressed with your oil pump. That is some very nice work you are doing.

Mike... I know I need to get more bench times...lol Bob... I did get a little done 2 days ago but wasnt much to show. I uave gotten the valve covers wet sanded and they are now ready for paint. I am hoping to get the oil breathers and blower wer sanded tonight so they will alao be ready for some paint over the weekend. As well as I am gonna sand the chassis tins down so I can get them painted for the last time.

Tim... fantastic Updates. they always make me smile. That is some mighty fine work on the cage and head rest brackets. I need to take notes for when I get around to one of my next builds and a pro mod build down the road. The fit is perfect with the body.

Scott... phemoninal update my friend. Ibam glad to see you getting some progress on this build. Your fab work looks great!

Pat... I absolutely love this build. This turned out fantastic. It is a totally cool build and it put a smile on my face. Looked like it was a very fun to do. Thank you for sharing.

Joe... thank you. You are right. I thunk I have become the king of redoing things more than once... lol Art... thanks brother. Hoping to get some more bench time possibly tonight. Gotta get some more parts prepped so I can paint over the weekend. Bob... thank you Niko... thank you for the kind words. You are right abiut the shade as to why I did a sample spray out in the spoons. Now the sheen was almost right but I know how I will mix it up when i repaint them this time. I pribably would of left the panels if I wasnt trying to build a replica of this car. Clayton... thank you very much. Its exciting to see it as a roller but the pics make it hard to see some of the dust that got onto the fuel tank and side panels. Randy... thank you for the nice words. Its coming along and I need to get the redo down to zero so I can move forward with other items if this build...lol. I am really looking forward to meeting you and seeing your beautiful builds at the DSC. Its the best show here in AZ in my opinion that we have. Mitch... thank you. I am hoping to have this build done sooner than 200 more pages...lol. Blessings my friend

Here is another view of the other side: Here is the fuel tank and as you can see I got a couple nice pieces of dust, why couldn't it of been on the bottom side...lol: So in this pic its really hard to tell but the chassis tins I sprayed with the Hot Rod Flatz Chassis Black which is 50% Gloss & 50% Flat.... After I sprayed the tins I decided to do a Spoon test and mix some of the Chassis Black with the Hot rod Black. The hot rod black is a mixture of 30% Gloss & 70% Flat. so I mixed a half an ounce of each (basically 50/50) to see how it would turn out it definetly wasn't as glossy as the chassis black which was what I was wanting. Its a little hard to tell in the picture but when I do repaint these I will mix it with a little more of the Hot Rod Black so its not as shinny. probably like 40% chassis black and 60% Hot Rod Black so it has less sheen in it: I am pretty sure you are all thinking that I am nuts for wanting to repaint these parts once again but I am looking for a certain sheen of these parts so it gives some contrast between them and the chassis. That is the reason behind it.

Hello All... well I resprayed the chassis tins. They turned out somewhat ok but got some dust in them and I need to alter the sheen just a little bit more so yes I am going to do the inevitable and sand them down once again to redo them but here is how it turned out today.... Here are all of the parts painted: Right Side: Left Side, and you can see a mark on it. I was dumb and when I was moving things on the box holding the parts I hit it against another part to create that mark. Yeah I was mad at myself...lol: Another shot of it thrown on the chassis:

Bill... Thank you very much. I really appreciate the kind words. I keep trying to outdo my own self...lol. I will let you know before firing it up lol Mike... Thank you. I can not wait to see you get some progress on your Pisano build. It is gonna be a beauty. Mark... Thank you. I picked up a couple colors at the hobby store today for the bell housing and inspection plate. So hoping to possibly paint it soon. Dave... Thank you my friend. Joe... Thank you. I did think about the clutch plate but I may hold off on those for this build. But Seriously considering it for another one of my builds... lol. I hope that you enjoyed the NNL. I love that show and it is so much fun seeing old friends there. Looking forward to meeting you at the Desert Scale Classic. Gary... Thank you for the kind words. I have been trying to get more build time on this one so I can finally finish it sometime this year...lol Paul... Thanks buddy I appreciate it. Clayton... Thank you. I am pretty happy with how the plate turned out for how I did it. Now I can't wait to see it painted. Jason... Thank you. Your kind comment means a lot considering other builds that are on this forum which I think are better than this one. Niko... Thank you. the funny part about how I did the inspection plate was that I didn't know how exactly to do it at first and for some reason while I was thinking of what to do a though crossed my mind that I have read and seen many people on here say they heat their plastic tube over a lighter to bend it. So I thought what the heck and figured I would try to bend some plastic that way to see how it turns out and it worked better than I thought. I can't wait to see this tranny in paint now. Dave... thank you. Kind of like that Go Big or go home huh... lol that would be cool to do on a build but I don't think this one...lol I sure hope I can finish this one for the DSC. Well Fellas I thought I would let you know that I repainted those chassis tins with the Chassis Black from Hot Rod Flats. It layed down pretty good but I may not of mixed it up enough because it was a little shiner than I hoped. the first coat looked great and maybe I didn't wait long enough for the second. I am actually going to do some test shots here in a little bit to see what results I get when mixing the Hot Rod Flat with the Chassis black since the Hot Rot Flat is 70% flat/30% gloss and the chassis black is 50% flat/50% gloss I am hoping to find a sheen that is in between the two that I am looking for. I took some initial pics of the parts but the pictures didn't turn out good. I will try to take a few better shots later and will also take pics of the spoons I will test. Stay tuned and will have some info up in a bit.

John.... I am speechless my brother. I think I need to go clean my shorts now . I absolutely love the color choices you went with . I think it would look great with a pin stripe to break the two colors. I love your paint work. Ok You know I have to ask what the two colors you used were. Keep up the great work...

Paul... Very Nice on this one. Love the look of this one. Nice Job bud!!

Paul... its great to see you posting some of your builds here. I have always loved your paint work and builds. I am also glad to hear you getting back to the bench and starting to work on your builds again. Many of you dont know but I have known Paul and his family for many years we have been friends for a long time probably like 30 years or more. Basically our families are like family. Anyway Pauls dad is who I learned painting with automotive paints from and I cant thank him enough for teaching me at a young age. Paul you will need to share some of your dads work here at well. Keep up the great Job on your builds. Lookong forward to more.

Niko.... this build turned out Beautiful. I love the color choices you went with. It makes the car pop. I do have to admit that a while back when I first saw the steel wheels painted I knew it was gonna be a cool build. I Actually picked up on these kits because of this build. It was an inspirstion to me to build a mild custom or two in between some of my 1/16 drag builds. I am a big fan of your work. I just love how this one turned out. Job well done my friend.

John.... Wow Brother.... you have blown me away with that engine. Awesome work as usual. YOU are the Alclad Master my friend!!! I can't not wait to see this bad boy painted. I know it is gonna be awesome. Looking good... keep up the great work!!

Mark... I think you have done a steller job on this With the minimal pics you have on this. I wish I could of seen the army vega in person and as you have done i have been making many blind decisions as well on some of the detail. Don't get me wrong i am very thank full for the reference pics I do have. They just dont show all of the detail so I have to nake those judgement calls based on other csrs of that era or what I think it may look Like... lol I cant wait to see an update on this..

Tim... I am in awe of your updates they cant help but make you smile. I could only imagine what you would do with a 1/16th scale build. You would put everyone to shame...I think you already have lol. As Mike mentioned this is a true masterpiece. keep up the top notch work. It looks great.

Bob.... Thank you Brayden... thank you, cheers! Greg... Thanks Mate!! I had to figurr a way out to make that compound curve and it seemed to work good by hearing the plastic up over a lighter, let the material get soft and then lay it over the part. Took a few trys to get what I wanted. I think you are right about me needing to go take some meds. I am hoping to have this done by oir desert scale classic here in april but no promises will be made. I Would rrallyblove to have it done in time for the GSL thought. Brad... thank you my friend. I realy appreciate it. Hey I need to give you a call this week. I think I want you to add a few other little decals in the mix. As I was looking at bell housings on line this weekend for details i was thinking I may need you have you make a few of the decals for trick titanium bell housing to go on the bell housing for added detail. that is if you don't mind and I was also thinking of the face for the oil pressure guage I need to make as well.

Well I got just a little bit of work done. Not as much considering that I have been sick since Friday. Had a long week that had me wore out and run down to which I ended up getting sick. but I did get a little time in at the bench today working more on the Clutch inspection cover. Here are a few pics... Here is the final shape of the clutch inspection plate: Here it is test fitted on the bell housing with all the bolts in place: Here are the pieces primered once again. I was a little bummed my stupid can of primer took a dump and stopped working when I can tell there is still paint in it and it must of run out of the compressed air in it. seems my last two cans it has done this to me. not sure if it is because of the new nozzle plastikote has or what. so now I need to find some more of this primer. Although I do have some Tamiya and Napa brand primers I can use but I am a little leary mixing primers is all: Here is everything in place: I had to mock everything up again:

Joe... Thank you. Hope you had a blast at the NNL West. Danno & Brad... Hopefully we can get some more out of towners to come out to the Desert Scale Classic for the best show we have here in AZ Dave... Thank you. Mike... Thanks. You know I am trying....lol Mitch... Thank you. I don't think I will ever need any new hats. There are way more people out there who can build much better than I can. It would be cool if it did get a feature one day but It is ok if it doesn't because I am building this one for myself and no one else I have set goals for myself to push my skills and do things I never though I could. Probably many wouldn't believe me but this is the first build that I have taken the detail to this extreme detailing. Steve... Thank you very much for the kind words. It has been a pleasure sharing this build step by step with everyone. I have been enjoying do it that way so everyone can see how I am doing things. Now some of the ways may not always be right but I really enjoy this forum to be able to learn different skills from one another here. Tim... Thank you for the kind words. I have to tell you how much I admire your work and your attention to detail with the Henry J. I couldn't imagine what you could do with a 1/16th scale build seeing what you are achieving in 1/25th if pretty amazing. Honestly I would love to see you do a 1/16th build someday. I would love to make it out to on of the NNL's out in your guy's area one of these days. Maybe I will have to try and make it this year There are some people that I would just love to meet from the mid-west/east coast.

Tim... what can I say other than I can't stop drooling on my keyboard. That chassis is looking even better. Man you sure can tell all of the hard work going into this bad boy. Very Nice work my friend.

Randy... awesome updates. Ibam drooling over this awesoem work. I know exarly wjere tou are coming from when you say it doesn't look like much progress but it's a big hurdle and milestone in your own eyes. Keep up the fantastic work.

Here it is all glued together: And here is the inside of the cover. Now I stopped here for the night so I can let the glue dry good and then tomorrow I will start trimming the cover down and adding the mounting holes for the bolts: