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Ira

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  1. SHAPING THE BOTTOM! I use 1/4" wide plastic strips to form the bottom edges. I cut 4 pieces of plastic strip and glued them in with Zap-A-Gap. Next I cut a piece of 1/8" wide plastic strip and glued it in across the sides as shown. There is a 3/8" gap between the strip and the front piece. Then I glued a 1/4" strip in the center of the strips. These are the Front Intakes. I filed and sanded the front edges to get this shape. More Coming...
  2. Thanks so much Ray!
  3. TRIMMIN' THE BOTTOM... I removed the yellow paint with ELO Paint & Decal Remover. Then I filled the Surf Board Slots with strip plastic. Here is the side of the body showing the angle where I am going to trim the front/underside off. I cut the front underside off and added some putty. More Coming...
  4. NICE WORK DAVID!
  5. X-ITE UNDERBODY! I cut the Left Side from one underbody and the Right Side from the other. I measured the body and cut the underbody sides to fit... Then I glued them to the body with Zap-A-Gap. More Coming...
  6. GREAT PROGRESS ALBIE!!!
  7. THANKS for the kind words Bill!
  8. Thanks Marshall! More Coming Tomorrow...
  9. LOOKS GREAT!!!
  10. THANKS for the kind words Scott! So glad you like it...
  11. GETTING SYMETRICAL... The Surfite features Asymetrical styling, with each side different. I want to make both sides of the Yellow Body the same width. The top is warped and broken, on the White Body, so it will be the donor. My plan is to cut the Right Side from the White Body and mold it on to the Yellow Body... I cut as much of the Right Side of the White Body as I could. Then I cut the Left Side of the Yellow Body as little as I could. I fit the Right Side to the Yellow Body and with a little sanding with a BiG Sanding Block with 100 Grade Sand Paper, I got them to fit together pretty good. Then I attached the sides using Zap-A-Gap - Green Label Glue, More Coming...
  12. X-ITE!!! A few years ago I bought 2 Surfite Bodies. I had plans for them, but those plans didn't work out, so the Surfite Bodies went on the shelf. A couple of months ago, after watching a Star Trek Movie, I figured out what to do with them! X-ITE was inspired by little Personal Transport Vehicles called Work Bees, from Star Trek... Here is how X-ITE was built...
  13. LOOKS GREAT DR.!!! Love the Mr. Vertigo decals!
  14. BEAUTIFUL WEATHERING JIM!!! Real Nice Build...
  15. LOOKS GREAT BERNARD! Nice Work...
  16. Thanks Bill!
  17. THANKS! Yeah, me too!
  18. Thanks Bill! More "Under Glass" Photos are posted now...
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