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Nice job on the breathers so far, brother. It's really nice to have a CAD program to lay things out ahead of time, isn't it? LOL

Amen to those comments...

That's impressive work, Kenn. Thanks, so much, for sharing...

Your headers look fantastic, Lou. I don't think they could look any more realistic...

Yeah, I've seen your Hornet build. That is a cool one, too... Will you document your commission builds on MCM or will those be kept private? I don't recall if I've seen any commission builds online or not...

Thanks bud!

Super job, Ron. Now...what's on the horizon for new builds?

What I was really wondering about is how far back from the leading edge of the door you usually place the hinges. I can see how that will affect the swing of the door when its opened in relation to the trailing edge of the fender, etc. Again, I know we're limited by what we're working with on any given build... Thanks. SP

That's a great foundation to build from Wayne. I'll look forward to updates! Be careful when you're on the road! If you need any parts, you know where to find me!

I've got another hinge question for you Tyrone. Is there a secret to the fore/aft placement of the hinges? I realize that we have to work with what we've got, or create it in your case with the additional strips attached to the firewall, but I'm just curious if there are dimensions you've come to use that are more "ideal."

Thanks for the tutorial, Tyrone. That will help me and countless others, I'm sure... I see you've got a lip above the top of the door skin. I trust that's a surface mount for windows that you can then black-out... ? Maybe you've been doing that all along and I just finally caught it. LOL

This one is really sittin' pretty, Tyrone... Go for it!

Super job, so far, Tyrone. Keep it up buddy!

That's looking great, Jason. And the quality of your photos is very solid, too...

We've all done stuff like that... Don't sweat it!

Amen to that!

Excellent find and neat project, Ron...!

Looks great, Ted! Getting its stance right is a huge improvement over the way it comes out of the box.

Thanks for your support, Randy. If you want to e-mail me, I can check and see if I have on-hand what you want... Whatever works for you. Scott

Thanks Michael. You make several points, all of which are very valid. As long as the quality and/or integrity of the "thief" doesn't get associated to me and my business, the best I can hope for is that the cream will rise to the top and the refuse will sink to the bottom...

That's truly a bonus to have a girl who likes her cars...

Totally different topic from what has been discussed recently... LOL What irks me is I found out yesterday that somebody is recasting my Fairmont body.

Joe - my motivation was I had a 1:1 Fairmont and looked into whether any kit manufacturers had made one as a kit or promo. All my research turned up a big "0". At that point I challenged myself to see if I could do one. In retrospect, I bit off a whole lot more to chew than I'd ever imagined, but the goal to not quit, once I'd achieved some degree of success, i.e., actually having it look like what I wanted it to, and sharing pics online (which brought encouragement and interest from potential buyers) kept me going. I never had any intention of "profiting" from it - not in the truest sense of the word. Yes - I'm recouping some of my time and effort, but not much in the grand scheme of things. I'd have to sell thousands of them to do that, but I've gotten a tremendous amount of satisfaction out of receiving compliments about it's construction and the quality of the casting which, by the way, I didn't do. Ed Fluck (Drag City Casting) has cast all of my cream-colored bodies, hoods, grilles and taillight panels - and he does an outstanding job. I am going to have him do any other casting work for me. My goal is still to have a stock body Fairmont made. I'm about 99% done with it. There will be a revised Revell-based floor pan and custom interior side panels, with the donor being the new '90 Mustang LX- at least that's the current plan. The galling part of this "theft", and that's what it is, is the greed and lack of respect that motivated it. To go off on a brief tangent, my wife just finished writing a book. She had to do lots of investigation, and it cost us to see a patent/copyright attorney, regarding copyright infringement to circumvent having somebody come back at her for supposed theft of old photos for her book. A law professor, well-versed in copyright law said that the laws were originally passed to encourage creativity but the litigious society we live in now-days has actually discouraged creativity because authors, writers, etc., are afraid they'll get sued for wronging someone, whether it's legitimate or not. In a similar vein, what motivation do I have to make other items beneficial to our hobby, if someone is going to steal my product/idea and profit from it? MIke - you hit the nail on the head...

Interesting info, Joseph. Thanks for chiming in... Scott

Thanks for explaining Ed. Just for the fun of it, I'm attaching a couple of early development pics, so you (Joe) can see what it looked like early-on. I spent, if I recall, between 4-5 years and have hundreds, if not thousands, of hours in this body, so to have somebody unethical enough to copy it irks me to no end... The grille has gone through numerous iterations since this was pic was taken. Here is the final master before it was first cast. Body shells then went through several more stages of refinement before I was happy with how they looked.