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Looking good Tyrone!!! Always a pleasure watching your updates, Bro! I wish I had a couple snow days too.

Good start, Ron. I love the concept too.

I had a comrade with the same name (Walter Frey) and so I was just curious. I never did the Scout thing, just regular Army.

Very nice job, Walter! I have a question totally unrelated to the model: by chance, did you serve in the military say around the early to mid 80s? If so, were you stationed at Ft. Ord?

Thanks for looking and the kind words gents! Clay- I just hope I don't get burned out. Tyrone- The tires are huge pegassus tires. They're a little big because they are their funny car tires, but I like them for the PMs too. If you're interested, I can see if I can figure out what the item number is on the pegassus website. Thanks again, Rick and Mike! Jim- What can I say, those wheels are just bad and I'm sure will definitely be the centerpiece of the cars!

Don't know how I missed it, but thanks, Tyrone! I took a stab at working on the Vette's wing last night. Let me know what you guys think:

Outstanding, Clay!!!

My wife says that I get on these binges of watching shows in marathon format and then I go through withdrawals once I'm done or caught-up. This project is a lot like that, so I've decided to take it slow and enjoy the show in moderate viewing format. Just exceptional work going on here!

My bad...in my haste to get update pictures up, I neglected to thank folks for their positive feedback and comments. Thanks to all, including but not limited to Ray, Rick, Jim, Darryl, Wayne, Dave, Larry, Chris, Kerry et al!

Thanks for the comments, Wayne, your input is always valued on these PMs too! I hear you on the age of the TEM body and hope that no one is offended by me putting their name out there. Both of these projects started as TEM and to your point, these bodies are > 9 years old. For the time, I found TEM bodies well worth investing in (and like giving credit where credit is due) It's just a shame that i haven't been able to get to them until now, but it might be a blessing in that my skills are a little better and might be able to do them more justice than what I could have done 9 years ago. I like that "Undertaker" livery and might take you up on that. Would you be upset if I tried getting it transferred to water slide?

Next up, I have to modify the rear wing on the '53 Vette according to Sheman's directions.

The '53 Vette wheels from Jim:

Absolutely BEAUTIFUL Micro Nitro wheels by Jim Littiken. Thanks a bunch, Jim!!!

The new and improved wing:

In this pic you can see where the TEM body's tail lights weren't correctly spaced tot eh bumper (correct in that they weren't both on the same linear and parallel plane). In keeping with he raised 3-D look of the TEM Body, I wanted to get them more parallel to the bumper and then I thought I should raise the round part for the filler cap, "SS" decal. I also resized them to the dimensions of both the twilight and filler cap decal's dimensions (the ones on the Slixx PM decal sheet). In keeping with the "green" concept of recycling materials, I decided to modify the existing wing to fit the new rear body work:

It was brought to my attention that the rear wing on the '68 Camaro was dated, so I got to correcting it as best as I could: I apologize for my ignorance on the PMs. You would think that with my affinity for them, I'd have more knowledge so I rely on guys like Sherm, Tyrone, Clay, Davey and others to keep me heading in a reasonably correct direction. Here is the body after I removed the rear spoiler: Building back up the quarter panels: Building back up the deck lid The deck lid aft the rear window was a little flimsy, so I but a notch in to insert and glue a steel rod and keep it sturdy (my experience with using evergreen-type styrene is that it can warp over time):

Looking good T! You make it look too easy.

Looking good Romell! Good to see you back on this!

Excellent work, Scott!!! Wouldn't expect anything less. Keep 'em coming.

Thanks, John. It will be blue with a grey interior and the wheel centers will be some type of metalizer like titanium or graphite.

Thanks, Jim, Richard, Jason, Rick and Kerry!

Thanks, Jim! I can't wait to get my goodies in the mail. Do you mind if I put pics up?

Good news, Henry! Thanks for that and looking forward to it.

Thanks Bruce, Joe and Richard! I slung a little more mud last-night on the bumpers, trunk and certain areas of the body. For me, this is a long, tedious process getting as many of the pin-holes and imperfections as possible. My shortcoming is that I'll eventually become tired of it and just go with a less than par body

Thanks Bruce, Joe and Richard!