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Hi Chris, SOOOOOOOO glad to see you back at the bench. And I don't care what you're making. Your chassis is off to a rocking start and can't wait to see your other touches. Cool to see the 3 different concepts you've each adopted and your respective fabricating methods to make them happen. Best of luck with the rest of the build and thanks for sharing. Cheers, Tim

Joe, nicely done and I really want to thank you for the pic of the cutting tool and tutorial. I'm going to get one and try it on some parts I've wanted to try fabricating. Might just work for what I have in mind. Bout time you added a metals jar, I think a year from now you'll have 3 or 4. Keep the detailed pics and humor coming, it adds a nice touch to your builds. Lastly, please tell Santa, I only want a lathe for Christmas..........I've been good, so............... Cheers, Tim

Sorry for not replying sooner............ Edgar - Glad you checked the car out and like what you see. Thanks Andy- My pics are of reasonable quality but with my limited computer skills, there's no photo shopping going on in this house. Scott - Thanks as always and appreciate the quick turn around on the parts I just ordered from you. Mr. Teresi - see my comments on YOUR build please. Just fantastic stuff as always and many thanks for your continued interest in Henry. Ray - Appreciate the "photos" comment. I credit the camera and lighting for the quality of them. Joe - Glad to see you moving along with YOUR build too. The sapphire is in the intake, but you should see what's in the oil pan. Romell - I've followed your work before sir, and you do some serious modelling in your own right. Thanks for checking out the build and hope you continue to follow along. Clayton - I prefer crazy instead of insane. Seriously though, thank you for your positive comments. Luis - Glad you llke it too and like the others that have visited perhaps for the first time, I hope you join me while I take this "journey" on this build. What's next.................well, my friend Dave was kind enough to impart 6 hours his time and knowledge on what awaits me. I feel like Bilbo Baggins in the Hobbit and Dave is Gandolf (correct spelling) After putting the car together and tearing it down I was feeling pretty satisfied with it. Well, that bubble lasted a day and Dave popped it. I have a LONG way to go on what I have to make for the car yet. It begins with a LOT of research of particular products and then how to fab said parts. Dave shared so many important aspects that I should (will) consider for the car that I came away with my head swimming. Complete brake system, chutes, doors & windows, pedal assembly, firewall, front clip, front struts and hubs, VERY detailed electronics and on and on. But I at least know where to look now for answers and what I want to replicate. I've resigned myself that I likely won't finish it till late 2016 at best. I am going to start my Mustang Funny (not the new Mustang but my stretched 71' rear-engine funny sometime over the winter just to avoid burn-out and to get a jump on it for when Henry is completed. Cheers to all and enjoy the rest of your Labor Day weekend ! Tim

Cato, it's been a while since I posted here, but without a dout, that is just simply STUNNING! My hat's off to you sir and can't wait to see your future posts as you progress on this build. A fan. Cheers, Tim

Has anybody seen or heard from Randy D. lately? Hopefully he's doing okay and we'll see more from him soon. Cheers, Tim

Yes Joe, it IS alive. And you WILL bend to its wishes. Can't wait to see your next update!! Cheers, Tim

John, John, John......how do you do it? The combination of paints on your chassis in the latest pics, along with the alum. flooring looks so cool. I would never have put those together and you pulled it off so well. And no one can touch you for your Alclad skills. Alclad should pay YOU to use your models as examples on their website. It just looks so real. Suitably impressed dude. Cheers, Tim

Aaron, thank you, again nice to see comments from so far away. The forum is well represented globally. Art - appreciated...."home stretch" is a year from now as best as I can guesstimate. I'm going to wrap this one up by fall 2016 one way or another which means I'm now about 60% of the way through it. No way around that fact as I'm such a slow builder. oh well. again, many thanks. Michael - me first. Sorry Scott, i just don't have that kind of ability to do the body out of aluminum. I'd like to learn how to pound brass someday............. DaveWilly - thanks! Dave my friend (comp1839) - THANK YOU for all of your insights and assistance on a build that I thought I knew something about but came to realize how little I truly did know. Your mentoring has been invaluable and has helped me become a budding amateur machinist and better modeler. For that I will always be grateful. Ray - Wonderful to see your new 32' build and the rapid progress on it. I can see the juices are flowing again.....YEAH!! Chris - Sincerely hope you'll be back at your bench soon and finishing the Vega. Hope all else is well with you and your family. Disabled Modeler - thanks for checking it out and hope you follow along as I move on with the car. Lastly, here's a pic I wanted to share of the chassis / engine in the same shot. Didn't have the ability to post it earlier.........Cheers to all, Tim

Really like the way the front end body mods worked out Ray. You've picked two great intakes to choose from but my preference was for your 1st one with the single carb BUT your sheet metal will no doubt be sweet as well. I like the way you've fabbed that so far too. Great progress and looking forward to more soon!!! cheers, Tim

I truly like your idea for the build Brian. Always liked the Chapparals since I had an HO race car as a kid. Can't wait to see the body mods once you have them completed. Good luck on the rest of the build. Cheers, Tim

Thanks Clayton, no Ray, haven't weighed it yet. BUT, I did get on a roll this morning and completed the mock-up. Satisfied with the results so I can tear it down and move on. Enjoy and comments welcome as always. btw, no glue was used over the past 20+ hours of assembly, all bolted together. Cheers, Tim Besides these pics, there are more on my Fotki page for those that are interested.

Run Ray, run as fast as you can on this car. I love everything you're showing here and your grill is beautiful. If it were mine/me, I'd set the other one aside and continue on this one. The real car pics you've shared and the chassis design are so cool and would make for a superb model. Looking forward towards your next post already. Cheers, Tim

Cool mock-up but Brads comment on the headers gives me pause too. I thought Henry was tight, but man o' man that is silly tight at the rear tire and frame. Would up-swept through the roof be an option? Maybe a "sun" roof right? And that way you could see the engines too. Just thinking out loud, sorry. I'm sure you already have a basket of options so..............never mind. Cheers Joe.

Your car has really come together Bill. I like seeing the differences in the body lines / details just by painting it with white primer. Fantastic execution on all of the body mods and how it just "flows". If you haven't mentioned it yet, what color are you considering? Cheers, Tim

Thank you Joe, quite the accolade. Once you see these pics, I think we're going to have to re-think the whole cappuccino maker thing. (I'm more of a Dunkin' Donuts kind of guy btw) I've still got the puke tank, brakes, shocks and sensors and the wing to put on. This morning was still a productive one and I'm really learning what to do and NOT to do on the assembly process. It's lining up well so far. Cheers, Tim

Art, my ol' eyes are giving out on me. I was not being sarcastic or being a knucklehead. I swear when I looked at your pics I "saw" the ducts in the spill pates. If they weren't there, I apologize for any misinterpretation of my post. I've got too much respect for you skills to do something like that. Cheers, Tim

Joe, like the way you splayed the stacks. I can see em' with aluminum tubes over them. Are you going to make them equal length or stagger the height ala the cam-am guys? Cheers, Tim

Thanks to each and everyone of you for your comments once again. They're very encouraging as I'm, going through this step. I'll need it. The 2 pics you see this morning are the result of getting the anti-roll bar ONLY in place. I was planning on have the locating bars and x-brace on as well, but it just didn't happen. I figure another couple hours to get that done and then move on to the shocks/sensors and wheelie bars. Then puke tank, wing and anything else I've forgotten. Anyways, I'm learning and taking notes as I go so the next time it will move along in a more timely fashion. Again, big thanks for your very positive feedback. Cheers, Tim Oh, and Joe, the only plastic is the wing and it's spill plates, steering wheel rim and the seat so far. Hadn't thought about that till you mentioned it. hmmmmm

Hey Art, like the subject build you picked here as you know. Looks good and I've got to try the putty painting trick sometime as your results were spectacular. And I DID notice the little NACA ducts you put into your wing spill plates. Nice touch! Cheers, Tim

Gotta like a scratch builder that is willing AND able to execute it as need be. Injected will look flat out awesome & the tandem solution should be more "realistic" when all is said and done. For what it's worth, what you've accomplished so far looks pretty sweet and the wheels you've picked will be perfect. Keep her going Joe. Cheers, Tim

Really like your build on this car. Nicely executed. Cheers, Tim

Sorry i didn't respond earlier guys. Chris, Art, Dave, Dave Willy and Dr. Kerry, thank you gentlemen for the positive feedback and comments. Yesterday I began the process (and it's a process I assure you, I've got almost 8 hours into what you see in today's pics I'm posting) of doing a mock-up of the car to date. I decided to put everything fabricated to date on the car. I'm estimating that I'm 1/3rd of the way there. I'm excited about the car so far after looking at all of the parts yet to go on. We'll see as I'm sure I'll have to tweek some things along the way as keeping putting it together. Cheers, Tim I'm hoping to have it all together and posted sometime over the Labor Day weekend.

Randy, if you're still out there.......and hopefully all is well, any update to this phenomenal build in the near term? It's the craziest build I've seen on the forum yet and can't wait to see what you do next. Cheers, Tim

Those are some fantastic 1:1 pics you posted Joe. I like them ALL. Cheers, Tim

Joe - If you look closely, you'll see a cord hanging off a stand on the left side.....yup, dremel number 4, just out of sight though. A man can never have enough dremels right? Took me almost 40 minutes to clean my mess....what you can't see were two other work benches (arranged in a triangle shape) where I drill and solder on one and assemble on the 3rd. They weren't quite as bad though. btw, nice progress on your wheel stander. its fun watching this friendly "competition". Chris, really hope to see you back at it soon. I miss Art Laski, Ray & Randy D's efforts among others as well. I know it's summer and all but still........throw us a bone. Cheers everyone