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I can only sit back an marvel at what you create brother, just AWESOME!!!!!!!!!! Randy P.S. Happy Birthday !!!!! Glad to see you caught up to me

Really ??? with a seal too???? You are a good kind of crazy my friend!!!!! Randy

Love the chassis construction my friend !!!! Randy

Great job on this one Wesley!!! How was this kit for building up? Have the Stratos in the stash and it looks nice in the box. Randy

Great to see you building this one Jason !!! Those MFH wheels look terrific and can't wait to see the motor built up ! Randy

Good to see your progress Brad !!!! Randy

JC, You've got the chassis looking good !!!!! Randy

Hi Pat, Great job on the Ferrari!!!!! Randy

Okay my friend, that magneto is just flat out crazy!!!!!!!!! You even included the folds at the end of the clip. Randy

Beautiful scratch work going into this one JC !!!!! That engine bay is terrific and you killed that motor !!!! Did you use some of that bendable rod for the headers? Randy

Hi Folks, A big thank you to all that commented since the last update !!!!!!!!!!!!! Belated answers to a couple of questions.... Andrew, The smallest size so far is .3mm Albion makes the nickel silver thin walled tubing in sizes from .3mm up to .9mm If I need anything smaller or larger it is solid wire. Richard, It is assembled with actual threaded nuts and bolts so it will operate. The smallest is .5mm from Scalehardware also .7mm from T2M. Mike , you are correct I use the small tweezers from Laski Scale Specialties to tighten them. An update on bodywork...... I posted my attempts at some bodywork ( fenders ) back at the beginning of this thread. The material was tin sheet from K & S . This was okay but I really wanted to emulate the 1:1 car and build the body out of aluminum. The catch being that I wanted to solder it together. Michael Gray had done some solder work using ally on his Bantam dragster build so i knew it could work. The criteria would be that I could do this at my modeling bench and use a small butane torch and my Weller 40w pencil iron. The bodywork will be .016" sheet stock from K & S. I also wanted to use some ally 'printers plate' , that my buddy Brad had provided me , that is about .008" The product I went with is a Harris Company product called 'Al-solder 500 Kit' https://www.amazon.com/Harris-500K-Al-Solder-Aluminum-Solder/dp/B001HWFM9Y?SubscriptionId=AKIAIKOHFALUJCKC3KXQ&tag=bdyahoo-desk-20&linkCode=xm2&camp=2025&creative=165953&creativeASIN=B001HWFM9Y&m=A3REPELT3CBVRK You get a jar of flux and a small roll of solder... Joining a flat piece and an angle piece of the thin printers plate.... The technique here is to heat the metal surrounding the area where you have placed the flux, not the joint itself. You form your solder into a rod, when the flux starts to bubble and turn brown you run a bead of solder along the joint. On my practice piece i moved left to right along the joint. At first the solder did not flow but blobbed up. It worked like it was supposed to as I traveled to the right. Tried 'tinning' the flat piece and adding a small piece.... Used the pencil iron resting on the piece being added to see if it would heat the 'tinned' solder below and join the two. results... Formed a fender from the .016 sheet stock using the Dapping block... Joining the fender to another piece simulating a hood..... Moving on to a full "practice" body..... By no means am I an expert at this but having fun trying !!!! Encouraged enough by this start of the "practice" front clip that I will build it up into a whole car. This will give me chance to work on my skills before tackling the Maserati. Thanks for looking in! Randy

I'm with Brad on this one Buddy, really good to see the update !!! Beautiful work !!!!! Randy

Love the progress Brian !!!!! Could use more than one pic my friend Randy

Great to see an update on this one Pete !!!!!! The desk looks terrific !!! Randy

I just love it when you post some mockups !!!!! The different colors are really making the engine pop my friend, can't wait to see some more details added on. Randy

Excellent build and finish Curt !! Love a GT40 Randy

What a cool project John !!! The progress looks great !!! Randy

This one is AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!! my brother. Fantastic build and paint !!!! Randy

Crazy Wild an' Coooool !!!!!! Randy

Man, I wish I had your skills buddy !!!!! Randy

Very cool stuff going on with your drawing up chassis Chris !!!!! This winter my friend, I can feel the progress that's coming Randy

A really big thank you to all that have commented since the last update !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can not believe it has been over 6 months. I will get back on this one this fall, have not lost any mojo just been a little busy. Again, Thank you for your interest !!! Randy

Gorgeous mock up my friend, just GORGEOUS!!!!!! Awesome color combo. Love the progress on the crower with the cable and hard lines. Thank you for the update, It will hold me over for a bit Randy P.S. Can't wait to see what you do to that Colt. Our first new car 40 years ago was a Colt ! My wife fell in love with a white one with Levi blue jean interior.

Outstanding work on this one Jonathan !!! Randy

Love the progress Jonathan, the trim makes it really come alive!!! Bob, HobbyEasy has them for $25.32 Throw a couple of things in the shopping cart and the shipping is reasonable. randy