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That works for me. Welcome to the forums. Looking forward to your build redo whichever way you decide to go.

I am totally impressed and amazed Bill. This is off the charts and keeps getting better with every post.

Astonishing!! If this isn't a 1:1 car, then I think you reduced yourself to 1:24 so you could work on it. I see no other way for this to look so clean and brilliantly assembled. This is your best work John and you have some real beauties in your garage.

Nicely done. I love the color combo and everything looks just right.

Thanks guys for the comments. If any of you local guys are going to the Moonlight Modelers meeting tonight, it'll be there and you can see it in person.

Man Chris, this is exquisite work. Put some fluid in that master cylinder and I'm sure it'd work. Phenomenal work my friend.

John - you continue to raise the bar and this build is the epitome of what scale modeling is all about. Your fabrication, scratch-building and execution skills are flawless and your ability to envision how all of this will be made and come together are astounding. Gonna miss seeing you and your builds at DSC this upcoming year. Hope we can hook up in person again soon. I really enjoy hanging with you and drooling over your builds.

Gentlemen - thanks so much for the kind words. I appreciate them very much. John - I don't know about that top ten comment but, coming from you, its really a fine compliment and I greatly appreciate your thoughtfulness. I may drop just a few more details in on this and if I do, I'll post the updates here. Don't worry Niko, I won't overcrowd it.

A few more shots including interior. If you're interested in seeing the build up, here's the link: www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=61562&st=0 As always, comments welcomed.

This was a fun and different build for me. Its nice once in a while to shift gears and head off into a different direction. I started with the AMT Budweiser '23 'T' Delivery Van, cut off the back of the body and scratch built everything in the living quarters portion. I've got a couple of months into this one and thoroughly enjoyed every bit of it. I'll do a bit more weathering eventually.

OK guys, I've finally pulled this one off the shelf and back on the work bench. I'd forgotten just how fiddly this one is. Stay tuned...

This would be one wild ride. Your paint looks great and the stance is perfect. Nicely done.

Wow, I'm impressed. This looks far better than I expected. With your ability to deliver a quality build and how nice this appears to go together, you'll have a great looking model once completed. I think it needs some sort of rear spoiler although the one you showed us was a bit too big.

Thanks Russ. This has been fun working on this with all of the different building materials. As stated by Alan earlier, It is sort of a rolling diorama and I'd forgotten how much I enjoy working on a diorama. Its been awhile. Here's a few more pics. Thanks again.

Thanks for the kind words Art, Tony, Glu and Alyn. Much appreciated. As mentioned earlier, this just needs a bit more weathering and I've got some Rust n Dust coming in the mail to get that done. Some of the items completed since last post: dual wheels, weathered the posters a bit, fruit is in place, match bin to the right of the entrance door complete with red tipped matches, battery box on the driver's side running board to name a few. Finally able to get some pictures up\ although I wish my camera was working properly because it has a much better macro feature. Enjoy and thanks for following along and your interest.

Thanks for the kind words Alan. They're greatly appreciated. The camera issues continue so I pulled the Willys out of the box and started messing with it. First thing, the working steering was glued up tight. So it had to all come apart and be glued back together properly. That's enough of that. My camera is going in for repairs and my wife's comes back Wednesday from repairs. Must be something in the air around here for both of them to mess up. I'll get some finished pictures up soon.

I was able to squeeze one decent picture out of my failing camera. It was taken from across the room and zoomed in all the way. I even fully charged the battery hoping that would help. As you can tell, I added dual rear wheels based on input from a few of you. Thanks for that as it really made it more feasible.

Well gents, this one is complete. I may add a horn under the hood if I can source one. As my rotten luck would have it, my camera went on the fritz yesterday and its not able to focus. I'll borrow the wife's tomorrow and get some pics up. A few here and then a new thread in the Under Glass section. I'll finally be able to clean off my workbench. There's so many scraps of wood, aluminum pieces, basswood siding, cut tree limbs, printing plate, etc in piles every where. Thanks for your interest and following along. I had a blast building this one. Now pack to my '41 Willys PU gasser. Actually, I started on this build because I couldn't find my seat belt material for the Willys and found it about a week into this build but I was on a roll with this carny wagon, I had to strike while the iron was hot.

I have to say I like the black better than the red. The wood floor looks awesome too. I've been using a product on my wood in my Carney '23 T called Genuine Furniture Wax by Tres Amigos. It's a furniture store here in town where we bought our living and dining room furniture and they have now closed all of their Phoenix stores and are only in Tucson. I need to take a road trip soon. Maybe something similar can be found in your area?

I just found this thread and I can't figure out how I missed it. After reading and drooling over thirteen educational pages, I need to go take a serious nap. My head hurts and the bottom of my jaw is raw from hitting my desk. Truly magnificent work Bill. Now I'm expecting a removable front clip and no paint anywhere up front. Thanks for posting your detailed progress, bro!!

Ha!! See why I want to redo it? I can't have an out-of-scale salmon egg.

No, I don't have one in the backyard. Wish I did. The guitar is scratch built from bass wood and the neck was made separately from the body. The neck details were drawn on with a Micron marker by hand and I used RB Motion bolt heads for the tuner pegs. The banana was also made from bass wood, the apple is a turned piece of red plastic sprue and the bar of soap was cut from a semi-transparent piece from an orange ball point pen. The soap dish was a clear head light lens that was thinned down to make it more resemble a plate. I may redo the apple though as it doesn't have the right shape or color. Thanks guys.

A few more interior items added, most obvious is the guitar. Also added are soap dish, fruit bowl and full coffee cup. Still need to add something on top of the bed. Made an open book but just doesn't make my socks roll up and down. Interior is just about complete. Oh, one thing I didn't post a pic of is the whiskey bottle in the rafters. Thanks for following along on this fun journey.

Friggin' gorgeous, John.

Now this one really rocks. Lovin' the stretch, duallies and the color. Keep at it, I'm in the front row.