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The coolness factor on this one is off the charts John. Having watched this one come together, I am still amazed that its a scale model. I'm in awe.

Thanks Rob, Danno, Art, Virg, John, Jim and Andy. This is an interesting build so far and I haven't even gotten to the part that I've been looking forward to the most. Thanks for your interest, input and for following along.

Well, I've been working on the few interior components and just couldn't bring myself to use the kit's original pedals. They weren't even close to the reference pics I found on the 'net. So, I just had to make some that more closely resembled the reference. I used aluminum printing plate for the stems and the floorboard face plate and used a curved brass piecevfrom taking apart a radio antenna that was cut and shaped with my Dremel Stylus. The pics really don't show up well but these are a major improvement. Next up is the hand brake and to finish up the seat. Thanks for your interest and following along.

What Danno said times three. That word needs to be added to the dictionary just because of this build. Totally amazing in every detail John. Love every bit of it.

Ok, so last night I was still figuring out the fitment and needing to make many adjustments and I'm really close to this all fitting together properly but man is this thing fiddly. Its sitting here like a house of cards and one misplaced breath will blow it over. Hope to get more work done tonight and share with you the details I've put into the chassis. Right now it kind of looks like a phone booth on wheels.

Thanks Doc. I was able to get in a bunch of bench time over the weekend and now the chassis is together, fenders and cab are painted. After all of that, there is still more fitment issues. I used the chassis from the 3-in-1 kit and the body parts from the AMT Budweiser Delivery and I really didn't give it much thought on them not fitting since the parts trees were the same. I need to cut away the front of the floorboard as its hitting on the transmission and keeping the front of the frame from sitting down properly against the fender/floorboard assembly. This will be fixed soon. Was also able to make the roof rack our of copper tubing and printing plate. This is in the paint booth so I'll post some pics of everything tonight. Thanks for your interest.

Rob - I use printing plate for a number of things. It is so easy to bend, cut, drill and glue. I use alot of .005" stuff that I get from a local print shop. They are used and have a finished aluminum shine on one side. If you check out my Fiat build, you'll see alot of it in use. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=45867&hl=

This is really stunning Wayne. More pleeze.

Thanks for the comment Rob and thanks for following along. Got a bit more done but this whole project is so fiddly its driving me nuts. Here's the new floor I built using the kit one as a template. I needed to fabricate a cab floorboard with the kick up for the transmission/engine, so I used some printing plate for this. And lastly, I've been spending a considerable amount of time on the front axle. This kit has a metal axle for the wheels but I insist that all of my scale builds have functional steering so I had to file away the back of the axle and sandwich in some flat styrene and shape it to the existing axle. Next up is the spindles and this is where I'm at at the moment. Used 1/16th and 1/8th inch aluminum tubing and added the spindle whixch is also 1/16th inch aluminum tubing. This is the passenger side. The work continues and thanks for following. Comments always welcome..

Absolutely. I think it could be refered to as 'jewelry' in some circles. Not only am I completely in XXXX'ing awe of your work, I still can't believe how short of time it takes you to create such a XXXX'ing masterpiece.

Well, I've started another new project. Started this carney wagon that I was inspired from a Dr. Cranky posted photo. I started with the AMT 3 in 1 Double 'T' kit and thought the wheelbase wasn't long enough so I picked up an AMT 'T' Budweiser Delivery which strangely enough had the same wheelbase. The rear fenders are more suited to where this project is headed so I'll use those and the front of the cab which is flat as opposed to the one from the double kit that has a cowl. It doesn't look like much at this stage but its the first I've been able to do a rough mock-up after several days of work. Stay tuned and thanks for following along.

Here's a few I picked up yesterday. The RR and the delivery are planned builds with the delivery already on the bench.

YEA!!! Danny's back to work on the dio. Making that staircase will be quite an undertaking and I'm really looking forward to updates. The one step looks awesome.

This IS cool. How's your progress progressing Dalton? Looking forward to an update.

That is too kewl. I'd buy a few of those in a heartbeat.

I could use a few of those highly skilled scale workers over here. I totally agree with Scott. Every little detail, and there are many, are spot-on.

Probably not even enough room for an ashtray in that thing. I wouldn't fit either but it'd be fun though.

WTG Mark. I'll just bet you can't even imagine what a difference you have made in the mental outlook of these gentlemen you are spending time with. Again, please let us know how we can contribute and what kind of stuff you could use such as tools, etc. I would gladly contribute. It would be an honor.

I'm lovin' this build of yours Dave. Neat concept too so I'm following along on this one.

In a word...acetate. Pliable, thin, comes in various thicknesses and cheap.

Craziness abounds on this cool build.

This is so amazing and precise. You've raised the benchmark quite a few notches.

Nice work Chuck. Thanks for posting your products.

If it isn't fun, why bother? Glad you're back at the bench instead of the computer and having some fun.

Love this body style as well although the body in photo 4 of Wayne's pictures is different, at least the opening for the injector is different along with some of the graphics.