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Ya can't be a bad arse biker without a chaindrive wallet.

Thanks guys. I'm still progressing and getting close to moving this one to under glass.

Very cool! where did you get the hair?

I'm sure you have a look you are going for, but could you imagine this character with a Billy Gibbons skull cap. So now your a hair stylist, what can't you do?

The heck with the Commador, bring us the Ute (El Camino)!

Just a quick update on the bike.

Right after the last coat of clear, the clamp slipped and the frame bounced off my leg and sock before hitting the cement. I picked it up expecting a furry, broken, nicked and scraped frame. Amazingly, there is only a slight mar on the edge of the back fender, not bad enough to worry about. It must be my lucky day. Final assembly is getting close.

I fixed that for ya.

Rusty, you won't be able to get them to line up as you have it now. Cut the roof back off where your original cuts are. Make a cut (red line)from the side window side of the windshield post almost all the way through (leave enough to bend it forward without breaking it off. Then line up the back of the cab so all your lines match. Then bend the top windshield posts forward until the lines of the body line up. Now check to see if they are straight or crooked. if they are crooked you will need to make a cut from the windshield side of the post, pretty much the same as the last cut only backwards (blue line). Then play with bending the post until everything lines up. If it looks like it will line up get it as close as you can, then glue and back up the back of the cab I would use some .010 sheet as it's thin yet will give you strength. Once that dries completely, you can bend the front posts into place and glue them into place. Back it up with some .010 and filling what needs to. As for the roughness, you're going to have to sand the filler anyway, so I wouldn't worry about it.

This, whatever it is, now has a driver. It's from a Rif Raf kit, I had to trim the bottom a bit to get him to fit in the canopy. Then his nose was too long, I wound up cutting a v shape down the center of his shnozz, then heated it with a lighter and squeezed it back together so I could glue it. After the Rhinoplasty.The base coat is on, now for the details,

As for glue, I would suggest any of the liquid cements. Be sure to make backing plates to reinforce the cuts. You shouldn't need to clamp it as the liquid cement sets very fast. Then use an automotive 2 part finishing putty. If you use a putty without a hardener it's going to shrink on you.

I went with a simple Candy Blue with a touch of White pearl mixed into it. I'm going to try to clear it later tonight.

This might be hard to explain/understand. First make your grille surround out of rod, then starting in the middle glue your first grill bar to the rod. then put a spacer in that is not long enough to reach the rod for the surround, with that as a spacer, glue your next bar into place. Slide out the spacer and keep repeating until you are done. Hopefully when you are done, it will be strong enough to very carefully sand your grille bars to the contour of the nose. You're gonna need a lot of patience and time to pull this off. Good luck with it.

We're into the painting process. All the chrome parts done in Alclad, The frame and tank have the silver base down. I still have no clue as to what color or how I'm painting the bike,

It's the product of a very misspent youth.

Erik, I'm glad to help. Sometimes when we cut and piece a few kits together, it takes an outsiders view to see something that we might have overlooked or not even thought about. I know suggestions from others has helped me out in more than one build. It's nice to know you can offer criticism without offending the builder. As for moving the front wheelwells, check my Deora COE build, it should give you an easy way to do it. Cut the entire wheelwell, not just half like I did. http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=57976

This is one wild looking build. I have to admit when I first saw the mating of the Merc with the Impala, I didn't think I would like it. But the further you progress, the more I like this build. You have quite am imagination to come up with this Frankenstein of a build. I do have a suggestion for you if you don't mind. This is just my opinion, the front wheels look to forward compared to the rear, to clarify, the rear wheelwells are somewhat centered, while the fronts are way forward of center. I did a couple of edits, one where I moved the rear wheels back, that looked horrible. I then did one where I moved the front wheels back a little, to me it made the car more "balanced".

Another great neverwas! I think you have a little Deal DNA floatin' around in ya'.

A little more color.

Ready for primer.

So Davey went out into the sun and got some color. Unfortunately the bike shop called with the bill for the parts on his new bike and he just fell to pieces. The Bike shop has been busy. Priming and the first coat of filler. Hopefully the last coat of bondo before paint. But how to paint it?

This is kind of strange that I ran across this kit tonight.

Brian, those pics are great! Thank you.

Thanks for that info, I searched Big Al plenty of times and never found anything. It looked much, MUCH better as Big All 3. Upper right corner of the pic below.