Greg Wann

Very cool.

John, I sent you a PM.

Thanks, Kerry, I really appreciate that.

YES!

Well.....It's more of embarrassment. Now that I am looking at that icon really closely I see hearts, I thought they were bubbles for dizziness. Now I am embarrassed! I gotta get new glasses!

AAAAAWWWWW SHUCKS LOL

It sure made my ugly mug grin! That is way cool! This would actually make a great phantom pace car with that paint scheme.

Thank you, Kurt for the good words. I was in Indiana for a couple of weeks. Now I am back to getting caught up with some orders. I got a fresh crop of glass sets from Mike. I got to see the vacuum process for making them. I prefer not to take payment until the order is ready.

I saw this today. It is very impressive. I am glad that Mike is a good photographer too.

Hi Chuck, The alps printer is very nice but what will you do when it breaks? I am curious about the upkeep too. I bought one of these kits: http://www.pulsarprofx.com/decalpro/ and recently bought a HP color laser all in one printer. I have applied the image to decal paper. It works pretty well. Otherwise you have to apply the image dead on to your target location. If you are applying the image per instructions the thickness is negligible. Pulsar makes a kit that could make photo etch parts as well. The kit is actually for making circuit boards for electronics use. Both of these kits are under a hundred bucks.

Here ya go, John! All you gotta do is get some inkjet fabric and print this image

Nice job. Are you using an alps printer?

Someone that knows what they are doing could simply copy the pattern on the door panel and expand it to a bigger picture and then print it on cloth. I did this with the cloth seat out of the Mercedes W196R diecast. I taped a small piece of white fabric to a piece of paper and ran it through an inkjet printer. Here is an example of my playing around with printing on fabric. It is a little light but I have no idea of what I am doing. I also have the fabric behind this that is close in size.

I started the mold for the back glass parts, John. You should have them by the Friday.

WOW! That thing is cool! The picture looks strange. To the left of the number 12, it appears to be a part of someone standing there. Maybe a ghost? I have the masters made for the back windows. I better get busy!

Hi Ron, I am curious as to how this project is coming along?

I will make it affordable. I will get Mike Schnur involved in a glass vacuum formed set. He is having a pretty good time doing the glass for the Fox Mustang.

This is some great reference information. Thank you, Skip for posting. I have this body. It is really nice for a project that started from scratch. Ken did a really nice job. I am going to create the hoods in clear resin.....well, that is the plan anyway. Then you can paint it if you want.

Hey, John, You are very welcome for this project. I have faith that it will turn out great. Just relax and take your time, no hurries. I still have two chassis pans to send you. I first started this in 2011.

http://smcbofphx.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=rs&action=display&thread=1221 Wow John, I am very happy to see you are back at the bench. I know you will do great with this one. I'm thinking you are going to actually put an engine in this build. I have several other parts that still need to be cast but with your ability your parts might be much better. This post on the link above has over 2000 views. If you can put an engine in it it would be very cool cast in clear to show all the articulation. I really like how the wheels turned out. The engineering of the real vehicle was pure magic. The original transporter is long gone but when a team decided to create it again there was little original drawings and information to go by. The recreation is even better. I really like this subject but unfortunately I really have trouble staying focused on it. John is helping me develop this subject into a more accurate and presentable kit. Eventually I will have a cool kit to offer. The parts you see are available.

Hey, that is pretty cool looking.

info@smbchobby.com Try the above address.

You should search Jay Leno You Tube videos where he shows unobtainable car parts created and a video where he is with a company rep that hand scans a crescent wrench. The wrench gets printed and the thumb wheel turns to open and close the jaws. Pretty amazing stuff

Dr. Kerry, You are on the mark! I told Ken I was going to keep the master but I will more than likely send it back to him with some copies. I really like a master to be shiny. I will use any advantage I can to try to insure the mold makes a nice copy. I am going to make a new mold for the Eleanor Mustang this weekend, some side scoop detail finally pulled from the mold. Unfortunately I don't know how many copies it successfully made. I really should keep better track. When I get the body I will have Mike Schnur take a look at this too. If you don't mind we might be able to create a buck to make some vacuum formed glass. The last time I talked to Mike he said he has the Fox Mustang glass perfected. He is also good at making fiddly little parts. http://www.koalaproducts.net/beforeafterpolish.html By the way. I have tried several plastic polishes. Most are duds! I am really happy with this product. It is great for your kit glass and I suggest you give it a try on your paint jobs too. You would not believe how much money I have wasted on plastic polish products. The first plastic polish I tried when I got back into models was a product Bare Metal Foil sold. It was a great product but no longer offered. I finally found this as a replacement. Koala is very thin and looks like milk with no real perceivable grit. BMF was not gritty either but worked really well and fast with scuff removal and was great on paint. The plastic polish is still listed on the BMF site. When I purchased Koala the postage was part of the $15.00 price tag.

Looking really good, Mike.