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Excellent job Mike , best looking JF wagon I've seen in a long time ! Those Astro Supremes really look sharp on this .

Definitely does that , excellent job Gary ! Great to see your work again .

Made a little more progress by modifying the firewall to add an oil tank , battery , and the air intake . And a shot with everything set in place , nothing is glued so it may be a little crooked . The oil tank is just a block of plastic with a couple brackets and fittings added , not 100% accurate but it will barely be seen when it's all finished . The battery is a resin one I had laying around . I think the small piece that joins the air intake to the housing will make a big difference in the appearance of the finished model .

It needed to be fixed I just meant the way I did it was a bit extreme . Thanks Roger !

Lookin' really really good Joe ! Nice job laying that half round down around the body , it's not as easy as it looks !

Absolutely gorgeous , beautiful work Craig ! Seems this kit has always been so-so at best but you've really made it into a winner !

Beautiful Impala Tom , excellent detail and trim work and I love that color !

Thanks I found it , looks like they have some really cool stuff ! I'm wondering if just spraying the Basecoat Rattle Bomb or Pearl Rattle Bomb would give a more in-scale finish , I'm goin to give it a try .

While taking a closer look at modifying the crossmember I found that the engine still wouldn't go any lower because the front header tubes would hit so I chose a more radical option of replacing the entire crossmember . Doing this I can lower the engine and eliminate any chances of interference later on . . . one less thing to worry about . A simple crossmember was fabricated using the front suspension as a guide . The suspension is still removable so everything can be painted . With the engine installed and the body back on another check was done . Plenty of clearance and no other modifications are needed ! And the hood closes just fine . It was probably overkill but in this case I felt it was the best option . If I were to build another one I'd address this while building the engine and save myself a lot of time and headaches .

Thanks Daniel !

I like it just the way it is , great save Jesse ! Leaving it in it's original condition was the right call !

It maybe out of scale but I've seen worse and it looks like it sprayed evenly and laid down pretty smooth , I like it ! I've tried other glitter sprays (Testors & Krylon) , they are never very smooth and need lots of sanding before any clear , plus the nozzles always clog up . For some applications this may be worth trying , where did you find it ?

Now that's imagineering at it's best , definitely looks the part to me ! Awesome work Tony !

Great job Bart ! Excellent paint and detailing !

Well done Gareth , it looks good in gold and black ! Congrats on laying down that stripe decal !

Great save John , always cool to see a Weird-Ohs built and Digger has always been my favorite ! I built a Digger a couple of years ago and had forgotten how big he is , that's why I built my Li'l Digger which is much smaller than the original .

Cool paint job , well done !

The ones I bought are from Amazing Magnets . . . .062dia x .031 . . . 100 pcs under 10 dollars . https://www.amazingmagnets.com/search.aspx?searchterm=D032-063

Beautiful GTO Tim ! The wheels aren't exactly my taste but I still like it , well done !

WOW those are some really nice builds Mike , you had a terrific year !

Very nicely done Mike ! Love the colors and that's some excellent detailing !

Very well done Steve , great looking build !

Boy that's really tiny ! Always liked the Gee Bee planes , nice job Ray ! Even with the mis-color the scallops look cool , I built a bit larger one years ago and they were a real pain with no decals .

I should have remembered they were breathers . . . my memory gets a little fuzzy these days . I have that photo and a few more showing the oil tank and battery mounting and I plan on adding those also . The oil pan in the kit is flat like a dry sump and rests directly on the crossmember but there's enough material that some can be removed from the crossmember to lower the engine maybe 1/16" or so . That along with modifying the "breathers" should solve the issues .

If you look near the end of HPI Guy's video on You Tube he angled his down for clearance and it looks terrible , not only that but there would be no way to add oil to the engine ! If you look at the pre-production one Art Laski built he's cut down the caps (and maybe the tubes) , funny that neither of them mention this . I installed the engine again and used a strip of rectangular stock to measure the clearance , I bent a slight curve in the plastic to match the inside of the hood . In this photo you can see that the fill caps need to be lowered 3/32" to achieve zero clearance , clearance at the tubes right now isn't measurable . Here's another angle . Shortening the tubes at the valve covers and/or grinding the tops of the caps would probably be enough to fix this . On the right you can see there is currently 1/16" clearance at the carburetor , when I install the air filter housing the hood will just barely close and it does hit . I'm going to look closer at modifying the tubes and caps . I also think another alternative would be to lower the engine by modifying the crossmember , if doable this would solve everything .