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Started this inspired by build last Friday.

Painted the body Tamiya black, taped off and sprayed Tamiya light gunmetal and the Tamiya clear

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Thanks for looking. Now back to the Monograms...

 

*Disclaimer* This paragraph is mainly aimed at me being able to recall the hoops of the last 2 weeks... for future reference. The anesthesia from my surgery a couple years ago, still messes with me...

So we're at trivia night at the pub about 3 weeks back. One of my best friends (whom I work with), during a conversation about hobbies, casually mentioned if she ever had me build a model for her, it would be an Eleanor. I said yeah, I might could pull it off.. the conversation transitioned into something else and the night went on...

The next week at trivia night, she told me she had put her 2 week notice in... that sucks, but that's also a completely different story... so I immediately thought, let's build a car. The downside? I didn't have one of these... So research and research and a tad more began...I ended this 2 weeks endeavor with the AMT Shelby, the Revell Shelby diecast, and the 68 GT just because. All these arrived on last friday.. so now I had a week... I wasn't sure if I had time to strip the diecast, and the 68 is the 68.. so I went with the AMT... I don't generally like AMT's, but this one was one of the better one's I've built.

I took it to her on her last day, and probably last trivia night for a while. I told her it's not legit, but inspired by... She loved it. Yesterday, the first day of work without... ugh...

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Great looking paint finish and color. The stripes are well done, and the wheels look like they belong on this. 

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Thank you all. Very much appreciated...

10 hours ago, Slotto said:

Nice build Jeremy. You did a good thing by gifting this.

Thanks Steve... You're right. May be a whole other story...

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