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I started this a while ago, chipping away at it lately. Chassis and interior are done. Headers and master are VCG Resins, tires and wheels from Jay's Resin Wheels and are quite nice. Paint is Tamiya Dull Red and German Gray. Rear shocks are modified VCG Resin parts.

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Thanks all. I have show coming up on Saturday, juggling this plus a Fairlane stock car and the '77 GMC tow truck. I have the club meeting in 2 days.

The AWB car needs BMF around the front and rear glass, glass install, decals, final assembly and the metal injector stacks put on. Odd items like a throttle cable and master cylinder lines finished. Than final assembly, decals before that.

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Foiled most of it, might re do some of it. I have not foiled in a long while.

Decals are a little silvered since it us a matte finish. I mixed up some white glue and water to help the adhesion and it helped. 

The eBay stacks are on finally. I shot the rear with TS-30 with success. 

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On 3/19/2024 at 7:55 AM, Zippi said:

Nice little project there Bob.  Jay's has some nice stuff.  

I use them a lot. The trick is to use parts box wheel backs that fit inside the wheels. On this I used some backing plates that fit perfectly 👌

On the fronts I used 1/8" aluminum tubing and stepped up 1/16" to 3/32" tubing on the axle. K&S telescoping tubing is amazing stuff.

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On 3/22/2024 at 8:59 PM, Tony Coomer said:

Wow, everything is coming along, great looking paint, decals and foil work…

Thanks. I did some of the foil work over and it paid off. I had to touch up a little of the red where I nicked it while foiling. I'm at the point where the glass goes in next. I took pains to make chassis mounts inside the body. Otherwise the interior/chassis floats around. I also joined the interior and chassis before I did the primer. I took all the side trim off the body, a much cleaner look.

I skipped a local show yesterday, I had a very bad back pain issue and the 2 cars I wanted to bring were not done. I will probably do some more today and post new pix. I have the '65 Fairlane stock car that is 99% complete, I ran into grandiose fit issues at the 11th hour. The '77 GMC wrecker had paint woes, now taken care of and ready for under-hood black paint and maybe some foil work.

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