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Alright, I can not seem to find my old thread. But anyways... Finially I have a update on this! I busted out my new Paasche airbrush today to try since its fathers day. HEHEHE. I sprayed some alclad. Man did I get excited!! Very very nice! So I sprayed the front motor mount and water pump and oil pan on the motor, as well as the front and rear suspension and the rear rims. Yes, the whole rear axle is not there yet. I will make outer axle halves later. I have several pics here. sorry they are a tad darker (yellowish) I dont have a good photo shop and it was dark here(rainy). I do hope you enjoy. Jody

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Quick update. I got the body painted in the testors one coat pearl white today. Son managed to some wtrestle himself onto my frame and busted it, so I had to glue it back together. Unfortunately, I can not unglue the rear suspension, so I will have to spray a tad of the pink into my airbrush and see how well I can touch it up. Thankfully they were all clean breaks, all 5 of them!! But I will move forward anyways. I am not trying to make a show winner, so either it looks good when I touch it up, or, it will still look good from a distance!! Thanks. Jody

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Another quick update. This thing is really making good progress. Even with my frame mishap no thanks to my son, I was able to touch it upmostly satisfactory. Where I did not do so well, wont be seen anyways because its under the bed inbetween the huge balonies! So that is ready to move forward with me finishing the suspension up. Cleared the body the other day. Thought it was completly dry when I did a mock up of it on the frame. Left DNA imprints. Today I picked it up ready to start polishing them out. I was very surprised because I could just barly tell where they were. So I stuck the decals on and waited for a while. Then I cleard over it with two coats. No more fingerprints in it! So the body is done! Here are pics of the body. Tomorrow I hope to mount it on the frame and then move into finishing up the suspension and start the interior! Thanks. Jody

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Here is a quick mock up with the suspension parts (main) and the engine mounted. The body is also mounted. Have the bottom of the interior(exterior bottom) done and the interior sprayed white. Now to do the puple ribs. Thanks. Jody

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Alright. Another quick update. I got the grill and shell in and made the dul blower plenum box and got the purple sprayed on the interior. Now just to repaint the white in the interior and it can get installed permanently!I took a couple of shots here with the dual blowers sitting there. Mind you, I will be making angled boxes for the carbes to sit on, then the blowers horizontal on top of those, so the motor in all will still be about another 3/8s of a inch or so. About the middle of the windshield! Thats why when I was asked about the motor height being so low, I new better then to raise it.m I want it bigb and bad, yet also to a point where one could almost see around those blowers! LOL. Hope you enjoy! JOdy

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Posted

Looking good and it's coming along well .. despite everyone's efforts to resist completion! :P

May the Finish Be With You.

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