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A little more progress... primed, hinged , lots of little detail added... some more filler and cleanup to do, hoping to display on the "in progress" table this Saturday in Columbus Ohio for the Buckeye Classic!

Progress! Hood reworked/shortened, scratchbuilt cowl vent, frenched side pipes, firewall detail added, bulkhead constructed, and epoxy putty applied and smoothed… I think I just need to work on a reversed hood hinge and scribe some door lines and its time for some primer!

Remember this thing? to be honest I completely forgot about it.. However I booked my room for NNL East, and I want to take something... I went into my workshop to take inventory and look for a model I can have completed by April and this one jumped out at me. So here we go! NNL East of Bust! There were a few things that I was stumped on back in 2018 that caused this to get set on the WIP shelf of doom, so first things first lets get those out of the way. taillights bike ramp hood So first up were the taillights, I grabbed some parts box bezels and then altered the body line with some thick styrene. I'm going to use some epoxy putty to mold all this together. This helps make those cruiser skirts look less foreign and gives me a nice flat surface to do some 1956 ford inspired copper trim!

Hey Tony! We don't really have categories because this is more of an non-competitive NNL style event, we do give out a handful of trophies like Best of show, best youth and a couple other "best of's" that change from year to year.

Yup that was me! look up "foil chocolate wrappers" on amazon, tons of options and different textures! (and a "lifetime" supply for cheap) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0B9JRGMLH?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_5GN3D2MK7KE3BBJ9CDBV I used that one to make this parachute pack for my FED.

James is the man! Great modeler and all around good guy! Lucky to have him in our club.

I just finished up a 3 year project of trying to make those custom parts look "decent" Still need to take under glass photos, but here is the project log if you want to go for a wild ride.

Mission Accomplished! Underglass post still to come!

Thank you guys!! So I lied, these details came out too good not to share... but now it is officially done! I can not wait to unveil the pair at NNL East Saturday! Its been far-far too long..

Thanks Michael! The Offy covers were sourced from from the kit below! They are on a separate little tree with a nice set of 5 spoke mags, and sadly its not included in the drag releases of the same kit. Thank you! That was a challenge, but really turned out well... it was more luck than skill on that one.

Thanks everyone for following along this crazy train! I still have a few little minor details to do, but I'm going to call this one done! Ill do a nice under glass photo shoot after east!

More progress! NNL East or Bust!!!

Awesome stuff! I cant imagine even trying to do that fade with spray cans! Kudos for some awesome work!