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Actually Mitch I haven't even started painting on the body of this thing yet. The original kit is molded in that color I'm glad everyone is as excited as I am about this one. Not a whole lot of updates to report tonight. I started my first week of college yesterday and building kind of took a back seat to school work so I don't drown in it. I played around with the carburetors trying to get the detail just right. They aren't near done yet but I feel a little better about them. Right now I have all the parts taped and ready to shoot some alclad as soon as I find some time. I can't really start on anything else until the parts are done. Thanks everyone for your input and your patience. I really do appreciate all the tips, criticism, compliments, and references. Here's to hoping I find time to spray in the near future. Now its time for some much needed sleep. Goodnight yall

I built the same one a while back. Yours looks a lot better than mine did haha. Nice job

Got my ProTech order in the mail today! Ordered a bunch of detail wire. I have also finished most of the painting for the interior parts and i'm very happy with how it turned out. I used Model Master Semi-Gloss Black acrylic. I don't normally mess around with acrylics too much but this was all I could find that was close. All the parts match really close and I couldn't be happier with the finish. Next step is to get some alclad on the motor and surrounding items under the hood so I can begin wiring and assembly. Thanks for looking!

Very Unique. I love the color

Well it threatened rain all day here which makes it hard to paint with acrylics lol. everything is taped up for round two of paint. In the meantime I've been working on a few little things like the carburetor detail. I make my compression fittings from Beadalon crimp tube painted with Tamiya Clear Red and Clear Blue. Its a lot cheaper and they don't look too bad. I bought the detail master carb linkage and hardware kit to try. I also bought a few throttle return springs a while back. The car has a double carb setup and i'm not entirely sure how to hook up the return spring. Any ideas? I haven't researched it enough to know for sure and I've never attempted it before. The plan is to run fuel lines on the carburetors which leads to my second question... I know the carbs have two lines running out of each carb and they connect via a T-fitting, but where does the line ultimately run? I know this sounds like a silly question but the obvious answer would be the fuel tank right? Another thing for me to look up I guess. I just want to be sure and get it right. Thanks in advance for any and all help. I appreciate it. All comments welcomed and thanks for looking

I like the color on that! And I kinda like how the panel lines look. The lighter color makes them stand out more. Also the stance looks good. Nice job

Hello, I'm sorta new around here so its nice to meet all of you. Although I don't post very often I enjoy looking around on MCM for ideas and love some of the creations I see. There is a lot of talent on here. This is my current project that I'm taking a swing at. It's the original 55 Jukebox Ford kit. On this one i'm trying to do a little more than just put it together. I plan on some wiring, seat belts, delay box, and all that good stuff. I've never got super detailed on any of my builds but I've always wanted to try. At this point there isn't much to report. I put together the Protech distributor and it is ready to put on the engine. Also glued in a few loops to the firewall to run wires. I have everything stripped and primed except for the body. Just waiting on a nice day to shoot some paint. Thanks for looking! Comments are always welcome good or bad.

awesome looking build!