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Thanks buddy!

Pure awesomeness ness

Great work!

Thanks Portman!
Ok folks. I'm back from the dead with this one. I had to just back away from it for a little bit to regroup and come back. I started on the exhaust system yesterday and chose solder as the piping. The mufflers I got from a LHS in San Antonio last month that I like to frequent when I'm up there.

One of my lighting fixtures when kaput on me so I only have one light for the time being so the picture quality isn't what I like but here it is so far............

That looks so realistic!

I've done car kits all my life growing up, but this... This takes the cake. Pure awesomeness. I never can do that even if I tried to be a stickler in accuracy. Awesome work, my friend.

stik: Thank you good sir!

BS214: Man what a compliment! I've been away from the military side of the house now since last November and while I really and truly miss building planes, I am having a total blast right now re-living my childhood in auto modeling. To be totally honest with you I surprise myself lots of times after pulling through a difficulty in automotive building. Thanks for the compliment Tom!

I got back on the exhaust again this morning after taking a day off from it. I got the passengers side exhaust lead pipe formed, the front of it pinned so it would fit into the exhaust manifold and then got the length trimmed off so that the muffler would sit nicely beside the other one. All I've got to do now is drill into the muffler so I can pin it to the lead pipe then I'll see about how I want to go about with the tail pipes. If I do tail pipes I'll most likely make them same side exits with chrome tips. If not , it'll be turn downs. We'll see..............

I’ve run out of superlatives for this build – WOW doesn’t seem to cut it.

It’s really great to see the TLC that is being poured into this build and watching it form step by step and how your thought/build processes are coming along – Great thread!

(sorry to heat one of your lights are US – what set up do you use?)

There is some serious modeling going on in here. You seem to make your master in mechanics right on the bench.

Way cool!

portman: Thanks a million man! It seems when I think I'm done with the undercarriage, something else catches my eye. I still have the rest of the engine detailing to go!!!

Torben: Thank you for your comments as well. I've worked on cars for a living for over 20 years and that just adds fuel to the fire for detail. lol BTW I'm really likin' that Ducati build of yours!