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Thanks Carlos and Brent (and thanks for the dirty floor inspiration) . I'm looking forward to getting back under way with this as we're now back from the weekend Houston trip.

The garage project is breathtaking amazing...

In theory that build can be a never-ending project.. You can always add some details, tools, dirt, oil, cars (!) what ever stuff and keep it truly alive!

Really cool!

- Kari

Bruce: Thank you for your very kind words. I plan on resuming my Demon II F-100 build pretty soon so the in progress shots will more than likely take place in this shop.

Kari: Thank you as well and right you are about this project being never ending. Just gotta be careful not to add too much stuff. I've seen more than one garage dio that was ruined by over stuffing.

Well fellas I've spent the week working on the base garage and have made some satisfactory progress. For starters I installed the door into the opening but it didn't look right without the door trim around the opening so I cut some Evergreen into strips, painted and cleared 'em, installed them and weathered them some without going overboard. I'll be doing this with the window opening as well. I also put together an old Chevy Truck advertisement into a picture frame by taping the photo onto the back of some clear Evergreen styrene and then masking and painting a frame onto the front of it. Getting back to the door I dirtied it up a bit and threw a couple of performance decals on it just to give the shop some character. Door handle and lock were painted with a Molotow Chrome pen and installed.

Lastly, I decided to throw something oddball in. In my office is a file cabinet with a fishing advertisement sticker on the side of it and I thought and decided I could throw it on the wall in between the shelves of my storage shelving that's going to go into that corner for a subtle addition to the shop.

Here's the sticker in my office:



Here's the shop after installing all of what I've talked about here this morning. Notice the sticker made into a decal on the wall as well.

Man, the "Harbor Bait and Tackle" mini sticker copy is something absolutely definitely cool !!



- Kari

Thanks Kari! I'm having a complete blast with this thing.

That rocks! I love the idea with the fishing sticker, that is a fantastic little saying. Someone was smart there! It does look fantastic up on the wall. Brilliant work Joe!

Thanks fellas. I thought that fishing sticker on the wall outside of a auto theme might jog things up a bit. Got a little more done and thought I'd have some fun today. The sign over the door made me laugh my ass off. Actually.................BOTH did. Look closely.

In the foreground are the Evergreen strips for the window trim. Gotta make some diagonal cuts in the ends in which to butt them together, prime and paint 'em up and get 'em on the wall still.

Now it’s definitely taking on a real garage personality!