SPA Modeler

Thanks Johnny, Carlos and Stuart. I've still gotta polish this all out and it'll shine even more.

This build has been going a lot slower than a lot of my other ones just because of parts....and the money to get them. Used to I would buy everything I needed BEFORE a build. Now I'm having to spread everything out as I can afford it. Things are slowly coming together now. Sometimes it's a "one step forward and two steps backwards" gig. Like today for instance, I saw that one of the rear wheels that I shot with Molotow has cracking in the chrome finish. Dunno what happened there as the other rear wheel is ok. Guess it's a bath in oven cleaner and a re-shoot for that one though. The other thing that I've noticed was the rear bumper. There are two HUGE sink marks on the outside of the bumper where the two mounting tabs are located on the inside of the bumper. Looks like that's gonna get stripped and some body work is coming down the pike. One thing after another with this kit...………...BUT......that's modeling.

The other thing that has been hampering me is myself. Like....forgetting to paint the roof white for instance. After the clear cured out it left a rough surface and I've spent the last few days wet sanding it out and polishing it back to the smooth finish that I had to start with when I first took photos of the corrected roof. And just yesterday I saw where I forgot to paint the tail light panel black. No biggie....just masked off and shot it semi gloss black this morning and it turned out ok.

Updated Mock up shots:

That just looks fast...even in mock-up mode. I feel your pain on waiting for parts......

Never enough time to do it right the first time. But always enough time to do it again!

Setbacks or not, this build is looking awesome!

Looking good.

Thanks you guys. Really trying to finish up with the body so I can move on to the interior. Still waiting on engine parts…….

Just got these in from Scott at Futureattractions. Hands down best Dominator carburetors out there:

A little clean up is all they need

Wow! they do look good Joe.

It might have been a trial to get it to where it is - but that mock up looks awesome!

Thanks for the encouragement Stuart!

I mocked it up again this weekend just to see how it would look with my favorite wheels ever...….it's too bad this car didn't come with these originally because I really like how it looks with these:

I have an "I ain't a car guy." question. How is that clearance on the rear wheels enough? won't rear wheels be in contact on a run?