SPA Modeler

A PE cooling fan? Now you're just having a laugh! That looks superb!

Sorry to hear of your problems with the doors - I'm sure you'll crack it though. What do you use to strip your paint?

Thanks for the support and encouragement Kari and Stuart.
Ok.....after three friggin' attempts to get the paint to cooperate with me I finally got these suckers painted and BMF'd successfully. It's ridiculous that it took three paint strippings to do the trick but I'm happy with the end result:

Nice, really nice. You said you wuz gonna build an airplane.

Oh yeah.... that's looking pretty sweet!

Wow! Awesome looking door trim - worth the three attempts I'd say!

Thanks fellas. I finished up painting the inside of the body interior red yesterday. Got a couple of minor scratches to polish out but other than that we're still trackin'.

mustang1989 wrote:Thanks fellas. I finished up painting the inside of the body interior red yesterday. Got a couple of minor scratches to polish out but other than that we're still trackin'.

Looking forward to seeing it done!

Me too Stuart and thanks man. It's at this point where I tend to want to rush things to get it done but am resisting that urge and instead just trudging along taking my time. I've probably got another two months on this bad boy still.

I started on the battery today. I robbed an Delco battery out of my AMT '51 Chevy kit and cut the molded in battery terminals from the battery and sanded the top smooth at their previous locations. After that I drilled holes out where they were and grabbed a diode that I bought at Radio Shack with the perfect .028" diameter rod to be used as steel battery posts:



Inserted through the holes in the bottom of the battery they look something like this:



I still have a little clean up to do on the terminal ends but here's what it all will look like with it all together:



I'm ALOT happier with this than the standard molded battery terminals. Next up will be the battery cables................

Got the battery painted and detailed today. Gotta work on those cables and terminal ends maybe late tonight or tomorrow morning.

Looking good Joe, the battery poles look great!

- Kari