My current build. Not Nascar but very close

[Razorback 46]

Loving the progress on this build!! With all the work you've put into it, I'm halfway expecting a video of of it cranking up when it's done.

[MarkJ]

Thanks Razorback, but doing videos is way beyond my skill set and probably expensive too. And nobody wants to hear my voice. I probably sound like grandpa on the "Real McCoy's", if you can remember that far back.

[Volzfan59]

HA, I remember!

[TarheelRick]

I'll bet even Walter Brennan could make some believable 'vroom, vroom' sounds. Really enjoy watching this build come together.

[Rattlecan Dan]

Gauldangit! Twern't nothin wrong with that voice!

[MarkJ]

Thanks, you guys. I used to watch that show every chance I got, and glad you guys can remember it, which means you might sound a little like old Walter too.

[Razorback 46]

Haven't heard of that one. I was born in '87.

[MarkJ]

Too bad Razor. It was a pretty good show. I needed to have a chrome air cleaner to be correct, so I tried using one of those chrome pens to paint it with. It looked terrible so I tried Bare Metal Foil which did not turn out that great but better than anything I could have painted it with except Revell Chrome which is almost impossible to get. I think you have to order if from Europe and you can imagine what the shipping costs would be on something like that. I also finished the headers. Trouble is I lost my Holley carb and I'm hoping it fell in my big box of styrene plastic. If something small falls in there it takes a while to find it. I surely don't want to have to make another one.

[MarkJ]

Good news. I found the carb. I really did not want to make another one. Also, I got a tip from a guy at MCM forum telling me that Revell Chrom is available at Model Roundup for a little under 34 bucks. I went there and did a search for it, but nothing came up so I'm thinking they are already out of stock for it. We shall see tomorrow.

[MarkJ]

Great news. Got a call back from Model Roundup and they actually do have the Revell Chrom rattle can, so I ordered two of those babies. Been wanting this stuff for over a year now and so happy I will finally be getting some so I can improve the look of the Air cleaner and also the wheels that I previously did in another type of chrome spray with an airbrush that came out Okay, but this Revell stuff will improve then immensely. It looks like I misspelled the product name above but actually that is how it looks on the can. they leave off the e.

[MarkJ]

Did the first painting of the engine. I will have to cut off the valve cover breathers and re paint them with the Revell Chrom when I get it and then reinstall them. I also need to do some touch up work here and there with a tiny brush where paint got overlapped especially in the pulley belt area. I then need to paint the whole engine with some dull coat varnish. Even though this is Vallejo acrylic paint it is too glossy. I need to do some detail painting of the carb linkage in gold and then also put some dull coat varnish on it. It might take 4 to 5 days to get the Revell Chrom so I will do some rebuilding of the chassis in the engine bay where stuff got knocked off from handling it so much and it also needs to be painted.

[Volzfan59]

Looks great Mark

[MarkJ]

Thanks, Steve. It Seems things are starting to come together a little bit better.

[MarkJ]

I realized I had already assembled the wheels and tires, and I needed to get the wheels free so I could repaint them with the Revell Chrom spray. I put them in the freezer for a while and they luckily came apart so I can do so. I will be removing the bare metal foil from the air cleaner and painting it at the same time I do the wheels. I might even do the expansion tank and of course I will be doing the valve cover breathers as well. Latest tracking shows it to be delivered this Saturday at 9 p.m.

[MarkJ]

Just wanted to see how the painted engine looked in the bay. Still haven't done the touchup on it.