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After a much needed 2 week vacation in Orlando, it was great to get back to the shop for a few hours this weekend and work on the car. With each session out in the shop, it’s becoming apparent that the day the body goes on is getting closer and closer.

Overall, not a tremendous amount of progress to be made, however, I did reach another milestone, the day the body came back off of the ceiling where it’s resided for more than a year.

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Updated 03-20-2011 at 07:43 PM by Kevin Davis

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I don't know where that quote comes from - a friend used it as his senior quote in High School. Like the command "don't think about pink elephants", it's stuck in my mind somehow.

This is relevant because last night I went ahead and tried out my fancy new Kawasaki heat gun on this clay. And promptly set off my fire alarm. I tried again today, being very careful not to point the gun anywhere near the alarm (which is what I think happened last night). I even worked in ...

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I was fortunate enough to have a high-ranking spy within FFR snap some pics of what should be frame # 2 of the anniversary (anni) series roadsters. This kit is scheduled to be loaded up sometime this week for the trip out west to California to my brother Phil's home in Encino.

First up is a few pics of the building bay where two anni roadsters are having their aluminum pieces put on along side two GTMs. The obvious note here is the cool silver powdercoating. This is the first major ...

It's been a long, quiet week on the blog front, but finally, some poorly-documented progress for you. I'll start by apologizing for the poor quality of the pictures - as a former photo major, I should be ashamed. They'll get better when I get a new phone (hopefully soon) and I'll rent/borrow a real professional rig for the final pictures.

To reiterate my plan (I think I outlined this in the initial blog post): This is a 1/5 scale model, cut in half so I don't have to duplicate my ...

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[QUOTE=bretts33;9848]hey Tom, Are you sure thats the right number? Mines #273...[/QUOTE] Hey Brett, That is my number{272}. Which seems strange seeing you got your car before me! Mybe mine was supposed to be destroyed and not sold. I'm having so many body fitment issues it probably should have been! Hope you are doing well. Tom