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I'm waiting to a clear sheet for completed the Bugatti... It's time for a new challenge! It will be of course another french car, the "Avions Voisin Record 1927". Unfortunately, the real car has been destroyed. My basis will be a re-builded one, with many genuine parts except the engine, the 8 cylinders has been replaced by a six cylinders. Take a look at: http://www.automobiles-voisin.fr/e_record_1927.html So, it will be a replica of... a replica! This time 100% scratch built! First steps, after lot of drawings: And yes! No paint, no pain… Dan.

Only the glazings are missing... Dan.

Thanks gentlemen! It's creamy... sharknose you are right, lights, flash you know... More soon, Dan.

Still alive! It's coming: Many retouches are needed, mainly related to the thickness of paint. One of my big faults, that I can not overcome, everything is too fair ... In the sense of course I never leave enough gap to mobile elements! See the amount of the door: Dan.

No Harvey, it's not this one... I want to show you for reference only! http://www.intercash.pro/fr/traitement-des-metaux/4686-brunisseur-metaux-noir-500-ml.html Shipping to GB is possible, a very fine product. Dan.

My favourite solution: https://www.amazon.com/Metal-Burnishing-Bottle-AK-Interactive/dp/B006YBXORK After a little dry brushing with aluminum paint, it's very accurate... Dan.

Yes, I enjoy that! That's great metalworking, congrats! Dan.

Before painting, a bit of surgery... For the canvas roof. It's not a sunroof! Just a trick of coachbuilders at that time... The hydraulic presses were not powerful enough. On the milling machine, every time... The real thing: Leather pieces, for the doors, inside: Molded leather... Dan.

Today, headliner top, dry fit... Flash is hard with me! How to? Dan.

Perfect sharknose! Today floor mats and "dry fitting" all the interior, before pain(t)... Rearview mirror, blurry but there! Dan.

Thanks guys! The secret... https://www.prime-miniatures.co.uk/catalog/tubing-conduit Dan.

Thank you gentlemen! Spoly, my wife call me "Gepetto"too, the father of Pinocchio! Well, devils stays always in details... Dan.

What a beast! Good luck Harv... Dan.

Thank you very much guys! To Sam, you are welcome... For tiny pieces I wear two pairs of glasses, about +5 diopters! Remember, I'm 70 years old. More comfortable than huge magnifier. For hardware, bolts, nuts and so one, I buy all here, in Germany, fast and reliable with very good prices: https://knupfer.info/shop/ And I got the leather many years ago by a friend of mine, now retired as me! And of course with the good thickness... But beware with your wife's gloves! To Codger, your kind words are much appreciated... So, fenders are almost completed... Dan.

Thanks Harvey! I suppose you note a mistake in the text. M 0,6 and not M6 for the bolts... Thanks for looking. Dan.

Hi gentlemen and thank you very much.But after deliberation with my staff ( I'm alone...) I decided to stay on my first solution...Easier for me, and I can't approach the reality anyway! The nickel (maillechort in french) stripes willbe fixed with three bolts (M 6): Dan.

Thank you very much gentlemen! A very big watch Sam... But parallel much appreciated. Before painting the wings for the first coat, which I hope this time successful (!), I had to take care of the protective strips, molded at Pocher, eliminated by me. I thought of a walk ... It's a nightmare! Trials of several techniques, here is the best rendering, but I will have to add a median fixation, which does not exist in reality, but I do not want to have to stick on the beautiful_ I hope_ painting! All this to get regular intervals ... Dan.

Thank you very much Roy, but for me it's 80% Pocher and 20% me... Do you imagine only the work on the body and fender? But on small parts, I agree!Today, wheel hubs.The real car:Mine, a mix of Pocher parts...Some work on head lights.Fatty on the right...Happy New Year to all!Dan.

You are a lucky man... At Miami, you have to go also at well known Joe's restaurant, crabs claws are fantastic!

Tanks Redshift! Wipers today, dry fit of course... They looks short? NO: Only five parts each, without hardware... What the matter? Dan.

Thanks Harvey! I said summertime version... The weather is hot, very hot. Vintage air conditioning: open the windscreen! Windscreen wipers are coming too... Merry Christmas! Dan.

First, congrats to the grandpa! And I agree with Roy, it is a typical etching job... Good luck! Dan.

Thanks Roy, very glad to see you again! I will try brake fluid soon... Well, lot of work, and little to show, ultimate settings on the body before pain(t)... All the glazings are ready: It will be a summertime version! Nothing functional, as usual: My way to insert the glazings: One varnish layer more, and the woodwork will be ok, except the dashboard! Dan.

Hi gentlemen, CC you are welcome!Well, today rear seat and some woodwork: With mahogany, of course! Some sanding needed yet and varnish... Dan.

Thank you gentlemen, much appreciated, really! Upholstery, more... Finishes, with SMC leather wire/ Some détails... More simple to set the seat? But not to do! Dan.