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Hi, I was puttering around and working with the Top Studio stuff wheni I realized I was at a point where I could start putting it together. I immediateley stopped and went for a beer. Too much excitement. :shock: The tough part was doing the previous five steps before attaching them to the top of th...

Happy New Year!!!! Found some time to do a little more work on the Active Suspension. Almost at the point where I can actually attach it to the cowl. WHOOOO!!!!!!

Rumors of my abandonment are not true becaquse the internet doesn't lie!!! I've been away for a while, but I'm back! :D I get frustrated really easily with the itsy bitsy tiny stuff. Trying to put the little brass washers on the bolts was a right roayal pain. Particularly if your eyesight isn't as s...

Great work! I'm a huge fan of the Top Studio sets as well. I can probably scan the instructions for the TVF1 brakes, but I don't recall a fact sheet for the photoetch. I'll be back home next week and check.

Nice work. The paintwork looks clean, you did a good job. Hope you recover soon so that this great construction report can continue. One more? Do you put carbon decals on the shot wall where the brake cylinders are attached? No, I like to leave some of the metal work as is. It shows what I've added...

Learning how to do ordinary things left-handed is a pain in the a**. Fortunately I learned how to hold my beer left-handed years ago.

I had shoulder surgery 10 days ago and I'm not supposed to be doing this. Before I went through that I did make some progress. Got the shock tops done and before I could go further with the Top Studio Dampers Kit, I had to make some progress with the body. so VIOLA!!!! I get to spend the rest of the...

Partway through the Top Studio Front Bulkheadand Suspension kit. I couldn't get the hoses connecting the reservoirs to bend properly. I ended up stripping and sliding a piece of solid wire from the Cockpit kit inside the tubilng. That allowed me to get somewhat of a bend and get it to work. I'll fin...

Another phenomenal update. looking at your work leaves me mezmerized. Also gives me a great photo reference for my build. Thanks and keep up the great work.

The set I got from ThunderValley, had heads, exhaust pipes, rad's, some piping, engine bottom, calipers, photo etch etc. The brake kit had the front rotors, but no rear rotors. Despite all the promises, i never got them.Good stuff, unfortunately he didn't know how to run a manufacturing business.