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Another thought on the tape "ghosting" issue. If you need to mask on Tamiya lacquer, assume it will happen and allow for the wet-sanding. At this point, without a clue as to what the cause is, I need to deal with it because I just bought a $100.00 worth of Tamiya lacquer spray paint 🤨. I like Tamiya spray lacquer but it seems it is not without fault. I'm just going to act accordingly and figure it into my paint plan for now. Maybe somebody will figure it out. 😕

Great project, Mark! Looks like you have it going your way. Will you be emulating the inspiration truck?

Can't wait to see it painted, boss! 🤠

Oooooo....no can do, Greg. It's in as far as it can go, much to my disappointment. It looks okay from a front view but some angles show the grille sticking too far out. Luckily, it's not permanent. I think. 🤔

Just what was in the kit, Dave. Probably the ones that wrap around the corners.

And here's where the EVIL 1 stands today. I am so done with this build. The hood was perfect after the first repaint. Somewhere along the way a drop of acetone found its way onto the hood so I sanded it and back to the paint department it went... It polished up pretty well. I just need to get the back bumper in chrome and figure out what to do in front with nerfs. For now, though, it moves to the back burner. I'm still not sold on the grille

A big applause for the front seats, Elliot. Somebody had to do it. I wanted to 😌.

FYI : I did pick up another one today. 🥴 Yup, they still had 'em. This one will most likely be spread around a few projects at Jimbo's chop shop.

Thank you , gents.

If I paid full price for this kit I might have some very minor complaints but the paint cost me more than this kit did. A 3 oz. can of Tamiya clear gloss cost me $9.25, The red was $7.75. Primer runs around $12.00. $13 for the kit is a fantastic bargain. I know, you don't have Ollie's. It's a decent kit, Greg. There's some tedious scraping and sanding of the gluing surfaces of all that chrome but it's worth the trouble. The motorcycle fenders are a cool element that doesn't show up very often in kits. I dunno, Greg, I like it and I may try to grab one today (I need more coffee 😏).

Thanks, Bob, it's a good color for this subject. I'm tempted to use the flame decals. WDYT?

Pardon me.

Thanks, Sonny, and yes the grille is kit and is a fairly decent representation.

For the mock-up junkies 🙂👇

The engine room is done now that the upper hoses are in place. After looking g at some cars on the web, I found that body color is what you would see in these spots (arrow) in case you build this pretty decent kit. My instinct was to black them out but then I figured I should check 🥴.