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Thanks, Justin. You covered some of the fine points that I was looking for.

I have several colors of the candy Alclad II that I bought a few years ago but have not tried yet. Anything you can divulge about how you applied it may help me when I finally get up the nerve to try this paint.

Yup. Ditto on all that. Front end looks terrific.

Many decades ago there was a magazine article about Ed "Big Daddy" Roth and the pictures showed him slinging fiberglas cloth and resin everywhere and him grinding it all into shape, etc...that's what this reminds me of. 😉 (it's a compliment)

Gasser!....just kidding 😂

That's some pretty decent looking junk, Mark 😉. Keep it up!

I thought of it as stumbling around in the dark but thanks, Steve!

It's a punks car. The pirate icon seemed congruous (my new favorite word) to the rest of it. And it's going on a bit longer, David, I have the bumpers to deal with but I'm juggling three at the moment.

Luckily, it was not glued. How's this? It's just laziness, Greg, that's all. 🤓

I have better luck with enamel 😕

....AND ITS A GOOD THING THAT I DID . While my nice red roadster body is in rehab (for a little paint issue), I figured I would go ahead and use the new body. So now I get to make the same mods again with a slight improvement for the bottom corners of the rear fenders but that's not final. Gotta see it in primer before I keep it that way. Comments and sympathy is always welcome 💩. 1/16" rod curled and shaped with my talented fingers. While holding the rod in position I hit it with solvent cement. CA is added later to the inside for reinforcement. Then I bent the corners. I had to "over-bend" the rod to reduce the spring power and hold it there while gluing and kicking it. Time for some primer. Interchangeable parts was a pretty good idea, huh? Wasn't that Henry Ford?....nope....

Do you recall any abberations when using Tamiya gloss clear? My roadster went in the pond yesterday. 😡

That's a whole lot better, boss. How's that Mr. Hobby clear ? I had a disaster with Tamiya.😱

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.