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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.

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 🥴.

The new package shelf is a bit more congruous with the whole custom interior thing. I repainted the hood again. Two coats of clear this time. Gotta watch those edges this time. 💩

Thanks, David. There are some...rashy areas that are hard to see unless you look really close. That's the down side of clear. Rub-through 😵

Anything worth learning is pretty much done. The fit on final assembly had nothing to locate the floor relative to the body so I added some styrene inside the body at the gas filler area. This gave me something to anchor the rear while I clamp down the front fenders. The kit had some twist issues. Next time I would do some easing of the windshield edges and the dash mating surface. It doesn't need much. The most annoying thing is detailing that dash 😣. Adding the side trim is not to be attempted while under the influence of caffeine. I used CA for that operation. I sanded the plating very, very, very carefully 😬 with a white stick. I spread the glue with a green plastic toothpick In the trench. So when you're ready for the trim be SOBER, DON!

Ooooo.....yeah.....I happen to have a $hit-ton of 1:25 Coke bottles 😅.