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Alright, this is what we have all been waiting for, lol. I got everything sprayed in Splash Paints 2k clear today that is supposed to be clear coated. Let me say, this is my first time using their clear and it rocks. This stuff laid perfectly flat with no orange peel and no fuss. There is only one tiny piece of trash on the 3 on the roof, so this is going to definitely help in the final assembly reducing polishing time. This works out great as my wife and I are leaving Friday to go to visit extended family out of state the rest of the year. So, it’ll have plenty of time to cure while we are gone. All of the spots that were on the decals vanished and this stuff worked awesome with the Shunko Decals. I’ll let the pictures do the talking. It’s hard to get the pearl in pictures, but it’s beautiful.

Thank you!

Thanks! Thank you very much, and it definitely makes you go cross eyed, lol. And I may pass on the 100% carbon Lambo ? Thanks Dann!

I got the front diffuser carbon decaled tonight. This took entirely too long lol. But definitely worth it in the end

Great looking build, cant wait to see this underglass

Thank you. Yes, I bought aftermarket decals from Shunko. Tamiya's decals are usually great, however this is an old kit, so they pretty much disintegrated when they hit the water to be removed off of the paper.

Welcome back to the adventures in carbon fiber decaling, lol. I managed to get the side skirts, front and rear diffusers, and mirrors sprayed black. I then got the Kevlar decals on the side skirts on, and the carbon fiber decals on the rear diffuser. The rear diffuser took almost 2.5 hours to complete and lots of pieces. The front one will take longer more than likely.

Awesome work this thing is so clean. Love the color

Thank you! This is my first big decal heavy build, lol.

Thanks again Tom! I'm hoping to be back at the bench this evening doing some more tedious carbon fiber decal work. I still have the mirrors, and front and rear splitters left to decal in carbon fiber. Then I have the bottoms of the side skirts left to do in Kevlar, and it will be time for all of it to be cleared in some 2k clear. Should really pick up in speed on assembly then.

Blake, the stand is a Tamiya Painting Stand. It is a really great tool to have when spraying bodies. If you can pick one up, do so and you will thank yourself for it, lol. https://www.tamiyausa.com/shop/airbrushesaccessories/spray-work-painting-stand-set/

Thank you both!

Looking forward to see what magic you work on this one Dann.

Thank you very much. I am getting anxious to see this one wrapped up.

This is an amazing build. Super clean, awesome color and paint work, amazing detail!

Thanks Dann. I Still have 2 gray side pads to paint on the seat, but other than that it's done. I'm really glad the brakes came with the detail. I could not find a photo etch set for this kit and really hoped they would have the needed details.

I got some time at the bench today. I managed to get the rotors done and detailed, as well as the Kevlar decals on the rear of the seat. Next I will have to figure out how to get in there to do the seatbelts around the cage behind the seat.

Thanks again Dann.

I did get some time at the bench today. I got all of my wires ran on the interior. The rollcage and dash are just placed on the chassis to get a look at how everything lays out. Next I will do the Kevlar on the rear of the seat and attempting to do my first shot at a real racing harness.

Thank you Dann! This is really coming along pretty nicely.

I got all of the front and rear suspension, minus brakes, all assembled on the chassis this evening. I finished heat staining the exhaust too. It’s a shame the front suspension will get covered up by the under tray, lol. I’ve been waiting to get the underbody together before I started assembling the interior because I am going to try to run wires and be as detailed as possible. The cage is just sat on in these pics to get fitment and routing correct. I ran out of time so I only got to make a couple of things work. The ECU in the floor, I made a bundle of wires that runs to the firewall. I also only got to make one wire for the Radio which is a first for me as well. There is a lot of work left to do on the interior however, but I have finally gotten a start on it.

Lol thanks David. I hope I can build it all the way it should be built. The film does go away. I sprayed the console with some clear and it’s all good.

It’s been a little bit since I’ve gotten to sit down at the bench. There has been a lot going on, but I did get the exhaust and radiator painted in SpazStix Chrome. I then heat stained the exhaust using Alclad paints. I still have to use the Tamiya weathering powder to finish it off. I did finish all of the Kevlar decals for the fender wells and also got started on the suspension. I decided to do the driveshafts with Carbon as well. I only dry fit everything to get an idea of how it’s going to look. I also finished the carbon decals in the b-pillars of the doors and added one more decal to the rear bumper that was an extra in the Shunko set. Took me a couple of pictures of the 1:1 to actually figure out there was something missing lol. The decals on the wheels are finished as well, I just have to detail the center lugs on them before clear.

Makes sense. Lol, forgot the entire body was carbon and Kevlar. Yes I will be 2k clearing it so all of the spots in the decals will go away. Shunko messed up when they went to a different type of print on their decals, they look ruined with the spots, but clear coat covers them up like they were never there.

So I managed to get All of the decal work on both sides and rear of the car done as well as the spoiler. I still have to make some carbon decals for the b-pillars on the doors as the 1:1 has carbon trim there. Then I will be moving on to the lower halves of the Kevlar sides and wheels. The spoiler is currently just placed on the trunk as it normally will be attached on risers. I just wanted to get an idea of the big picture.