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Got the hood finished and made the fuel filler socket for the fuel filler and cap. Also installed lips on the wheel openings. All I lack now is a rear spoiler and sanding down the whole body to get it ready for primer. I tried to buy some rattle can tamiya white surface prime but my LHS was out of it so I bought some bottle Tamiya primer and will prime the body with the airbrush. bummer. I forgot, I also need to remove the wiper blades and arms. Never a fun thing to do.

Thanks, Bob. It was a fun build that I always wanted to do again after 53 years.

good to hear, David. I think you will find that they do make a difference in the quality of your inside air

Filled in the voids on the hood and glued the hood shut. Just need to sand the void areas flush and I think I have to add a feature line to the hood on both sides to finish making it a stock Fairlane hood. In that ref picture below, you can see where the gold meets the blue at the bottom of the roof at the bottom corners of the back glass. It's barely perceptible.

David, the picture below is what I have in my den or largest room in the house. The other two are the same type but made by Holmes that are about half the size, but they all do the same thing. Forgive the picture quality. I had to take a picture of a picture on my p.c. monitor. You don't have to get these brands just get one or how many you want that does the same thing the pictured one does. There are probably hundreds of brands out there and all are probably very similar in quality. I'm sure there has to be something in the U.K. that is readily available, or you could always use amazon or something like that. Take care.

David, I live in southeast Texas that is full of pollutants in the air from the many plants I live around and the weather is almost always very humid which promotes mold . I live in a 55 year-old house and if I did not have 3 separate plug in air filters going 24/7 I would be in a lot of trouble.. Even with a central air conditioning system which is necessary for anybody who lives down here whether you have health issues or not. I switched to acrylic paints about ten years ago and have no issues with modeling. I have to use a rescue inhaler albuterol twice a day, morning when I get up and evening when I go to bed and a maintenance inhaler Asmanex also twice a day. If I did not, I would be in a lot of trouble. I have made a place outside to airbrush when the weather allows it and only use acrylics out there as well only because I don't have a place in the house with an evacuation system and I would get overspray all over the work area I use. I am like you; I can't give up modeling. It is the only thing that keeps me sane. If you don't have plug in air filters in your house you should definitely look into getting at least three of them and spread them around your house.

oops. already thanked you but thanks again anyway. that's what happens when a new page in a thread starts up.

Thank you, Beckham. Your interest in the build is very appreciated.

Thank you, Trevor. When they came out with the low-cost way to use a laser printer and the ghost white toner to make white decals, I knew I had to get it and somehow learn to use it. I notice that Micro Mark no longer sells the printer or the ghost white toner. Must have had a lot of problems making people satisfied with their results. Luckily, they still sell the laser clear decal paper.

Some more cutting and taping the paper images to see if the decals will fit. I made and printed a Nascar decal for the right side of the car but the real car didn't have one on the right side of the car so I will leave that off. One shot shows a Prestone decal on top of one of the numbers on the right door and I did not make that one on purpose because I did not like the look of a contingency on top of a number. That just aint right, as they would say in Texas. I'm officially through with the decals and will concentrate only on building and painting the model from now on.

Thanks, Jason. I have that photo from an internet search but it's not as crisp as your card. Thats the trouble with making my own decals. I can't get my printer to print a bright red roof decal like the actual car had. I actually printed an orange image file, but it still printed as red. Oh well, can't have everything.

Sorry, Dave. Very bad form on my part. I should have private messaged Pierre. Won't happen again. Please except my heart felt apologies to you and all of the other posters here.

Pierre, tell me more about this Ferrari. I don't seem to remember ever seeing it on your bench in the wips, or in the showroom. I need more views of this awesome build.

here are those photos.