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I don't think you need to sand any higher. If the body had a character line you could remove the paint up to that, but being a NASCAR type body, there is no such demarcation. Once all of the paint is removed from the repair area, you need to paint that area green with the same coverage as the rest of the body. That will be tricky, especially at the feathered edge. Then, the whole car can be given another coat or two, or whatever. A seamless repair may be difficult to achieve. Regarding the masking, you can do edge to edge, or paint the whole car one color (green), then paint the second colour. As you have noticed though, the color of the undercoat effects the color of the overcoat, so that has to be considered. That's my two cents worth. Others may have better advice.

Welcome to the forum, Bill. Post up a couple of your builds when you get a chance. Cheers.

Welcome to the forum, Wayne.

Welcome to the forum Tony, and welcome back to the hobby. You have found the right place to get back into it. Lots of helpful people here. Cheers.

Welcome to the forum, Kevin.

Coming along nicely, Matt. The body looks fantastic. Good luck with those rear suspension mods. That's going to be some work.

Beautiful 917. A lovely replica of the great machine. Very nice work here, and props on those decals. I really need to pick up one of these kits.

Cool Mustang! I really dig the vibe of this build. Looks tough. And keeping it real with a manual trans, too.

Nice effort getting the details right. It's looking very good.

Here are a few photos I snapped of a Weaver wrecker back in 2006. I'll toss 'em in here in case they are of use to anyone.

Lots of cool stuff there.

Yup, very sad indeed. Like most people here, I've been a loyal user of Testors products since my age was counted in single digits, but the apathy towards their customers lately leaves one feeling cold. Understanding that this is not the same company that we all knew and loved when we were younger helps a little, but not much. If we wish to know just how much consideration or appreciation we enjoy as Testors loyal customers, we need look no further than the labels on the little square bottles for the last 25 years or so, with their impossibly small and unreadable fonts. And this, at a time when their customer base is aging with dimming eyesight. No consideration or appreciation whatsoever. Sad.

Fantastic group of Scouts. Very nice work here. They are all cool, but as a group they are a great period piece.

That's a sweet little Fiat. Nice detailing, and good, clean work. Did you make the rack on the back?

It is possible to reach the point of diminishing returns. I recently spent two years mucking out a large garage that was stocked using that philosophy.

Welcome to the forum, and back to the hobby, Bill. You have found the right place to get back into it. Lots of helpful folks, here. Post up some of your stuff once you get going. Cheers.

Lovely Cord. Nice work here. I had no idea Monogram did a kit of this car.

Lovely work on the Vette, Ron. I'm not a big Corvette guy, but I agree, the 1:1 is a truly beautiful stocker. I love the clean, uncluttered look and candy paint, and you have nailed the look on your build. A gorgeous replica of a gorgeous car. Very nicely done.

Nice model of Cale's Daytona winning ride.

Nice build. One of my favourites from this era. The Tamiya gold seems a perfect match for the 1:1. Nice work.

MPC sure 'phoned it in' with that one (typical of the era, of course). I would say that for anyone intending to fully detail out the Caprice engine bay, the actual engine used wouldn't matter. You could get away with a Lego brick once it's buried under all of those wires, hoses, and vacuum lines.

Classic working tow truck. Nice weathering, and nice work on the 3D painted bits.

Interesting subject. I had no idea this version of the Ranchero kit existed. Nice work, and will look particularly cool pushing the Willys to the line.

Good looking Chezoom. The colour works beautifully.

Nice work. The Colt looks great. Nice and tidy.