David G.

Nicely Done! Isn't it great to be able to build a replica of your own 1:1? I did that a few years ago with my Charger. David G.

Sweet little hotrod! Everything looks great. David G.

Love the color! David G.

Hello Everyone. Over the weekend, I got the rest of the stripe masked and painted. It's now time to let this cure for a few days while I work on finishing finishing up the little fiddly bits. After that, I'll get the stripes and overspray cleaned up. Then I can start placing all the decals... Oh the decals! ? As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

Thank you Carl. David G.

Making this one as a Fire Chief is an excellent idea! And well executed to boot. David G.

Looks like a fun project. David G.

Amazing! ? David G.

Nice detailing, great color choice. Overall a good, solid looking build. David G.

Nice mash-up, well done! David G.

Excellent detail, great paintwork, beautiful color! David G.

Thanks Mike. David G.

Hello Everyone. I finally got around to taking some pictures. The paper mask worked about as well as I could have hoped. The decals which will border the stripe will go a long way toward hiding the mask lines. Of course using double sided tape and paper to mask with is not ideal and there will certainly be some cleanup work to do, but I think it worked well enough. The orange is Tamiya TS-12 straight from the can. Not knowing how much of the blue from the plastic would bleed through, I did spray a layer of Tamiya TS-26 Pure White first. The orange looks a little too bright to my eye but shows well in the photos. I think if I were to do it again, I'd just spray it right over the blue. As always, thanks for taking the time to look and please feel free to comment. David G.

Excellent detail work! David G.

You replicated your subject quite nicely. And a good solid looking build to boot. David

That's a pretty color, nice interior work too. David G.

Thanks Larry. David G.

Nice work rescuing the paint job, I know how frustrating such a thing can be. David G.

Very cool! I didn't know there was such a model made. What scale is it listed as? David G.

I remember having one of these back in the day, it's nice to see one built. Great color use and detail painting. Well Done! David G.

Nicely Done! Quite a collection you have there too. David G.

I can see why you got the rag top! That Miata must feel kiddie car to you when you drive it. Thanks for the chuckle. David G.

Nice masking work. David G.

Hello Everyone, it's time for another update. I decided that rather than trying to use the template to create a mask from tape that I might be better off to use the template as a mask. So I trimmed the template and layered the back with double sided tape. As this is not the most ideal of masking methods, great care must be taken to burnish down and clean up the edges that will be creating the paintlines. Tape overhang (underhang?) and paper fuzzies are the biggest issues. I spent a good deal of time hunting and trimming them out gently with a single-edge razor. With the new mask in place, the next step is to mask all the other areas that don't get painted orange. Covering the areas around the duct depressions in the hood are particularly tricky. I had to cut small slivers of masking tape and carefully work them into place. I didn't get a photo of the "ready to shoot" masking work as I wanted to get the paint sprayed and I was losing daylight. I also didn't want to leave the double sided tape on any longer than necessary. It actually came out rather good, I'll get some photos posted soon. David G.

Solid looking build, great looking paint, there's not much room for improvement! It looks to me like you're at the point of simply refining the skills you already seem to have. David G.