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Inspiration to finish a kit comes in many forms. I recently re-did one of my storage areas for all my Revell kits and this one didn't fit. It was already painted some time ago during one of my painting sprees....so I built it. Can't say the kit went together easily. The front and rear bumpers and valances fought me pretty hard. But for the most part it was a satisfying project. Overall colour is Tamiya TS52 Metallic green. The accent along the bottom was airbrushed with a mixture of Tamiya TS43 British green, and TS25 metallic. Interior is done with Mr Color #11 Light Gull Grey and Tamiya XF27 Black green. The biggest modification was making the wheels steer and fabricating the tie rod. Engine has some wring added to it as well. See pictures captions for some additional comments. Thanks for looking. I really liked the seat decal inserts. They laid down nice but were a little shiny. Some flat clear fixed that. Kit was molded in red and that doesn't show on the finished model. But I like to take pics before the interior is installed. I was fooling around with the camera adjustments and took many of this shot. The auto settings proved to be the best...go figure. Rear bumper fitting could have been better. The attachment points were weak. Tail lights were painted on the inside and backed with chrome tape. The red decals aroouind the headlight insert proved to be a real challenge. Those ignition wires and boots were realltiney