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Hi guys,
I started to build this Tamiya kit:

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to build the car that won the 2018 Continental Tire Sportscar Championship's at the Road America track in Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin on 4 August 2018.
Drivers: Brynjolfsson A, Hindman T

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Source: https://www.imsaphoto.com

For race recap click here

To start, as usual, a quick look inside the box:

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I started by gluing the front bumper to the body ...

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then (after a little sanding) a coat of Mr Finishing White primer ...

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... and to finish the first phase, the first layer of Mr Color Fluorescent Yellow (#172)

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Posted

That’s looking great! I love the Volt cars and saw this one race at the VIR. What decals did you use? I used Indycals and had to double up several of them because the bright paint showed through them.

Ben

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