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About that paint booth issue;  almost immediately after posting about it, and realizing that I should have had the painting all done by now, I got worried about the masking tape I still had on the inside of the hood.  Don't know what issues leaving the tape on longer for would have created, if any, but I didn't want to chance it.  I carefully removed the tape and it all came away cleanly, much to my relief.  Will need to re-mask for final top coat, though, but am happy that all is good on the underside for now, save a few spots along the edges, where some yellow did manage to creep in.  When all is finished on top, might still do those slight overspray areas along the inside edges of the hood and bracing, too.

 

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Very happy with how this is looking!

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12 hours ago, Biggu said:

Just beautiful!!!

Thanks, Jeff!  Itching to get on with the last of the paint and start assembling.
 

 

12 hours ago, Jürgen M. said:

Looks awesome! Great job! 

I appreciate that, Jürgen!

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19 minutes ago, Scott Eriksen said:

The overspray is spot on!

Thanks, Scott!  Been hard to tell when enough is enough - looked too green(ish) to me, on top of the grey, but might be ok.

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Paint booth back working, but had Brother, Niece and Nephew here for a few days.  Kind of a bonus in that my Nephew is a professional photographer.  I told him I was going to buy one of the Nikon cameras that has an option to do a set of focus stacked pics and assemble them all into one pic, completely in focus, front to back of the model.  He told me his camera did that, too, so he did a couple test shots to show me what it could turn out like.  Looking even more forward to getting my camera now!

 

Regular shot with no focus stacking -  front in focus but not much else

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For each of the next two pics, the camera took 40 pics to make one, all in-focus pic -

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Back soon with more, actual progress!

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9 hours ago, Jürgen M. said:

Great pics of an even greater build Brian!

I can only repeat myself: looks so darned real!

Thanks a lot, Jurgen - hope I can take some pics as good as my nephew did!

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On 8/10/2025 at 5:42 PM, Randy D said:

What a wonderful hood , you packed in so much detail Brian!!!

 

Thanks, Randy - a bit more to come, then the hood should be done!

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On 8/15/2025 at 8:17 PM, BK9300 said:

Thanks, Randy - a bit more to come, then the hood should be done!

Brian fantastic as usual. I probably missed it, but what did you use for the rear drive tires?

Ron G 

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14 minutes ago, ShakyCraftsman said:

Brian fantastic as usual. I probably missed it, but what did you use for the rear drive tires?

Ron G 

I bought a bunch of drive tires from Jamie a couple years ago - best I’ve ever used - and thankfully still have some left for another build. 

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