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This is my Tamiya Aston Martin DBS painted with Tamiya TS-30 Silver Leaf with a gray interior and built box stock.

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Very nice clean build. Sorry to hear about the troubles you had with the small metal transfers. They're always kind of difficult on Tamiya kits. It looks really good.

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Thank you guys! Other than coping with the metal transfers, I enjoyed building this kit. Final assembly was easy and I had no problems with fit issues. I would recommend this kit for only an experienced builder.

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Nice work :)

I built two of these, I had no trouble at all w/transfers on the first one, but the second one the engine lettering was giving me fits (both models I painted that upper intake with Tamiya white primer), a couple of the letters just didn't want to stick down. I made it work, but it was amazing how different the experience was between the two.

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Thank you, Bob! Based upon what you have posted here, I would venture to say that maybe there was a change in the adhesive on the letters. I do know that when the DBS logo was applied to the rear deck lid, It stayed where I put it due to the glossy smooth surface. This confirms what I thought, the letters will only stick well if the surface is glossy smooth.

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Thank you, Bob! Based upon what you have posted here, I would venture to say that maybe there was a change in the adhesive on the letters. I do know that when the DBS logo was applied to the rear deck lid, It stayed where I put it due to the glossy smooth surface. This confirms what I thought, the letters will only stick well if the surface is glossy smooth.

The thing I have noticed is that these transfers are quite temperature sensitive, both the transfer & the surface to be installed on have to be up to at least 50 degrees farenheit for them to stick properly.

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