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Aawwww nice i really looking ford to checking these fine bodies out when there completed

Another update triggered more by the need to unload my camera than making any real progress

Filler...





Sanding ...





... and more filler needed. 1st body is ready for paint

Got a "guide" coat of primer on the 2nd body ... more filling & sanding needed

More progress on the #1 body:

1 - clearcoat, fairly shiny ...

2 - bit of orange peel & a lot of fuzziness in closeup ...

3 - surface sanded...

4 - polished ...

5 - more reflections

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I've been doing a bit of work on the 2nd car ... on the driver figure here - probably more pics/detail than anyone's interested in ...

Repro non-specific driver, as arrived:





Cut out:





New cockpit built out of styrene sheet:





Primed:





2-3 coats of base colours brushed on:





& some details:

Body on the other hand, my photos seem to have gone straight from needing primer ...




... to polished





In other news, polycarbonate drive cleaned up far better than expected & I'm wondering if I should have persevered with it to start with...





Paint on the bumpers, which looked really good when the car arrived a few weeks ago had deteriorated really badly, and got a lot worse when the bits went in the ultrasonic tank ... I can only think they'd been painted with the wrong sort of paint really recently, without any sort of preparation - including not taking off wet dirt





I now have another pile of clean bits, although they do need further attention - wheels need stripping & repainting, brass polishing, plastic sanding & polishing, etc etc...

Your paintwork skills are enviable JR a real masterclass

tamiya wrote:

Your paintwork skills are enviable JR a real masterclass

Thanks TN - they did come up nice & shiny

I still have a few to clearcoat (being held up by the gale howling outside ATM), but I felt like decalling up the white shell ...









It came up that well that I thought I'd stick with the OE decal shapes, just in different colours - I thought red & orange would work, but it didn't look that pleasant ...







... so I stuck with the boxart colours, just swapping the yellow and white;






I'm quite happy with it ... but I can't help thinking I've seen that combination of colours elsewhere ...





Oh crap