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Not quite rastafari yet though so that's alright.
The white lines look great. Very nice detailing.

Jonny wrote:

Love the white striping, it makes de lines stand out and seperates the green from the orange.

Those white lines make the orange and green really pop. Nice work JR

Put some re-re decals on the spare shell ... first time I'd used them & they're not very good - acres of clear around the ones thar are suppose to go on as a set, so I cut them out individually ...

Note to Mr Tamiya - if you're not going to precut them any better than that, don't bother

Lovely work again JR that would look mighty pretty sitting on my Prerunner chassis hint hint

Attempt #2 at the paint on the orignal body continues..


Where I'd left it last time:




Masking took the best part of an hour this time - I'm getting slower






First coat of VW "Jazz Blue" Pearlescent on, tail up:



Second coat, nose up:



Third & final coat, roof up:




Looked better in a brief bit on sunshine - looks really orange peely in the photo, but it's the metal flakes, promise

Whipped the masking tape off:




All went fairly well apart from a couple of bits of peeling on the right rear fender:




Too big to cover with line tape, so I squirted a bit of paint out into the cap & dabbed it on with a brush:

i think you should keep it blue and white

Had a go at lining the slightly wonky edges on the original shell ...


"Before":



"After":





Took so long the light had gone by the time I'd finished & I had to use the flash:





Kyosho 0.7mm line tape - much better than making your own from seld adhesive vinyl:

WOW that 7mm tape finish's the lines great, loving the colour JR.
Next update please