Take care of business SprueOne. We'll be here when you get back.
Tim,
Bummer about the paint. I still haven't learned how to do glossy paint with my airbrush, even after all these years.
Now for some pictures. They stop when I went to bed this morning. There's really nothing to show as I had to go back and fix the hood and roof cap. I painted the door cards, but I don't like them so I'll probably just paint them black and be on my merry way.
Proof of non-startedness. 2037 last night.
The chassis pan is painted (maybe still in primer, it's a crappy pic).
Exterior primed and masked so I can paint the interior.
Interior painted.
Body on chassis pan.
Body mocked up with roof cap in place.
When I get home, I'll repaint the hood and then get started on the interior. I painted the bar the front seat mounts to so I can start adding stuff. I thought that this would be a curbside kit, but Tamiya in it's wisdom has put a full engine in there, which was unexpected. I thought I might run into a problem with the engine color, but it turns out BMC Green is about as specific as British racing green. As long as it's between an olive green and jade green I'm good to go. I found out that they painted the engines semigloss black in the more modern years, but where's the fun in that? Roughly 27 hours to go. Keep up the good work lads!