The postman's been, and I can start now. I've attached a picture of the box art,

Excellent choice of subject and kit. Get 'er done boy-o!

That's in interesting choice George, looking forward to seeing it .
N.

Can't wait to see this started! I build about one tank per decade and that one's been calling me.

It's always been difficult for me to get by the tediousness of road wheels & what you building would drive me nuts. The nice thing is you don't need to worry about the suspension too much.

Well done George, looking forward to seeing some in progress pictures of the paint job. I don't know which paint scheme you'll be doing, but if it's hard edge like the box art, I would look at using liquid mask, or copy the patterns on tape.

Hi George, I see what you mean about the top. Maybe a combination of tape and masking fluid, or if you're airbrushing maybe the wet(damp) newsprint technique, like I've seen used on metalizers. If you're like me, leave it alone for a couple of days and a solution will probably come to you. Hopefully unlike me your first solution will work... 😉

Thought you painted everything red George. Well maybe not this
When I'm trying to get a continuous line on multiple surfaces I'll mask with individual pieces of tape on the different surface angles & then seal the connecting seams with masking fluid. I then seal all the edges where the next color will stop with Future to try to prevent the new paint from bleeding under the mask. It can be tedious but it might work for you too.