Alrighty, today's progress! I assembled a couple of the front end parts, painted the interior flat black, got the exterior painted Mica Blue. I used almost the entire tiny can on these few parts... 3 coats, but still. I have another on the way. And, I assembled the brakes with the photo etch. The orange needs a couple more coats, but it's looking cool already.

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Looking absolutely cool indeed, my friend @brithebuilder!

@chinesegeorge, @fiveten, @johnb - Thanks gentlemen, I appreciate the compliments. I am also using the Tamiya Mica Blue, TS-50. It's a beautiful color, seems to match the actual car very well. The tiny can is a bit of a nuisance though. I should have bought 2 cans way back when I originally picked up the kit. The first can did cover all the main body panels, but there are still several small parts that will need to be painted and the first can is almost empty. I'd rather not have it start to run out on the small pieces and end up with a splotchy paint spray.

@anthonyricco - thanks, the Blue is a great color... the PE is a set I purchased from Hobby Design. I don't remember what the cost was, it was almost a year ago.

That blue is looking good, @brithebuilder, good that you found the little imperfections now rather than later.

Very nice result on the mica blue, Brian @brithebuilder
Luckily you noticed the minor imperfections at this stage. They would likely be very hard to deal with once everything is done.

Body color is actually done. I probably just caused myself a ton of issues by saying that, but hey... hopefully no more glue finger or glue pushing out of seams. The LEDs for the headlights will be here today. I'll post more pics as soon as they are assembled and lit up.

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