A pity that most of the dashboard will not be seen, Brian @brithebuilder

Excellent progress, my friend @brithebuilder!
Looking forward to the painting!

So much more sanding than I would have believed. I had to add putty one more time to the tail section and I ended up filling a couple small divots in the gas cap plug using medium thick CA. I had initially used a blob of sprue goo on the gas cap plug and I think it was the wrong way to go. The sprue goo inside was good. I should have been patient, let that all set up and then used basic putty to fill in any remaining gaps. Funny how a lack of patience can make things take longer. LOL

Regardless, it's smooth now, I can't feel anything as I run a fingernail over the surface. Amazing how we can feel things we can't see.

Time for primer...

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Body is taped internally to be able to paint it as a unit and then separate it for install onto the chassis. I started with a grey primer and then did a little more sanding as well as removing surface details that will be replaced with PE. I have applied the first coat of white primer and I can't see any imperfections. I'm sure there's at least one that won't be visible until the project is finished. One more white coat should be all it needs... even if there's a slight speckle left. Wet sanding with 3000 should minimize any orange peel after primer... Then I think I need to figure out exactly what the LEDs are doing so I can get all of the prepped before final paint.

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All looking excellent from here as well, my friend @brithebuilder!

So, TS-23 Light Blue is not all that light...

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Brian @brithebuilder, perhaps this conversation will have some helpful information:

https://www.gt40s.com/threads/paint-codes-for-gulf-colours.56644/