Looks like a wonderful kit, George @chinesegeorge
Keep us updated on the progress.

Thanks @johnb and Spiros @fiveten. On opening the box I found lots of sprues of different colours all tightly but safely packed in the relatively big box. I decided to start work on the bodywork, why? Because I wanted to get a good glossy polished finish for a change. Usually I build competition cars from the 60s and 70s which didn’t have highly polished paintwork but this was a modern road car.

After adding the front I gave it a careful sanding and the first coat of white primer, and left it for 24 hours before another sanding and a second coat of primer.

Tamiya have added some new colours to their range and I decided to use TS-92 Metallic Orange as a top coat.

After sanding the primer again this is how it looks after the first coat, I must be self-disciplined and leave it for another 24 hours, not my usual style……..

That’s all for now, thanks for looking and happy modelling.

Love this color and you did a great job on the paintwork, George @chinesegeorge

Such things happen, my friend @chinesegeorge. Nothing some sanding and recoating cannot fix.

Hi @johnb and Spiros @fiveten, I sanded out the run and gave it a couple more coats of colour followed by four coats of clear, now it looks like this.

I’ll give it a couple of days to really harden and then try some polishing.

In the meantime work has started on the front brakes.

The etched discs came from Aoshima’s detail up set which arrived two days ago.

Plenty more to come, the V-10 engine and transmission are next. Thanks again for looking and happy modelling.

Beautiful result on the orange, George @chinesegeorge
The brakes do look great as well.
Recently discovered that my cousin in Canada recently bought one of these, a convertible in white. I think I need to visit him shortly :-).