Getting closer with the front section. I finished the instrument panel with all the levers and brutally tiny rivets (about one millimeter long). The bezels were painted gloss black on top of the semi matte panel, according to photos I have. The steering wheel was first airbrushed semi matte black and the foam rubber coating was brush painted with a mix from black smoke pigments, Tamiya flat base and thinner. This gives a better structure scale wise than my former experiments with Street Blisters flocking material and is dead flat in finish. Installing the carbon fiber fairing with the IP onto the body was a bit problematic, as the part was warped and didn´t fit at the front end. Some surgery and a bit of force and added CA made it work. Don´t look too close, there are some touch up´s needed after my rude treatment. I test fitted the upper front body on top and everything looks promising. Not always the case with MFH kits and I fear, after breaking all my ignition plugs, the backside will be more of a chore. But that´s for later. I usually take my pictures in a booth, but since I build cars with high shine finishes, I dislike the booth, as it always looks as if there is some orange peel effect visible, which is caused by the numerous LED´s and not my paintjob. Filtering doesn´t really work and I have to experiment a bit more. Cheers Rob
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DocRob · 2 hours ago 2 hr