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Thanks Lyle! I do have a nick in the flames up front but I think I can work it out.

Looking real good there on the flames. A little touch up on the nick and you'll be just fine...

I've got a spare set of decals that aren't as good as these but I may be able to graph something in.

Man I'll tell you guys, I am NOT happy with the way these have turned out so far. First off , I'm using 32 year old decals. Even after working them all into position and smoothing them out I've still got silvering like crazy.....even air pockets that popped up out of freekin' no where!!!!! I have most of the hood done now to include the hood scoop and from a little ways away it looks just awesome. A little closer up and they look terrible. Before I do anything further I've ordered a flame mask set from Lazy Modeler. I see stripping the decals from the hood in my near future!!! I can take a blemish dang near anywhere but on this hood or anywhere on the front of the vehicle it's a different story. Being the showcase of the entire exterior , a blemish here would be like a "bloody nose" on the whole build. The squirrel on the squeaky conveyor belt is working hard in my head right now......

i agree with Jim - You're more than capable of painting those on - given the amount of work you’ve put into the rest of build, if you’re not happy I’d change it.

Man thanks for the encouragement Jim. I should be receiving the flame masks sometime within the next week or two. Even from a distance the hood decals show the problems I was having but besides that it's what I'm after regarding "the look". It's ashamed too because I really like the layout and color of these flames.




when you get a lot closer it's painfully evident that this.........aint gonna cut it!





So................I stripped the hood of decals. I'm going to have to do some paint work as well but that's no biggie. I'll probably just strip it and start over rather than touch it up. Oh well.......that's modeling folks.



Thankfully, I did manage to make some forward progress today in the way of brake lines. It's not much but its a start:

Didn't mean to skip you portman. Thank you sir for your input as well.

Ok. Some progress this morning. I didn't like how the brake lines looked being black and all so I removed them and shot them with a coat of aluminum and reinstalled them. Upon reinstallation I got a nasty glue boo-boo on the L/H frame rail so I fabricated an aluminized shield to go over the lines. It was either this or remove the lines, sand down the frame and repaint it so I chose a route which I thought would do the trick, look decent and still cover the mishap up. I still have to fabricate some stand off clamps holding the lines to the frame but here we are so far...

No Worries!

More great work - and a nice recovery!