Well now. Perhaps I was getting a little cocky in thinking this was all going to go together like a breeze. A little too easy, perhaps, and I was lulled into a false sense of security by my arch-nemesis Murphy who targets me unceasingly in spite of my always giving him his due and doing all the necessary bowing and scraping. But I digress.
Turns out the rear engine lid doesn't line up with the rear valance (as shown below), in spite of a test fit prior to painting (as shown above) showing that it does. So possibly something is holding the body up, although it is hard to see what that might be. I also screwed up a decal (thank goodness for indycals.com) and broke one of the excessively flimsy hinges for said rear engine lid, so it was time to step away before I accidentally wound up heaving it out the window in a fit of frustration.
So it's sitting on the Shelf of Doom until the decals arrive, and until I can suss out what went wrong. I'll also need to redesign the silly little hinge with something involving real metal.
Meanwhile I am considering a stress-breaker in the form of a 1/24 kit. These big kits are lovely but this has been the only thing on the bench since mid-December. Stay tuned!
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