My first completion in a couple of months. I expected to finish this build last month, but I got sick, and that threw me off.

Nothing special to note about the build - it went together as well as you expect from a modern Tamiya kit. On this build, I left off the accessories (tools, jack, etc.) until after painting was complete. That did make it easier to paint the accessories.

Since I wasn't going to be masking anthing, I used Mr. Surfacer 1200 as a primer. I have had this paint chip in the past, so I only use it on builds without masking. The base coat was XF-60 Dark Yellow, and the disruptive camouflage was XF-5 Flat Green. I have used XF-26 Deep Green before, and both look good. The tires were Vallejo Model Color 70.862 Black Grey, and the treads were painted LP-40 Metallic Black from Tamiya's new lacquer line. This was the first time I've used this paint on a build (I've done some testing on scrap plastic), and it sprayed very well. This particular color is a gloss, which I really didn't think about before using it. It was quite glossy, so this line of paint would probably work well on a car model.

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