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The mold lines are minor, but it's important to blend the panel seamlessly with the adjacent panel to achieve a smooth, uniform appearance.
 

This item has minimal flaws, with only the slightest of blemishes. 

This is a huge molding issue. On the underside is the hood brace. 

The brace shown in the image will require some additional work. The ejection pins will need to be filled and smoothed to achieve a more polished and refined appearance. 

More ejection points to fill. The headliner should be thicker as well. The diagonal lines are actually stitching. 

More ejection pin points to fill ? 

The louver is too thick but needs to be cleaned up anyway. The supports also need to be thinned. From reference photos they look like rods. 

This is the bad side. 

Body laid out without doors 

 

I know that it looks minor but I expected better molding at this price point. 

 

 

I needed to test fit. It is beautiful. Lots of Sanding to do. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The roof experienced a significant depression, which appears to have been caused by additional thickness on the underside. As the plastic cooled, it shrank slightly more than the rest of the roof, resulting in the uneven surface.. 

 

 

I HATE THIS METALIC PLASTIC.  

Filling ejection pins. So many.

Thank you Mr Surfacer 500 

 

 

 

 

And yes I have decided to open the trunk. This will be the inside. 

 

You can see the waves 123124 

This is probably from the plastic cooling at different times 123124 

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Mark 123124 

Fill. Sanding is next. 123124 

Cut off the trunk lid. Looks great. The spoiler needs some polystyrene sheet to make it fit without filler. 010125 

Fitment is much better 010125 

Looking really good. 010125 

Fill sand repeat. 

The fitment of the block could be better. These are not clean, fresh connections.

I will need to clean, fill and paint these before moving on.

Again I expected better. 

 

Used glue to melt and texture the block for added detail. Hope it works. 

 

 

 

 

 

Here I am thinning the pan. It is,way too thick out of the box. 

So. Major issue for me.

Reference material had the distributor on the other side of the engine.

Pondering to leave it and feel bad or struggle to move it to the correct side. 

Reference 1 

Reference 2 

 

 

 

 

Looks a little long, but I need to reference the actual photos. I am using pva glue to test fit. I'll check against reference images tomorrow.
 

Plausible but not the correct location.  

Here is side by side. Need to shorten it so remove the cast part, switch to top cam.