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Originally Posted by mlomaka

I don't have too many die casts with really nice paint. I think the smaller ones get worse. Have fun with it and keep us posted. You may be able to build it up a little with some Duplicolor filler primer sealer. I find it at Walmart. Make sure it says "filler" in the title somewhere (they have a plain primer sealer that does not build up). The foil tape mentioned above is called Bare Metal, and does look pretty good.

Thanks man ... I use the whole Dupli Color gamut for painting from primer to clear, so I have cans of it sitting around at home. It's good stuff. I'm pretty sure my paint will come out fine, it's the body work I'm worried about most. Some of the seams are poor and almost like a real car, whoever put this one together wasn't concerned with alignment of the various parts so there are highs and lows butted together. I guess diecast is pretty soft metal so my sand paper is chewing it up pretty well to knock down the high spots.