Because I work as a programmer who spends way too much of my day in front of the computer, I won't be able to deal with stripping the paint just yet. Tonight I decided to tinker with painting the front grille. It was beautifully chrome plated by Tamiya, but it had to have some black on it. After putting out my thinner, little brush, and Tamiya semi-gloss black, I came up with this:
Still have to pick out some details however, like scraping the paint off the "turbo" engraving beside the word "Toyota."
As with above, it's not glued on yet (even the headlights). Looking forward to this weekend for the stripping....