Here's the first bit of progress:
The huge body sitting in the box lid of a fujimi kit along with all the other parts to be painted white. Thay have been smoothed and need a light coat of grey primer to check my work.
The chassis tub, a little grey primer was added to check the sanding of the pin marks. Most of them are in the recessed areas which are hard to sand but visible so they have to be sanded regardless.
The wing insert has been glued in and intial priming and smoothing, Needs a little more work before final white primer.
The wheels, they are two piece front and back. They look decent out of the box but need a little work. You can see small sink marks on each spoke of the rear five spokes. They'll need to be stripped, smoothed and repainted with metalizer.
The fuel tank, molded in a semi-transparent cream color. Glues together in a top and bottom half and requires a lot of filing and sanding along that seam.
And finally, the beginnings of the engine, a little more cleaning and the basic engine block and transaxle will be ready for paint.
Thanks for looking, suggestions are welcome....