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Re: Early Vintage Rough Rider

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Thanks for the kind comments, I’m looking forward to actually finishing this in the next week or so.
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Stellar Job!!! Also, appreciated the info on what makes it early version.

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Re: Early Vintage Rough Rider

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That turned out really sweet. I like the colors you’ve chosen.

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Re: Early Vintage Rough Rider

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Looks fantastic, I love the old school color combo.

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Scarf an eyeload of that! Looking classy. Nice robust example.
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Re: Early Vintage Rough Rider

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Finally got the number stickers. These are off 2 separate sheets and are exactly the same size. I just learnt that for correct font sizes, the curved numbers need to be slightly larger to “correct” the optical illusion. I chose 79 as that is the year this kit was released, so just seemed right. As far as the 79 goes, I figure in the 70’s that things like numbers were probably hand cut for off road race cars, so the slight oddity of the number seems to not bother me too much. Will get some outside pics this weekend.
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Re: Early Vintage Rough Rider

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Wow, the car looks great! 8)
What a classic!
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Re: Early Vintage Rough Rider

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Yup, f'n thing looks baddass! good thing its not in this months buildoff :lol: could spell doom for everyone else....
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Re: Early Vintage Rough Rider

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Thanks dudes
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