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Thanks, all, for the insight and speculation. I am entertained!

Spent an hour after work today dry-blocking and working the filler. The body of this car isn't too bad at all; I think I should be done spot-filling after a couple more rounds of sanding. I may need to buy another quart of high-build primer before it's all said and done though. 

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IMG_2049One of our number PM'd me to warn about filling holes with straight body filler (aka "Bondo") because it shrinks back later and leaves a divot in your paint. I told him I (mostly) am not doing that, but instead coming in from the back of the hole with Kitty Hair and only then smoothing the front with filler.

I said this with some swagger, as if I actually know what I'm doing, and on reflection I feel like that's not really right: I don't know what I'm doing.

So...does anyone here have any knowledge and/or experience that debunks my stated method? Because I'd rather re-do these now if need be than after color.

The other thing I did today is I ground away a bit of the tail to try to form a subtle "moustache" flatness under the plate light. I'm sure this will be very subtle at best, but as we're copying a French car, I figured the moustache would necessarily be slight anyway.

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I'll probably shape it a little bit back here, mostly with the palm sander, and we'll see if it makes any difference. . . .

 

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