Big Blue has inspired some purchases

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More small progress while I'm waiting for the plow and decals....

Getting the shell ready for a repaint which includes masking off the windows.  Ideally I'd just take the cab off and remove the window unit, but the previous owner was pretty ardent about supergluing every railing - including the one going into the cab (which by the way has a few extra holes in it where the previous owner erred in drilling them).  Therefore, I couldn't remove the cab and had to mask the windows.  I'm also using Microscale MicroMask on the round headlights on the front and rear.

Speaking of holes, I stuck a piece of masking tape on the inside of the holes that the blue box Athearns had for securing the shell to the chassis and laid in some Double Bubble epoxy.  That's also what I'll be doing for the holes in the cab.  After it starts to set up, I pull a small chisel over the epoxy to remove as much overcoverage as I can.  After it hardens I'll get a small file out to level it.  I might get the airbrush out tomorrow night.