This next update is short although the work itself took a while. I still haven’t been able to find the door handles in the remaining parts bags and couldn’t bring myself to pay the $30+ to order replacements; the only place I found with the relevant trees is in the UK so ouch for the shipping & who knows when it would arrive.
But don’t despair, i bought some aluminum wire a while back for the interior I haven’t finished yet and some of it was the perfect size for the door handle mounting holes! So I bent up a few parts and after painting (this is the part that took so long, mostly due to winter weather) they almost look legit or at least close enough to work. I used Tamiya PS black initially thinking it would hold up better since the aluminum wire is super bendy but it turned out too shiny. Ao on with the TS matte black. Hopefully it holds up!
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But don’t despair, i bought some aluminum wire a while back for the interior I haven’t finished yet and some of it was the perfect size for the door handle mounting holes! So I bent up a few parts and after painting (this is the part that took so long, mostly due to winter weather) they almost look legit or at least close enough to work. I used Tamiya PS black initially thinking it would hold up better since the aluminum wire is super bendy but it turned out too shiny. Ao on with the TS matte black. Hopefully it holds up!
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