First off, let me get this out of my system;

F*** G****** TAMIYA F****** DECALS! ABSOLUTE WRETCHED B*******! TEN SECONDS MY A**! G****** F****** WOULD NOT LET GO CLEANLY AFTER 60!

Anyways, I was doing more work on the Tamiya Alpine-Renault on my bench.   Weather is still a bit cool & damp for airbrushing Tamiya acrylics.   Once the weather improves, I need to spray the drivetrain.   Most of the rest of it is done.   There is a bit more to do.   Most of what I need to do yet mounts to the body.   I don't want to attach too much before I go flexing the body to fit the guts.

To explain the self-censored blue streak, see below;

Not a single decal off of the sheet came out cleanly.  I manage to lose one of the gauges outright.   I almost always have problems with Tamiya decals, though.   Absolute nuisance, still.   Thankfully, the Beetle from Tamiya I'm also working on has none at all, only metal transfers.    The metal transfers are positively cool.