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Haste Makes Waste: Take time and care when using power tools to shape your car body. With soft balsa wood, it's very easy to remove more material than you intended. More Tips |
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At this point, your car has assumed its basic shape. Now you’re at the stage that separates the really fine cars from the mediocre cars. Extra time and effort spent during the fine shaping, or pre-painting, stage have a huge payoff in the curbside appeal of the final product.
Use sandpaper to remove unwanted bumps and irregularities from the body. Use progressively finer grit paper as you go. For example, you might start with 80-grit paper (very course, removes a lot of material) and progress to 220-grit (fine paper for smoothing surfaces).
Check your car for symmetry, and sand the body as needed. Also, exposing your car to bright light can help reveal imperfections that need attention.
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