{"id":654,"date":"2012-02-17T22:07:23","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T03:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/?p=654"},"modified":"2026-04-22T15:34:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T20:34:10","slug":"viper-moving-forward-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/?p=654","title":{"rendered":"Viper: Moving Forward Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"Engine\" src=\"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3602-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/>I went through the process of masking everything again and shooting the new shade of red. A few photos of that masking and painting process. I did the masking with Tamiya tape completely this time, choosing to not use the vinyl masks due to the problems I had with them on the first pass.<\/p>\n<p>There was a little overspray here and there, but nothing major. I&#8217;ve already polished most of it out with rubbing compound (using sandpaper on the red\/white combination causes the red paint to stain the white, but the compound does not have this problem. Who knows why&#8230;).<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\r\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\r\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\r\n\t\t\t\twidth: 33%;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\r\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\r\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\r\n\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\r\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-654 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3593.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3593-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3594.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3594-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3595.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3595-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3596.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3596-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3597.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3597-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\r\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\r\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3602.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/devinjpoore.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/02\/IMG_3602-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\r\n\t\t\t<\/dt><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\r\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Finally, I&#8217;ve started the plumbing of the engines. 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