Finally got finished with this kit. It was a lot of fun.
At first when I opened the box, I thought it was a little on the small side. Now that it is done, it looks like it is just right.
It started out pretty simple. Nice fun kit. Quick build. Yeah right :-)
Glued together the coffin and the frame. The hubs on the wheels. Then the body of the devil. That tail was lots of fun to line up. Unlike most newer kits that have the tail on one side of the body or the other, this kit had half a tail on each half. So you have to line it up real good when you glue it together. After that dried, I added the arms and horns.
Then I hit everything but the base and the body parts with gray primer. Wanted to leave the red parts the natural molded in red color.
Then I painted all the parts, that I wanted to be metalic, with some dark gray. Except the motor and frame. I had to get the coffin painted first. Started with spray of medium brown. Then I hit it with some streaks of yellow and dark brown. Sealed everthing I had painted.

Went back to the coffin and mixed up a brown that I liked. Added that color to some gel and went over the whole thing. I love using gels. Depending on how much color you add to it, you can control how clear it is. For this job I was looking for something that mostly covered, but let some of the highlight streaks underneath show through. I think it turned out pretty good. Wish the pictures showed it better though.
Then I started on the wheels. I went over the gray I had done before with a watered down silver. This gave me the old worn chrome look I was going for. Then, after everything had dried I sealed everything again.
Painted the motor gray. Then I realized that the frame and axles should be metal, not painted as wood. (really should have thought a little farther ahead before I rushed into this. Would have been a lot easier to do this if I hadn't glued the frame to the coffin at the start of it all). So had to paint all of that gray as well. After that, then I painted the tires black. Sealed everything.
Went back over the chrome on the wheels. Wanted to give it a little more chromish look. That, and I had to cover a few black spots where I got a little carried away on the tires. Also chromed the motor the same way. Hit the licese plate with some white. Gave the skull headlights a black wash. Painted the candles white. Painted the hair black. The eyes, horns, teeth white. Sealed everthing.
Started on the tire patches with a redish-brown. Painted the pants blue and the belt brown. Mixed up some red-black paint so it was a few shades darker than the plastic. Mixed that with some gel and went over the body with it. Getting it down into the recesses to highlight the ears, ribs, and a few other things. Then I darkened it up a little more and sort of drybrushed it over the arms to bring out the molded in arm hair. Then mixed up some pink and watered it down to do the blood-shot eyes. I had left a little red showing through when I painted them. The blood-shot part is actually molded in. So sort of drybrushing the eyes gave almost the right look. The pink wash, toned down the white a little, and softened the corners and edges of the eyes. Sealed everything.
Gave the tire patches a little darker wash. Did the raised lettering on the tires. Painted the candle flames. Did the raised letters on the license plate. Sealed.

Now for the fun. Putting it all together. The siderails were the worst. There isn't a whole lot of surface area holding them on. Trying to scrape the paint off the 3 points where it makes contact was a real pain. The wheels weren't that bad. Did them one side at a time. While one side was drying, I glued the pitchfork into his hand. After the wheels had set up real good, I added the headlights, taillight, license plate, and windshield. I held off on the steering wheel until after the body was in place. I was pretty hard to get in there to glue the column on, but that was the only way to get it lined up right. Then I added the steering wheel itself.

What started out as a quick fun kit turned into a not so quick, really fun project. Most of the length was waiting for paint or sealer to dry.