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Some "progress" pictures on my Pocher Alfa resto project.

I say "progress" because I'm tearing it apart so I can redo the paint and restore it for my brother-in-law. His late father built it in the 70's and it was in fairly rough shape when I got it but fortunately I have the vast majority of the parts so it won't be as big of a job as I initially feared. Most of the frame and brake parts were left in the red molded plastic while the body was painted in a more orange-red color so I'm going to give it a good cleanup and repaint it in a proper Italian color. Of course, it has to be a shade of red but I'll probably use Tamiya's Italian Red with either a white or pink primer underneath. The biggest problem is the tiny screws and nuts that hold this beast together. I need to find some micro tools to finish the disassembly and of course to rebuild it. The nuts on this thing are probably 2-3 mm and I have nothing that small to use to reassemble things. Any suggestions on where I should look for tiny sockets or similar tools to do the job? Maybe even better, deeper nuts and screws that would be easier to grip when I reassemble things. I think I asked a while ago if any of you had built this other vintage Pocher kits and if so, can you share any tips or experience with these models? Thanks for looking and have a good weekend everyone!

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