07 November
2005:
A simple but
very roughly molded kit.
I first joined the 3 main parts of the body and sanded the joints.
The
headlamps were cast in plastic,
supposed to be painted aluminium. Naturally not! After this photo was
taken,
I drilled holes in the cast headlamps to house the reflectors from my
parts
box.
This
is a sample photo to show how
badly the kit is molded. Almost every part is full of flashes like this.
08 November
2005:
The kit has
two engine options, a VW
and a Corvair, which I chose to install. I made the plug wire holes
with
the heated tip of a needle.
I
drilled the plug wire holes on the
shield above the engine block too.
The
engine was fully cast in chrome,
of which I made no use. I painted the whole engine in appropriate tones
with the real one.
11 November
2005:
I painted the
body with Gunze Clear
Blue over Aluminium base. Definitely a lively and good tone! In fact,
it
is deep blue, even a bit purplish.
The
windshield was cast in clear, together
with the frame so I applied BMF to the frame.
12 November
2005:
The exhaust
pipes are disgustingly
molded. Shaving the flashes will reveal the red plastic. Some remedy is
required.
I
assembled the engine and put
in ignition wiring. Retouches will be made to the stripped paint due to
too much handling!
13 November
2005:
The wheels
were too badly cast also.
The vent holes were mostly full of flashes, which I opened one by
one.
And
the tires! Rubber and two-piece!
I stuck the pieces together with CA glue and weathered the treads with
sanding. On the rightmost, flash of rubber tire...
The
rims were flashy too, and
sanding them down revealed the red plastic, which would be seen. So I
found
a remedy by painting the rims to the body color...
I
manufactured tips for the exhaust
pipes from styrene tubing, later covered them with BMF.
The
dashboard was made of high-molded
dials and numbers on the plastic, so I shaved them all and prepared
this
dashboard on the computer. I applied nail polish for the gauge glasses,
the difference is seen from the reflections.
I
assembled the rolling chassis. The
roll bar and front bumper bar were also full of flashes and ejector pin
marks, so I manufactured them from solder wires.
15 November
2005:
The final
assembly. This kit was not
much fun to build, but just an emptying of a box on the shelf. However,
the tone of the color was a good practice, though I did not make any
polishing
after the paint. Below are the final photos...
