Brendan Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Just got the kit from MS Hobbies. The kit is nicely cast. Much better than the earlier kits they produced (in my opinion). Lots of white metal which I'm not a big fan of. Body detail seems to be good, but I'll have to check my references. The big area that I have issue with right off the bat is the interior which is very plain. This is an area that I wish they'd start adding more detail (a lot more work for me to do). Below are some pictures of what was in the red box. Will let you know when I get started on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAL Posted June 24, 2008 Share Posted June 24, 2008 Looks good, and I would like to have one, and a Peugeot and a EXP Speed 8, which was probably the prettiest car that ever graced Le Mans, but at $200 a pop I don't even bother looking any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scalefinishes Posted June 26, 2008 Share Posted June 26, 2008 I've seen these cars up close at Salt lake. They are so cool. You do beautiful work, keep us posted on this build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHDrew Posted June 27, 2008 Share Posted June 27, 2008 I got mine yesterday. The amount of metal in this verse one of their F1 cars is small. It shouldn't be hard at all to get this one together. I think the only difficult part will be getting some good paint coverage between the front tire pontoons and the main body. I will be taking the bottom piece to Mid-Ohio in three weeks for a couple autographs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted June 27, 2008 Author Share Posted June 27, 2008 Jim, I know what you mean. It's almost the same part count as the Peugeot that I built. As for the paint, I was going to send some pictures to MCW to see if they could custom mix me some. I probably won't be starting it for several months. Let me know when you start yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevinm Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Looks like it would be a fun build. -kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick F40 Posted June 30, 2008 Share Posted June 30, 2008 Looks good, and I would like to have one, and a Peugeot and a EXP Speed 8, which was probably the prettiest car that ever graced Le Mans, but at $200 a pop I don't even bother looking any more. I don't know about that but yeah those cars would be nice. I mean, as you would know, I've been looking at the F40's but they are too darn expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted June 30, 2008 Author Share Posted June 30, 2008 Scalefinishes let me know that they have the factory correct yellow for the Penske Porsches. He also has the red available, but you'd need to contact him to get it since it's not up on his site. I put an order through and I will be using those colors on my build. He has also many other colors available. I'm hoping to get the build started in a couple of weeks. Here's a link to his store http://stores.ebay.com/Scalefinishes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHDrew Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Arrrrrrrgh! I found an error on the decal sheet. Minor, but still bugs me. The number 7 car ran with the words "Porsche Consulting" and the number 6 car had "Porsche Engineering" on the front carbon fiber deck. There's no "Porsche Consulting" decal. Guess which car I want to do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted July 2, 2008 Author Share Posted July 2, 2008 Arrrrrrrgh! I found an error on the decal sheet. Minor, but still bugs me. The number 7 car ran with the words "Porsche Consulting" and the number 6 car had "Porsche Engineering" on the front carbon fiber deck. There's no "Porsche Consulting" decal. Guess which car I want to do... Thanks for letting me know. I need to check the photoetch too as I ran into a problem when building the Peugeot. Some of the pieces were too small especially for the exhaust heat shield. Studio 27 always has some little mistake. Usually I don't notice it till the very end. Most of the problems I've run into is mainly mis-scaling the decals and photoetch. I'll go through my kit again and see if there are any other errors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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