sjordan2

Well, i'm confused! I belived the vertical air filter was on the 500 k engines! and so Heller engine kit was right! sorry for this big mistake!

paints are varnished now.  news in few days or hours!

Yes, the last picture of your engine shots is a 500K, where you can see the horizontal air filter on the other side of the valve cover. Don't be misled by the 540K shot with the red engine, or others with lots of chrome -- very customized by the restorer. Use satin or matte black for the cylinder heads and flat aluminum for the block/oil pan.

I am still so surprised to see so many club members and modeler friends who don't know anything about this forum or others. Some of them have a million questions for me at times and I always repeat the same thing over and over again about joining the forums.

I'm always surprised to see how many modelers who are noted in the magazine don't participate on this forum.

More chefs-d'oeuvre. Fantastic.

The thing about this kit, which is a Cabriolet A, is that it's not accurate. It comes with vertical side louvers on the hood, and recessed undersides to the fenders. You can have one of those, but not both. With the fenders on this kit, there should be chrome horizontal vents on the sides of the hood, as on the Italeri tourer kit. Or, with these louvers, the fenders should have protruding lips outside the fender tops, as on the Italeri kit. You won't find a 1:1 version of this kit without those modifications.

The big dilemma here is that in the Monogram 540K coupe kit, which I have, BOTH the hood side louvers and fenders need to be modified, All they did with this kit that is different from the roadster was to add a separate hardtop, and it's all wrong.

Rob, I have sent you a couple of PMs on this subject.