Wow that's an awesome kit you got there. 1:16 will be a hand full of work, as you need to put tons of details in it to make it look superb.
My project got some progress too, as I moved the engine even further back, about 5mm. Now the other carb is sitting under the wind shield as it should. I cut an opening to the glass and will make a intake box inside the cockpit as I've studied from the pics of the real car. Not quite sure how to get it look good, but I'll figure it out.
The scoop is scratch built, and I'm almost satisfied how it turned out. It may look like it's twisted, but that's just in the pic.
Then I detached the rear suspension and shortened the springs so the rear of the car now sits lower. I needed to remove some material inside the wheel openings to get more room for the wide rear tires. The stance is level now.
I hate that white Vallejo putty, it's so slow to dry and hard to sand smooth. Unfortunately my green putty is out, but I hope the ebay order from Spain will arrive some day. None of the few markets have any green putty in Finland, don't know why.