bbowser Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 I'm hooked on these Heller kits despite them being, shall we say, "quirky". This one wasn't bad and I even got the steerable wheels to function as designed. Comments welcome as always, thanks for looking. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stavanzer Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Wow! What a Knockout! I like the Colour! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calb56 Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Cool seeing rare subjects being built. Very nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim B Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Nice looking Alpha Romeo. Very well done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobraman Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Nice work, cool car. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobchayer Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Nice dash and engine bay! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoffman Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 Great job, Bruce! I've picked up a couple of these recently. I notice you got the wheels and tires fitting together nicely. Some examples I've seen, even one version of the box art, has the wheels popping out from the tires and really detracting from the looks. Yours look just right! 😀 What brand/color paint did you use on the interior? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happy grumpy Posted November 30, 2022 Share Posted November 30, 2022 That's a great and beautiful build. Old Heller kits can be a pain but they have such interesting subjects. I built a few of older Heller kits and they sure are challenging. The newer kits are a different story, they are finely engineered and detailed and they are much easier to build. The Renault 4 gl and Citroen fourgonette are good examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1959scudetto Posted December 1, 2022 Share Posted December 1, 2022 Very well done, Bruce - looks great! What were the main obstacles in building this one? I have the very same in my stash and want to turn it into Nuvolari's 1930(?) Mille Miglia winner (got decals from tom Tanner). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 On 11/30/2022 at 9:02 AM, Hoffman said: Great job, Bruce! I've picked up a couple of these recently. I notice you got the wheels and tires fitting together nicely. Some examples I've seen, even one version of the box art, has the wheels popping out from the tires and really detracting from the looks. Yours look just right! 😀 What brand/color paint did you use on the interior? The interior was brushed with Model Master leather. The exterior is Tamiya TS-49 Bright Red. Thanks for the kind words! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted December 1, 2022 Author Share Posted December 1, 2022 2 hours ago, 1959scudetto said: Very well done, Bruce - looks great! What were the main obstacles in building this one? I have the very same in my stash and want to turn it into Nuvolari's 1930(?) Mille Miglia winner (got decals from tom Tanner). The trickiest part is heat swaging the steering linkage without seizing it up, its to scale and therefore pretty delicate. The body is split in half, I glued and reinforced it underneath and puttied the seams. It went a lot easier than the other older Heller kits I've done. Thanks! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 That's a Great looking little build. Don't see these to often. Fantastic job 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxer Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 That's a looker, great job on it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChrisR Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATHU Posted December 2, 2022 Share Posted December 2, 2022 Nice to see that kit built, well done!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Great build,Bruce! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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