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Teeny tiny parts..... also showing one reason I take forever, hate brush painting, would rather mask and airbrush. What I have done here, is gloss black for the Alclad polished aluminum. Semi-gloss black a few other parts, such as the fuel filler/cap that was overlooked before (knife blade pointing to cap), and the brake booster box is not silver as instructions show. Need to step away and let paint dry before proceeding to interior color. Normal people would be happy with the shift lever. Other normal people use the common pin detail hack. Cut wire that is thinner than the usual pin. Cut off the knob, filled the tiny ejection pin mark (should have taken picture of other side to show that) with superglue/baking soda, scraped/sanded all around, drilled (didn't stab my fingers ?), and this is one of the few things brush painted, along with window winder knobs. ? So, *have to* make a tool bag, fuel pump, overflow tank, oil cooler, air horns, steering shaft and box. After the fire extinguisher. ?

Thanks! LOL Thank you. Yea, I'm used to F1 race cars with white exhaust. This helped, now I see the vacant space in front of the radiator, thanks a lot. ?? Looking at the parts drawings above, was wondering how they accessed the overflow tank, now I know. So now that, oil cooler, and air horns.....

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Have that in my stash, but the Martini decals. You could go nuts with photo-etch parts. ?

Carpet is done. Mounted for painting. Need to finish the cockpit before spraying paint. Seeing what a Bosozoku spoiler would look like. ? A pet peeve, clear lights that need painting. I tried a technique that Gerald Wingrove's first book had, negative space, drilled from the back the "bulb" for the turn signals. The taillights got the Farmers Insurance reflective sticker treatment, punched out with the Waldron tool. I removed the peg starting with the Dremel, then drilled enough for the sticker to drop in with Elmers clear glue.

I'll be....?

I haven't looked, but don't recall the 1879 Benz as a kit. This is in a collection in town, a replica:

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Thanks for confirming what I suspected. Yes, the real Borrani wire rims are aluminum, kit is chrome.

So I'm in? I doubt the Chevy had Borrani wheels. ? But would be interested to see a picture.

That line was in the Gumball Rally, the first of the cross country race theme, and the inspiration for the Burt Reynolds movies. Now I need to see if my current project qualifies for this topic....... ? *edit* How cool is this, watched The Thomas Crown Affair just to see what the fuss was about for this car. Though it won't have the same wheels, does this qualify?

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But.... but be prepared for critics saying "why are you dredging up ancient history?" ? Thanks for the tip, my laptop does not seem to do this.

Bummer, I missed out on a flamewar. ? I have a few ICM kits, for example the 1/35 Mercedes G4 is insanely detailed, compared to the 1/24 versions. Yes they cost money, imagine the tooling, and the factory is across the Atlantic, with government hands in between. Not to mention lawyers, and licensing costs. Add shipping costs. If one has to whine about cost, then build old models found at model show swap meets, or snagged off eBay. Try being a Moderator and/or Admin on a forum, gives you an appreciation for the non-paying job it is.

Yes, I've seen some have success with it. Been years since I grabbed that before it went in the trash. It had candy, nuts, in a box. It's vacuum-formed plastic, that's been flocked. I look at packaging of everything, such as wine bottles that have the lead-like foil (not shrink-wrapped plastic), food packaging that is clear plastic which is a little thicker and more clear than the last Evergreen I got, laser hologram chrome labels, even steel such as the bottom of a holiday candy can, tearing apart dead electronic devices for wires and cool looking parts. I'm always on the lookout for free raw material that could be superior to aftermarket detail parts. Used on the trunk for the Monster Miata, paints well, so I can choose the color and not have to order each color every time. You can see salvaged parts, the shut-off switch is a metal part, mirrors came from electronic device, think the wires did too.

Thank you. I love Alclad, except for the dull aluminum which pulls from inside corners. The super fine powder is superior to Testors paint.

Huh, basically a right angle drill looking thing. The kit has awesome detail suspension and fixed steering rods at the suspension, but to make it steerable, I'm resigned to not do it. I can do exhaust tips! ? Made the second set, thought I should show how the aluminum tape makes a snug fit. I'm resistant to trying flocking powder, seen enough jobs that don't look good, especially at the edge. Made the passenger side carpet tonight. I make sketch paper patterns before cutting up the limited supply of the holiday munchie packaging. The driver side will be a little more involved.

Thank you! Funny thing about the drawing showing that cap with 4 ridges, when the photo shows 5. My gas cap is a clumsy rendition with 5. I could redo the battery, but I'm already adding other stuff guaranteeing an extended ETA. Thanks so much for those parts drawings, beats the cutaway drawing that I printed out. Dare I ask about the steering shaft and what was used for the box, rack & pinion or something else? I want to add enough for wow factor, don't wish to turn this into a hero project. Love the tip (pun intended). ? So these were 6 volt? I had a '48 Chevy pickup that still had 6 volt. ?

Since my neighbor owns a '69 GTO, and I got the Monogram kit, I will tag myself right here, and watch. He let me drive it the other day, and I didn't break it..... plan is to build a 'before' when he found it on the Navajo Reservation. Wanted to see how it goes together.

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No worries man! I've never bothered getting to know the details of these cars. It's always when I build any model that I look and learn. BTW: Since I've been "googling" for images, my WIP thread is showing up in the first page, so we better get this right! This is a non standard detail that I decided to add, a fire extinguisher. Figured with a multi-million dollar car, it's cheap insurance. I have the awesome Hobby Design part kit, with several different sizes, so I painted the tank. My first one was used in Porndy: Worked on other details today, such as the other door panel, painting brake fluid to appease our OCD, adding photo-etch screw heads to the air filter. But the really exciting part, was trying out the stainless steel thin wall tubing for the exhaust tips! Wrapped the peg with aluminum tape to get it big enough to fit inside the tubing. Because I used the Dremel cutoff disk, it got some heat tint that can't be duplicated with paint, I don't care how awesome you are doing that trick. ? The diameter is a tiny bit smaller than the kit part and black pipe, but the next size up of tubing would have been bigger. Refined the footrest.

Thanks. If you happen to have your built kit, and it's not a pain, can you take a closeup picture of the engine bay? I want to see how cramped it is, before I commit to adding more stuff that would be impossible to fit, much less see. Very good, thought so when I saw other pictures. So the yellow tube is fuel line, and I see a fuel pump. That top picture appears to be unrestored, the problem with perfect restorations is they change colors and finishes. Good to see the battery, now the problem is the two long caps vs. 6 round caps; I painted the caps red, which is not correct but adds eye candy. I also noticed the added shutoff switch, nice touch that is tempting to add. Great shots of the distributor caps, should have drilled before gluing on, can make the top shape and add. I'm also seeing the headers are white, or steel, or flat black. ? Now Im wondering what the cap by the battery is for, looks the same as the fuel cap. That other air filter is on a different engine, check out the valve cover. Now the question is, shall I worry about the lower radiator hose, there must be one.

Overall, this is a very nice kit, after burning the tires. ? I discovered more ejection pin marks when doing the two pipes at the front, easy enough to remove and paint. Only 13 eh? ? Thanks again for your support! I noticed that tube, when stretching sprue there is always a taper at each end, so that's an easy task. The brake booster part is really inaccurate, but I'm going to distract by adding other stuff. ? Dann also details the fluid, so thanks alot. ? Thank you. Thank you too! I think after putting the wires on, judicious superglue application, a little sanding, then paint should be good enough. Wire "loom" will negate getting firing order correct, and the coolant pipe header is really a trip. Funny thing, there is no return coolant hose to the radiator. Thanks for the help, have not seen these pictures, stole two. The oil filters and battery are all colors, so not going to worry about that. I'm actually glad the air filter is so huge, it does hide the simplified carbs. I have one of Norm's 250 engine kits, amazing workmanship. Good to know about hose clamps, I was going to just do chrome mylar, not the drive-me-crazy MCG photo-etch. Now I will *have to* add the door light, thanks alot. ? If you used Testors cement, that would be a problem. I superglued. If I see any more pictures, I might never finish. ? You happen to know where the oil spec plate goes? I'm adding some of the plates that I've seen in photos, saw it as an item to buy. I will use this for the license plate:

You murdered those really well! ? How do you keep the flat finish flat, whenever I try this it ends up getting messed up.

I really like it!