Donny

I need one frequently Don

Smashing mate, just beautiful Don

Questions? I'm glad I bought the large economy size box. I've asked a million and still have three quarters of the box left. hey, love the family portrait, and no I'm not being a smartie, we have six dogs, all family Don

Thanks Elliot, lots of good advice mate. So, early on in the build the major parts are sort of assembled, the small parts, intricate stuff, suspension etc come later in the mock - up. I need to build some stuff I can post here, for practice and experience, mate thanks heaps for your advice, and the pics are great, gives me some idea of what you are saying. I'm at the kit box stage as you would have already worked out 😄and to a certain extent having some hassles there. I'm finding out not everything fits as it should, all good experience. Thanks again Don

oops pics

I tried to fix the mess I made with the windscreen install, not fixed, but better. I was able to put a tint band across the top with clear blue, it would have been much better without the previous damage, and not having used clear blue before, I was unsure how much to lay on there, so what you see is my guess work. Don

Thanks mate, sorry to be a pain, lots to learn. So I guess this mock-up thing is just to get a general idea of how it's going to look when done.

Thanks Mike, so no glue. There are so many different opinions on how to do it, some of them are very basic without suspensions, so I can't work out how they keep the wheels on as shown, or do they fix them inside the body wheel wells?

Okay, I'm new to all this - mock-ups. How far do you go with the "mock-up". Is it basically chassis - wheels - body - engine, (no real detail) to show where you are at, with your model build. This is where my confusion comes in. There is a lot of detail to be painted so I can't relate to assembling 90% of the car then pulling it apart to paint/detail then reassemble for the completion. I test fit the parts when I build, before paint and glue, where I can, but don't assemble like you guys do. Is the "mock-up" necessary or is this sort of a "fun" part of the build. I just don't understand the glueing the car together and then having to separate it again and risking damage to be repaired before the final assembly. If I can achieve something toward the finished build, I'll do it, and whilst I'm on the subject, do you just "tack" the parts with white glue and then chuck it in a sink full of water later to "melt" the glue and get it apart? Sorry for my ignorance/ lack of experience, you don't ask, you don't learn. Don

Nice haul mate. Don

Nice, what's not to like about a Ferrari Don

Nice haul Mike, good time to be had putting those together. Don

Yeah I dropped a scalpel on my newly painted Chrysler bonnet recently, aaaahhhhh. As you said, we've all been there Don

Thanks Stu, not up to our old mates level, but working on it. Need more time and experience. I need to find a source of cheap bodies to practice on that I can paint and repaint for experience. Don

Hey Stu, been a slight delay, I've had a medical issue and the doc sent me for tests - all good nothing new, but I haven't bee able to follow up with Bill but will in the next hour. He is posting me an axle, so as soon as I finish the Merc, I'm going to grab one out of my other kits, so I can get on with it, then I'll replace it with Bills donor axle. The Merc has turned out to be a bit of a handful with the instructions, they are all over the place, but I'm getting there and hope to have it finished over the weekend, then with the Tudor aka "Orange wonder". Thanks for checking in. Don