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Thanks Dann. Here she is............................

Thanks Dann. No we don't see many Dragon kits here so this is an old Revell kit. Having seen 30+ of these racing in their own series at Silverstone (5 miles up the road) these wheels are the most popular.

I built this box stock after I had shortened the chassis by about an 1/8th of an inch! When I first offered the chassis up to the body it was much too long. So where the step is in front of the rear wheels I cut the chassis and glued it to the interior tube then into the channel in the rear bumper that takes the chassis tab. I then shaved a bit off at a time until by test fitting the front tab, that fits to the bottom of the front bumper was short enough to drop into place. I then cleaned up the cut section by adding small pieces of plasticard, and repainting matt black. Original chassis......................... Modified Chassis...................... It also ensured that both front and rear axles/wheels were central in the wheel wells. The decals are of the original kit that are a bit discoloured but slide on and dry very well. I did consider printing a copy but would have been unable to cut out the discoloured portions between the coloured chequerboard squares. Also when lightening the copied image of the decal sheet, the colours faded and lost their crispness.

Well done Alan great build and weathering! I remember these on the stages when I first started rally marshalling in the day. My youngest son was at 6 years old and one of Roger Clark's greatest fans. But he was unusually speechless when we met him (and the late great James Hunt) at the Tour of Britain stage at Silverstone (where I also did Race Marshalling). Yes Matthew was wide eyed and speechless!

Thanks Dann.

Cheers Brian.

Thanks guys for your comments, It's not an easy kit to build though.

The top is part of the body, so that would need slicing off, but there's another idea of how this could look, I look forward to seeing it. Yes it would look good too with VW/Corvair/Porsche power in the back, although the chassis would need serious reworking or use a beetle chassis!

Cheers Brian, yes now what colour?

Thanks guys, yes it's a bit different.

I've built this box stock and added an air filter,and tyre decals. Painted in Plasti-Kote spray can Copper, not entirely happy with the bonnet, but can just running out, ordered another and it's come in the post a different shade. I suppose batches of paint colour change slightly, but it was noticably darker.Suprised no air filter in the kit and it doesn't show one on the instructions.Both doors opened and closed fine until I tried to get the tub in then they wouldn't close so glued them shut.

Just my ideal build, no paint, easy build, basic painted interior. Superb!

Are there any on this thread? I got to the third page but couldn't find any.

WOW! Great film! I've been there a few times but not seen these.

Do what I do, If you have a printer. Put the decals in the printer, put a decal sheet in the tray and print new ones straight on. Read the instructions that come with the decal paper. After printing, spray the decal sheet with one coat of gloss clear, wait 1/2 an hour to dry (test by touching around the edge of the sheet) and spray on a second coat and wait to dry. Next day you can use the decals but remember you have to cut close to them as the decals are not seperated like the kit sheets. I've done this many times with decals in old kits just as a safety measure.

Thanks Jim B!

Thanks Tim. Interesting to note, I looked on Google for worn look inspiration and found a YouTube of 6 (I think) of these flying in an airshow in New Zealand a few years ago! Very impressive!

A big kit with loads of resin and PE parts. All parts fit well, no flash on the sprues. I chose the weatherbeaten, well worn look. I don't know why as my experience in this is very limited and looking at YouTube tutorials, my products are limited to spray and hand paints, and no powders etc. I changed the exhausts to alloy tube and added a clear blue to show the heat. If I choose to use the same look again I shall lay up fewer paint coats to rub through and also add a silver coat ontop of the grey undercoat for better reality when rubbing through the top coat.

I won auctions on these over the weekend on ebay here in the UK.............. I'm very pleased to get this Tiger Shark as these kits are rare here. I'm also pleased to have found a new interior for my Pocher Mercedes cabrio that my wife bought me in 1988. I built all of the chassis, engine/gearbox and running gear but never got round to doing what seemed a very daunting upholstery. But I've also got to sort the tyres out. Standing in the box all this time the tyres have gone flat so I've got add foam to the inside of the tyres and fit them back on the wheels! Oh and whilst away at the coast last week .went into a real hobby shop and bought this............

Thank you guys.

Thanks guys, and for the extra info!

This is a motorised car kit, so there is no interior to speak of, but Aoshima could have made it an interesting kit with chassis, interior,and powertrain. I have built it box stock and for an old kit the decals are superb, so is the steering.

Well Mike you've finished it at last, it looks great, well done!

Thanks Josue.

Thanks Doug, yes looking at the box art you get an idea just how wide & high the front wheels are and I'm not keen on woodpanelling, perhaps because I can't paint it very realistically!