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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!

Well thank you Mark.

Thanks David yes it would be great to drive. Well with rear seats the passenger's wouldn't be able to see the anything!

Thanks for your comments Tom. It's unfortunate that I can't answer any questions on this one as it's the only one I've ever seen. I've not seen this kit being available here in the UK.

Thanks Ray.

Cheers Mike.

This kit I understand is a re-issue by Lindberg in 1/20th scale. I've changed a few things along the way, mainly removing the wood panels alongside and back of the removable top, and adding windows and travel destination decals. I've also changed the front wheels as the tyres are a different style to the rears, with a very wide squared off tread, for rear wheels and tyres from the Meyers Manx kit. These wheels/tyres are just a shade smaller in diameter but much narrower. And in my normal way, changed the paint colour to 'Rover Metalic Green' and added a number of home-brewed decals. The one area of change was having to add strips of plastic to the bottom of the body as when test fitted to the completed chassis, the height of the fan housing and dynamo stopped the body/chassis coming together level. And wired the engine.

Thanks Chris.

Thanks Carl.

Thanks guys, yes lets see your offerings on this type of racer!

Thanks Ray. Yes Ed just like a loud swarm of wasps, bees or hornets!

Thanks guys. Yes it's a bundle of fun on our 'B' classified country roads that are just wide enough for two cars! And also on the race track where you have a one make series. Imagine 30 or 40 of these on the startline!

I've built this box stock and just added seatbelt decals. It depicts the Japanese 660cc turbocharged racer..........

Thanks Stephen.

Built Box Stock...........

I've been around the top today with scissors to make it look more factory fitted rather than just 'thrown over' as before.