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A build inspired by a really bad kit: the Eidai Miura, labeled as 1/24 scale, but really about 1/29. Also, I started with a glue bomb. I decided this was really a model of the incredibly rare Miurette kit car, a fiberglass shell for a VW chassis. (Don't search for Miurette; I'm making this up.) Since the Miurette company didn't want to chance being sued by Lamborghini, they changed the design a little: one piece (plus doors), no B pillar intakes, no pop-up headlights (all making it cheaper as well). The windshield was from the Avanti (no 0.85 Miura windshields available), requiring a change to the A pillars. To cool the VW engine, ventilation was added behind the rear glass (a flat piece). That's my back story; now some photos. The wheels and tires are my cast resin from modifying the two part wheels with the old Revell Porsche 356, the chassis pan my copy of the Revell Beetle, the engine, suspension pieces and seats from a built-up Revell dune buggy. A few of my molds are shown in the last photo. The fan belt is made from aluminum tape (actual aluminum).
