Matt Bacon Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 A fairly speedy build, to try and get these done before year's end... Colour is a Tamiya Mic Red, doing duty for Jaguar's Sebring Red Shape and proportions look pretty good to me. Chassis isn't super detailed, but not bad for the scale. The Jaguar wheels are really quite a lot bigger than the Alfasud's Interior is quite well detailed... very different from the Citroen that's only a few years older. And yes, this one is quite small... Interior looks pretty nice, I reckon. And now, one of Italy's coolest cars: if only it had been built well with quality materials, and got its hatchback earlier, the Golf GTI might not be as famous as it is... The colour is Tamiya Mica Green, which isn't strictly correct, but looks close enough (you could have this colour on an Alfa GTV6 Coupe but not the Alfasud). Lots of nice detail to be picked out with paint. This one also seems to fit together pretty well... certainly more on a par with the Alpine A310 rather than the Citroen. And this one is pretty small as well... Time to get on with the glazing... best, M.
dublin boy Posted December 28, 2020 Posted December 28, 2020 Great stuff Matt, I never knew there was a kit if the Alfasud. Do I spy a Peugeot 604 on the box art?
Matt Bacon Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) Here's the Alfa interior finished: A couple with the interior in situ And with the main glazing in place best, M. Edited December 28, 2020 by Matt Bacon
Matt Bacon Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 1 minute ago, dublin boy said: Do I spy a Peugeot 604 on the box art? Thanks @dublin boy you certainly do, though it seems to be the hardest to get hold of by some way. I've has a couple of shots at the VW K70 on eBay, but I've never seen the Peugeot for sale. Many of these Heller 1/43 kits ended up in "Rallye" or Humbrol boxes in later years, but those two never did, so they are truly rarities. best, M.
Matt Bacon Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 (edited) And here's the XJS interior finished: Nice interior when it's done, and looks good in situ. Main glazing in place. Needs some clean up, but I think it's looking OK! best, M. Edited December 28, 2020 by Matt Bacon
Matt Bacon Posted December 28, 2020 Author Posted December 28, 2020 A quick size comparison: The Alfa is a lot smaller than the XJ-S! best, M.
beeRS Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 I’ve never really looked at these Hella kits. I’m surprised by the level of detail and good proportions in this scale. You’ve done a great job on both. Thanks for sharing.
Spottedlaurel Posted December 30, 2020 Posted December 30, 2020 (edited) Great to see these being built, they look really good. That XJ-S is going to be a good companion for the Hasegawa version you did earlier in the year. I'm another one who's never seen the Alfa before. Edited December 30, 2020 by Spottedlaurel
Funkychiken Posted December 31, 2020 Posted December 31, 2020 Great little builds, so much detail in a small scale!
Matt Bacon Posted December 31, 2020 Author Posted December 31, 2020 Thanks, guys. These are done now... my last two for 2020: Better photos when I've given them a good clean... in the new year! Happy New Year to all of you... best, M.,
TimJ Posted December 31, 2020 Posted December 31, 2020 Great pair of builds Matt, I think the Alfa is my favourite.
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