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First minor irritation when the door hinges didn't fit. This seems to be a common problem with these old kits but here the hinge retaining piece doesn't even touch the outer skin of the body. That's the red piece in the first pic. The gray piece is the inner sill which goes over the hinge and is finished with the triangular blanking plate. I'd prefer to be able to clear and polish these separately and fit the doors at leasure so have changed the hinge with three pieces of tubing and a retaining pin (pic2) - bonding in the hinge with the door in place makes it quite accurate but it tends to swing open very easily so I have some ideas for a catch of some sort. Third pic shows where we are at now - all dry fitted and very wobbly! You can see how the inner sill interacts with the floor piece - I think it looks quite neat and I like the chrome kick plate. Engine bay and wheels give some idea of final body colours which are both Porsche colours by Zero paints from Hiroboy. I got a delivery of some 2 pack clear the other day, which I haven't tried before but am very impressed with the service you get from these people. Two pack contains, clear, hardener and thinners, instructions, three pipettes, four mixing sticks, small cup marked in ml and even a latex glove! It doesn't get better than that. Will let you know how I get on.

 

Modeler: Martin Swire
Scale: 1/12
Manufacturer: Monogram
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02/26/09

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