Post by tgabreu on Mar 4, 2012 5:35:16 GMT -6
I decided to take a stroll outside of my comfort zone here- I rarely build kits of late model cars, I rarely build kits tooled in the last 10-15 years, and I rarely post "in progress" pics. The reason for the first two is simple- newer kits don't give me that warm and fuzzy feeling inside that older kits do! The third is practicality- it may be years between the time I start a kit, and the time I finish it. (some have taken over 20 years!) One of the reasons I'm posting this one, is that I ran into a minor problem with th parts fit right from the get go. I usually test fit the major parts before actually starting the build to check for problems. In this case, when I put the body, interior plate and chassis together, they didn't fit right at the front. The problem (which may or may not be peculiar to this kit) is the angle of the engine compartment to the firewall:
Arrow shows wher angle is less than 90 degrees:
I bent it back up, which solved the problem:
Although the engine compartment angles up slightly in the photo, it pulls down easily into the proper position when gluing the interior to the chassis.
One of my (many) quirks, is that I like the "good old days", when each company had it's trademark engine color- now they're all black and raw metal. On those rare occasions when I build a late model vehicle, the engine gets painted an appropriate (for the manufacturer) color. In this case, Hemi Orange:(sorry about the fuzzy pic-the camera refused to focus properly)
The body color firewall and engine compartment add a nice splash of color, in this case Tamiya metallic blue:
The engineering and detail in these newer kits is light years ahead of what I'm used to. The Challenger has 2 beautiful sets of 20" rims, unfortunately though, only one set of tires. I'd like tosee these marketed seperately!
Tom
Arrow shows wher angle is less than 90 degrees:
I bent it back up, which solved the problem:
Although the engine compartment angles up slightly in the photo, it pulls down easily into the proper position when gluing the interior to the chassis.
One of my (many) quirks, is that I like the "good old days", when each company had it's trademark engine color- now they're all black and raw metal. On those rare occasions when I build a late model vehicle, the engine gets painted an appropriate (for the manufacturer) color. In this case, Hemi Orange:(sorry about the fuzzy pic-the camera refused to focus properly)
The body color firewall and engine compartment add a nice splash of color, in this case Tamiya metallic blue:
The engineering and detail in these newer kits is light years ahead of what I'm used to. The Challenger has 2 beautiful sets of 20" rims, unfortunately though, only one set of tires. I'd like tosee these marketed seperately!
Tom
