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More work done on the Porsche, sticking some of the ckhrome bits on (hope I can straighten the bodywork out! I think I can) quite pleased with paintwork has a nice shine to it.
Coming along very nicely Ken
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Right well this is now going to be buried in the deepest part of my stash, I am more than a little peed off
After heroic efforts to sort the warped body (you may think this clamp is over kill but I assure you its not)
Great all looked to be ok then I moved to sort the front out you cant get the the wheel arches under the wings (wont go high enough)
And look how high the bonnet is
That fitted perfectly till I started pushing the body up to get the wheel arches under the wings (imagine how high it would be if I managed to get the wheel arches under the wings) of course now (due to the use of the clamp the body is really stuck in the middel) how this hasn't been hurled across the room I dont know. More than a little peed off.
After heroic efforts to sort the warped body (you may think this clamp is over kill but I assure you its not)
Great all looked to be ok then I moved to sort the front out you cant get the the wheel arches under the wings (wont go high enough)
And look how high the bonnet is
That fitted perfectly till I started pushing the body up to get the wheel arches under the wings (imagine how high it would be if I managed to get the wheel arches under the wings) of course now (due to the use of the clamp the body is really stuck in the middel) how this hasn't been hurled across the room I dont know. More than a little peed off.
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To be honest Ken I'm surprised that you stuck with it as long as you did. Correcting one problem has just made others worse. Maybe you'll find a way to sort it out but you have to ask "Do I want to?"
Jim
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What can I say, except get a gun and shoot it.
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An inappropriate time for jokes as I'm sure you're gutted after all the great work you've put in, but that looks like it's come from Copart!
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It was the locating tabs at the front which were the problem I cut both the female and Male parts off of the front 4 and its sorted the problem, the problem, with the bonnet I added some plasticard under the hinges which lowered the bonnet so it's now a flush fit.
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I must admire your perserverence, I'd have shot it by now.
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Well all I can say Ken is a big WELL DONE 
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Hi all well theres no detail underneath, no brake lines, no shock absorbers, no back panel to the brakes, no calipers on the front after a lot of deliberation (is this kit really worth all this effort) I've decided it is, so here are pics of what the kit supplies.
Hopefully I can improve on this.
Unfortunately the car i was basing this on is no longer in the workshop but we have a coupe in and our engineers assure me the brakes and suspension are the same so more measures and research (I've bought a vernier for the measurements) I must say I'm very disappointed with this kit even without the moulding problems they really dropped the ball with this kit all the other German produced kits I've done were amazing (I would have put them up with Tamiya) this kit I would say is below Frog standards, which is a shame, I hope this is not a glimps of things to come, considering this is a 2018 new moulding.
I will certainly think very carefully before buying another revell kit and I certainly wont be recommending revell kits in the near future.
Hopefully I can improve on this.
Unfortunately the car i was basing this on is no longer in the workshop but we have a coupe in and our engineers assure me the brakes and suspension are the same so more measures and research (I've bought a vernier for the measurements) I must say I'm very disappointed with this kit even without the moulding problems they really dropped the ball with this kit all the other German produced kits I've done were amazing (I would have put them up with Tamiya) this kit I would say is below Frog standards, which is a shame, I hope this is not a glimps of things to come, considering this is a 2018 new moulding.
I will certainly think very carefully before buying another revell kit and I certainly wont be recommending revell kits in the near future.
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Well I've added some more to the body (will sort the missing chassis detail at another time)
That’s looking great. Well done for working through the issues.
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Hi all I've done what I can to the rear suspension, cant do much with the front as the way they've moulded it I would have to cut it all out and start again (its moulded all on one plane when in fact it is not) also the tie rod is moulded where the front calipers should be, I cant move it to the back as I would have to cut a channel in the back wall for it to run in.
On the rear brakes there is no backing plate for the handbrake cable or hydraulic pipes to go.
It just so happens a tap washer fits the bill perfectly
Drilled the holes for the cables and pipes to go through.
On the rear brakes there is no backing plate for the handbrake cable or hydraulic pipes to go.
It just so happens a tap washer fits the bill perfectly
Drilled the holes for the cables and pipes to go through.