Mr Bowcat
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Good morning all.
I bought this kit 2nd hand in January, and on opening the box realised that the roof was squashed and the A pillars bent.
I tried to fix it with heat but it wasn't happening, so I had to order a spare from HobbyCo and was advised a 6 month wait. Luckily it wasn't quite that long and the new shell arrived this week.
I started with prepping the shell and got the primer down, this is an older kit (2005) which is evident compared to more modern Tamiya kits. There are some quite pronounced seams on all the parts I have looked at so far, as well as some mold mismatching. Also the engine cover doesn't fit perfectly which is apparently a known issue with this kit.
With that done I moved on to the engine. I've not gone too mad with this, normally I would fill the seam on the top of the gearbox but it's going to be covered by the exhaust so I've not bothered.
And with that all together I started cleaning up the rest of the parts for the back end ready for primer and paint.
That's all for now.
B
![:) :)](https://brexitmodeller.com/forums/uploads/emoticons/smile.png)
I bought this kit 2nd hand in January, and on opening the box realised that the roof was squashed and the A pillars bent.
![52098118589_a2366eb660_c.jpg 52098118589_a2366eb660_c.jpg](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52098118589_a2366eb660_c.jpg)
![52097890401_9d41343279_c.jpg 52097890401_9d41343279_c.jpg](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52097890401_9d41343279_c.jpg)
I tried to fix it with heat but it wasn't happening, so I had to order a spare from HobbyCo and was advised a 6 month wait. Luckily it wasn't quite that long and the new shell arrived this week.
I started with prepping the shell and got the primer down, this is an older kit (2005) which is evident compared to more modern Tamiya kits. There are some quite pronounced seams on all the parts I have looked at so far, as well as some mold mismatching. Also the engine cover doesn't fit perfectly which is apparently a known issue with this kit.
![52097909028_190ff3462f_c.jpg 52097909028_190ff3462f_c.jpg](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52097909028_190ff3462f_c.jpg)
With that done I moved on to the engine. I've not gone too mad with this, normally I would fill the seam on the top of the gearbox but it's going to be covered by the exhaust so I've not bothered.
![52098382220_df22540748_c.jpg 52098382220_df22540748_c.jpg](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52098382220_df22540748_c.jpg)
And with that all together I started cleaning up the rest of the parts for the back end ready for primer and paint.
![52097876656_025655a6cc_c.jpg 52097876656_025655a6cc_c.jpg](https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/52097876656_025655a6cc_c.jpg)
That's all for now.
![:) :)](https://brexitmodeller.com/forums/uploads/emoticons/smile.png)
B