paddy
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Some time ago i built Italeri s little Fiat 806 Grand prix racer from what was then the Protar kit of the early 1970s and last night i was looking at an article which basically pointed out that just about everything is wrong with the original kit 
I also noticed on my recent Harley build that Italeri had got some major errors in that model as well.
I think we are all used to small mistakes in aircraft kits which, if noticed, can be put right and these days with 3D scanning and CAD machined moulds it might even be quite hard to get a basic shape wrong for an aircraft or car but this is an interesting picture.
Top is an original pic
Middle the OTB build
and the bottom the builders build.
Look at the difference in body height from chassis to Exhaust on the first 2 pics and i noticed that the car has 72 spoke wheels and the model has 36 spokes.
The rear is quite different and look at the steering rod size below the exhaust /front.
I have this model in my stash but i dont think i could do, or be bothered to put this right but it does make me think i could build it without the body and use it to practice some "re-engineering" ideas. It might be possible to put the wheels right for starters but cutting the body down could open up a world of pain...............just thinking out loud really
I also noticed on my recent Harley build that Italeri had got some major errors in that model as well.I think we are all used to small mistakes in aircraft kits which, if noticed, can be put right and these days with 3D scanning and CAD machined moulds it might even be quite hard to get a basic shape wrong for an aircraft or car but this is an interesting picture.
Top is an original pic
Middle the OTB build
and the bottom the builders build.
Look at the difference in body height from chassis to Exhaust on the first 2 pics and i noticed that the car has 72 spoke wheels and the model has 36 spokes.
The rear is quite different and look at the steering rod size below the exhaust /front.
I have this model in my stash but i dont think i could do, or be bothered to put this right but it does make me think i could build it without the body and use it to practice some "re-engineering" ideas. It might be possible to put the wheels right for starters but cutting the body down could open up a world of pain...............just thinking out loud really
