Heavens Eagle
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That is looking REALLY NICE Paddy!
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MFH Abarth 1000-SP 1/12
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paddy
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hmmm
First mistake
I was happily assembling things when i realised i was going down a blind alley...
The car seems to have a space frame with fibreglass's infills. Its hard to know if the frame is moulded into the body which would make sense for strength but a nightmare to repair damage. Half the frame is mounded into the resin panels and half is white metal, if the frame is separate then it would probably be all the same colour, the instructions say everything is light grey however the only pictures i can find show everything black.
it does look odd like this with part of the frame grey but, none of the grey frame will be seen. At this point i realised that i couldn't fit the peddle box and the original seems to have crude carpet/covering in the foot wells. note the seats and floor are separate unit in the form of a fibreglass tray
what i haven't been able to find is a picture with the front hood open to see what colour the tub and frame rails are, also front suspension.
the rear seems to be light and dark grey so i will prob replicate this for the front
Luckily because my
CA glue doesnt work i have been able to separate some of the front again which will help with fitting the pedal box, i just dont know what the outside of the body tub should be but I am leaning toward matt black like the inside of the rear hood seen here on the left
I started playing with the body shell.............oh wow. its doesnt really have a shell its made up of a dozen pieces, all with an different outside and inside colour and it looks like the only way to paint it will be to finish paint all the parts then try and fix it all together without and glue showing or damaging the surface while assembling. .I am trying not to think about that
First mistake
I was happily assembling things when i realised i was going down a blind alley...The car seems to have a space frame with fibreglass's infills. Its hard to know if the frame is moulded into the body which would make sense for strength but a nightmare to repair damage. Half the frame is mounded into the resin panels and half is white metal, if the frame is separate then it would probably be all the same colour, the instructions say everything is light grey however the only pictures i can find show everything black.
it does look odd like this with part of the frame grey but, none of the grey frame will be seen. At this point i realised that i couldn't fit the peddle box and the original seems to have crude carpet/covering in the foot wells. note the seats and floor are separate unit in the form of a fibreglass tray
what i haven't been able to find is a picture with the front hood open to see what colour the tub and frame rails are, also front suspension.
the rear seems to be light and dark grey so i will prob replicate this for the front
Luckily because my
CA glue doesnt work i have been able to separate some of the front again which will help with fitting the pedal box, i just dont know what the outside of the body tub should be but I am leaning toward matt black like the inside of the rear hood seen here on the left
I started playing with the body shell.............oh wow. its doesnt really have a shell its made up of a dozen pieces, all with an different outside and inside colour and it looks like the only way to paint it will be to finish paint all the parts then try and fix it all together without and glue showing or damaging the surface while assembling. .I am trying not to think about that
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