Boogie Man
Beginner
Hi all, I've only just joined up to the forum, i was brought here by @paddy thread on his lovely Abarth 1000 build.
Iven been building my first MFH kit recently too so it has been very interesting to get his take on these kits.
I chose this one as my first as i thought it would be one of the easier ones (easier being comparative of course, none of these are 'easy') Turns out its not one of the easier ones, it was produced about 10 years ago and I've since learnt that MFH have refined things over the years and improved the builds a bit. Its certainly still buildable, and I'm sure all of them have little gotchas in store for you. Having said that though, its very enjoyable even if it is the hardest kit I've ever done. And I'm not very far into it yet either...
Lovely box it came in
First step with these is to clean the parts up and check them off to make sure you have everythiing you need. This is just the white metal parts, there are resin parts, turned parts, rubber tyres, wire etc etc. I run all my white metal parts through a magnetic tumbler, this saves an awful lot of time. Even so it still took a whole day to do all of this and bag the parts up according to instruction stages.
I didnt take too many pics as i wasnt planning on documenting this, but i'll take more from now on.
I decided to start with the engine first, this is made up of white metal parts and resin.
Still lots of wiring/tidying up to do, but certainly getting there.
Next step was the gearbox and rear suspension set up.
Struggled a bit with this, as it all goes together with very small pins that are a pain to handle - they tend to ping off my tweezers never to be seen again so i had to use some brass rod in a couple of places, but it wont really be visible.
Also having some issues with paint chipping off even though im using etch primer and lacquer paint. Its no big deal as it can be touched up later on. I'm treating this as a 'test' build almost, if i make mistakes then so be it, the next build will be better as i'll have more of a clue how to best go about it. Having said that though i'm hoping for an end result that looks half decent from a a few feet away...
Next step is doing the brakes. You have the choice of steel discs or carbon ceramic, i'm going with the carbon ones as i think they will look better and i think they used them more anyway.
And the instructions for this next stage
Thats where im at, its not perfect by any means but i am enjoying it. These are very expensive kits but I've probably got 45 hours so far into it and not even close to half way done.
Thanks for looking!
Iven been building my first MFH kit recently too so it has been very interesting to get his take on these kits.
I chose this one as my first as i thought it would be one of the easier ones (easier being comparative of course, none of these are 'easy') Turns out its not one of the easier ones, it was produced about 10 years ago and I've since learnt that MFH have refined things over the years and improved the builds a bit. Its certainly still buildable, and I'm sure all of them have little gotchas in store for you. Having said that though, its very enjoyable even if it is the hardest kit I've ever done. And I'm not very far into it yet either...
Lovely box it came in
First step with these is to clean the parts up and check them off to make sure you have everythiing you need. This is just the white metal parts, there are resin parts, turned parts, rubber tyres, wire etc etc. I run all my white metal parts through a magnetic tumbler, this saves an awful lot of time. Even so it still took a whole day to do all of this and bag the parts up according to instruction stages.
I didnt take too many pics as i wasnt planning on documenting this, but i'll take more from now on.
I decided to start with the engine first, this is made up of white metal parts and resin.
Still lots of wiring/tidying up to do, but certainly getting there.
Next step was the gearbox and rear suspension set up.
Struggled a bit with this, as it all goes together with very small pins that are a pain to handle - they tend to ping off my tweezers never to be seen again so i had to use some brass rod in a couple of places, but it wont really be visible.
Also having some issues with paint chipping off even though im using etch primer and lacquer paint. Its no big deal as it can be touched up later on. I'm treating this as a 'test' build almost, if i make mistakes then so be it, the next build will be better as i'll have more of a clue how to best go about it. Having said that though i'm hoping for an end result that looks half decent from a a few feet away...
Next step is doing the brakes. You have the choice of steel discs or carbon ceramic, i'm going with the carbon ones as i think they will look better and i think they used them more anyway.
And the instructions for this next stage
Thats where im at, its not perfect by any means but i am enjoying it. These are very expensive kits but I've probably got 45 hours so far into it and not even close to half way done.
Thanks for looking!
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