Usually I start with the shell, but as with the Ferrari 330 P4, I decided to 1st concentrate on the Engine/Transmission/suspension/chassis/cockpit, and leave the shell for the end of the build.
While the kit comes with a nicely detailed engine/transmission, I've found some issues that seem some what strange to me, but once I realized that this kit was 1ct molded in 1984, things were certainly done differently back then, and I have to every once in a while remind myself of that fact.
I started my build on Nov 9th with the Porsche twin turbo flat 6. It's the same engine that powered the 936 in the FIA class 6 enduracne races. The only change was with the addtion of a Bosch fuel injection metering system. I primed all the engine parts with Ammo Mig Black primer, then a few various shades of Alcad metalizers, with Flat Aluminum as the basic color. I followed this up with 1st masking off the top of the engine, and then air brusing it with Tamiya Gloss Red Acrylic paint.
I then drilled out the distributor cap and glued in 7 black wires, 6 for the sparks plugs. The 7th will be attached to the coil that is located on the front top of the gearbox. Next up I scratched out using round pieces of .020 sheet plastic the basic unit for the fuel injection lines, which in all my reference materials are black, and ran them to the injectors. I added two alumiumin lines from the fuel injection unit to the base of both injector banks. Finally I glued on two sheet plastic discs to close up the back of the Alternator. I couldn't find my Aluminum tape that I use for wire ties, so temp. I used some masking tape till I can get to my local hardware store. As you can see, they're already coming apart.
Now I built up the Transmission and painted it along with the main rear suspension arm Ammo Mig Black Primer, then various shades of Alcad. And yes, being lazy, I totally forgot to mask off the overflow catch tank.
Everything looked pretty good till I turned it around. The back of that massive suspension arm was hollow!! 1st 1984 issue that I needed to deal with.
So I ended up stripping off all the Alcad and Primer, then using .020 sheet plastic, I covered all three sections.
And yes, I still have to re-Alcad the suspension member, and paint the over flow tank.
I decided to test fit the enginer engine/transmission unit into the rear of the chassis just to make sure everything fit. And so far so good.
And this is as far as I've gotten to date.
Joel
