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Your build projects with all those foto’s are very helpfull, and have already prevented a lot of frustration. I nearly made the mistake you made with the red version of this car which I saw om your website. The small 2 verical rods on the front to connect the upper and the lower frame were installed...

Very nice work Kars, I’m building this car myself. But I’m puzzeled where the gear rod goes to. It begins from the shifter assembly. But also the manual is unclear to where it ends. Is it attached to the gear box? Maybe you can help me out. Regards, Eric I seem to remember there was a small hole to...

Very nice work Kars,
I’m building this car myself. But I’m puzzeled where the gear rod goes to. It begins from the shifter assembly.
But also the manual is unclear to where it ends.
Is it attached to the gear box?
Maybe you can help me out.
Regards,

Eric

@vekkuli. The tyres are the the ones supplied with the kit. They are rubber like, simular to most I know. They were old, so a bit hard. The structure you see may come from the microscale flat clearcoar I used after placing the decals on the tires. Due to the camera flash they light up a bit like this.

Here we go again. Another little setback. After measuring the width i got a small difference. I turned the model and the suspension was glued a little off. I corrected this, without damage. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50864093063_f77373d5fb_b.jpg Here from above. The earlier mentioned spots ...

Update time. It will not be my best model ever. That's clear. Another series of pictures. Also some setback. When removing some yellow spots on the front wing, some fluid dropped on the front of the body and made some spots. Hope I can remove them with some polishing. But first some real improvement...

Some progress made. Some more cuts on de body. This to let the engine fit well. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50864908142_91971068db_b.jpg Worked on the wheels so they are acceptable after painting. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50864092538_c67973a064_b.jpg Then an attempt to copy one of...

The next update. A bit of a metal worket one. Filing, sawing and sanding. First adapting the remaining part of the chassis to accept the suspension parts of the donor parts. I need some slots on the underside. Carefully. When the chassis breaks it's the end of the line. https://live.staticflickr.com...

Now a build on the other end of the spectrum from the Ferrari 500F2 build. Nearly a scratch build. I still missed Michael Bleekemolen in my Dutch F1 drivers collection. He drove just a few races, and qualified just in one. On the Internet I ran across a kit in rather bad condition. It looked like a ...

Here the last pictures of this build. A vieuw from above without the chair. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50621018012_1ce77fbafb_z.jpg https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50621018042_3f6b4c1b23_b.jpg And the last pictures of the final results. https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50620171848_40...