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Flipper

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  1. Next up was one item I wanted to address from looking at other Revell 458 kits, is the ride height which in my opinion there is way to much tyre to wheel arch gap. After a bit of measuring I came up with the idea of moving the hub mounting pins, I thought about cutting them off the repositioning them, but I was worried about the rigidity. So my solution was to glue in a small piece of plasticard on the top flat section of the mounting pin. These are the rear hubs I then filed the bottom up making sure the remaining pin was the exact size as before. I used this helpful tool to make sure it all measured up. And the result maybe a bit low but far more appealing to my eye.
  2. Once I'd smoothed all the lines I gave it a coat of UMP/Badger grey primer. Next up if thought I'd do something different I haven't tried before. I'm going to add front and rear lights, just basic ones, to see how I get on, as electronics isn't exactly my forte. Here's the rear lights, but you get the drift. These will be covered by the red lens.
  3. Hi there I'm currently building this kit for my nephew. It's going to be a replica of a car he had a passenger ride in round the centre of Rome. It's going to be built up straight out the box, with some of the PE parts from the Hobby Design kit. The exterior will be painted using Zero Paints Rosso Corsa 300. The rest of it will be painted using Tamiya and Vallejo Acrylics. Anyway here goes. The kit which is ok, but the fit and finish on some parts leaves a lot to be desired. The paint bought from Hiroboy The car I'm hoping to replicate First up the full lot got a nice bath to get rid of any mould release agent Loads of mould lines, even more than highlighted here, especially a nasty one right down the middle of the roof.
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