cmatthewbacon Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 I haven't seen many positive write-ups of this kit -- and I'm not sure why not. It's an early 90s kit, and not up to Tamiya's latest standards, but it IS very well detailed and fits together pretty well. It needs some work to get the bonnet to close properly (and in mine there's some tin can on the underside of the bonnet lid and a strong magnet atop the firewall), but that's about it. There's a fair bit of flash to be cleaned off (sometimes on delicate parts), and a lot of the chrome parts needed stripping, cleaning up and re-doing, but nothing a sharp knife and ten minutes couldn't fix. I'd also recommend stripping the chrome off the windscreen frame, mirror and sun visor frames, gluing them together into a single sturdy assembly, and then rechroming them. I think the under bonnet and underside detailing is excellent (and taught me some new things about different types of car suspension) and, with the cockpit, it all responds very well to simple detail painting. ..and now with the hard top: If I'm honest, I'm not really happy with the hard top. I just don't have the scratching skills to do the windows and glazing justice. My advice is that if you want a hardtop version, find an issue of the kit which has one included -- and if anyone's got one that they're NOT going to use, I'd happily take it of their hands to have another go! bestest, M. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted May 6, 2014 Author Share Posted May 6, 2014 And a few with the next car Albrecht Goertz designed... The lineage that got me started on this latest "two-fer" build: bestest, M. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Work In Progress Posted May 6, 2014 Share Posted May 6, 2014 Beautiful car, beautiful model. One of the very few cars that has made a big impression on me that I've never actually seen in real life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthewbacon Posted May 7, 2014 Author Share Posted May 7, 2014 Thanks... If anyone is wondering about the registration plate -- unlike most of my models, this one has a real plate rather than a "MATT B" variant -- this model represents John Surtees' BMW 507, given to him by the team manager of Agusta as a thank you for winning his World Titles... You can see shots of the real thing here: http://www.classicandperformancecar.com/front_website/gallery.php?o=0&id=579205 bestest, M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geedubelyer Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 Lovely build Matt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HOUSTON Posted May 8, 2014 Share Posted May 8, 2014 :wow:they are STUNNINGLY GORGEOUS... don't know how I missed this.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gobs of Espresso Posted May 15, 2014 Share Posted May 15, 2014 I really love this one Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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