After this, the suspension components were fitted. The location, and angles of these is a but vauge. For example, the rear trailing arms don't stick straight back, but splay out a little. Glue, let it go tacky and then try to position them in the right place worked here. The shock absorbers need to go in at the same time - a three handed job really, but I managed.
At the front, the steering arms are just as bad. All hanging in mid-air until you get glue on them. Not sure how you'd sure this, although more accurate holes in harder plastic would help perhaps.
The engine assebled OK, but exactly where it fits in the chassis is a little mystery. It sort of sits between the middle cross member, and the front one. Except that if you do this, the fan and the front crossmemeber try to be in the same place at once. I bent the fan to clear, but the results aren't pretty. Fortunatly, they will be hidden.
There are, at least lot of reference photos of the chassis out there.
ReplyDeleteI built the original model many years ago, from a shop whose owner's son actually used to give me lifts in his Bond Bug.
I've been very tempted by this re-release
I don't remember the plastic being soft at the time, but I do remember it being hard to paint when kids only had brushes.
I've a few reference photos taken at shows, but this isn't an issue. A modern kit would, I suspect, have more positive locations for the cross-pieces. It's all a bit floppy to start with, and if you rush it, would go horribly wrong.
ReplyDeletePhil - try building an East European 1/72 'short run' kit, soft yet brittle(!) plastic and a lack of positive location seem to be par the course.
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