The sponsor was Jagermeister, except in Canada where it was forbidden by rules against advertising booze. The kit, which I bought at a model car meet some time ago, came with a range of aftermarket bits, including Studio 27 decals for the Canadian version of Gilles' car.
I figured the orange plastic was good enough to allow for polishing without going through the hassle of painting. Decals went on after polishing, and were a major pain. Most cracked as they came off the sheet, and while very thin decals are nice, they are also fragile. Most could be moved around to get the pieces to line up, but a couple exploded into a fog of little shreds and had to be thrown away. The left side looks OK but the right side is missing a #23 and a Goodyear decal.
So I am looking for another copy of this decal set which is discontinued.
The photoetched sheet includes hood pins and window surrounds, also flimsy, but no major issues so far. A coat of clear has locked it all in.
Turns out the kit is meant to be a slot car, and chassis detail is poor as a result. I have aftermarket BBS wheels from Scale Productions and disc brakes from Model Car Garage that will look good.
As for the engine compartment, the kit does have the 2.0 Formula 2 motor, so there is room to build this up nicely.
The exhaust system is lovely but a real pain to assemble as the four individual pipes are very loose inside the head; I had to make sleeves by putting a 1/16" drill up a 3/32" styrene tube.
Stay tuned!
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