The gluing of the chassis rails to the engine was not without challenges but hopefully it is all straight enough at this point.
Got the front and rear axles installed along with the engine and gearbox. Some repairs to the paint became necessary along the way. The main issue, with a kit this big, is ensuring equal paint across all the various bits; as it is some are darker due to more red primer and/or less TS-8.
Friction shocks were a nuisance and won't be visible once it's all together.
I verified that the hood would open on its pins made of 0.50 mm wire. A challenge but it worked out.
The dashboard uses a peel-off sticker to mimic the engine-turned original. with poor results in my view. I dulled it all with some grey panel line paint from Tamiya. The two largest gauges, however, involve a decal and an actual pointer mounted on a rivet, very neat if time consuming.
The body is now glued into place after a fair bit of work with the Dremel to get it to sit on the frame properly. (This explains any dust you can see in the photos). As it is there are some gaps that will need to be filled with panel line paint. Also the fuel filler cap had to be moved as the hole in the tank didn't line up with the body; it is likely that the tank (which gave me a bit of a fight) is mounted too far forward.
It's not over yet! Lots of bits still to be attached, and then there are the 48-spoke wheels, of which the best I can say is they aren't 72-spoke wheels as with the 156. Stay tuned!
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