Another one done! And the flaws are obvious to me, but all told it's pretty good.
The biggest issue is the grille, which depends on the flimsiest piece of photo-etch I have ever seen. It is not glued in; I can remove it and replace with another piece of mesh should something suitable come up.
Lining up of all the panels is a bit off as well, traceable to the sloppy fit between the engine block and the two frame rails. A better jig would have been a good idea.
Lovely comparison with the Ferrari 156, also with a Jano-designed motor. It's worth pointing out that both are painted with Tamiya TS-8, Italian Red; but the Alfa benefited from Tamiya's dark red primer versus the white primer for the Ferrari. In both cases metal pieces also benefitted from Tamiya's metal etch primer, which is clear.
Six week's intense focus here, with no other parallel builds to complicate things; there are a number of projects to come. I have a couple of Italeri 1/12 kits (Fiat 806, Alfa 8C 2300 Monza), and a Tamiya 1/12 kit of the Honda RA 300, but I think I'm going back to projects of more reasonable size.
So stay tuned!
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