Just a small update...
The kit's white metal parts that make up the chassis and monocoque has small divots that are supposed to represent rivets. I wanted to add rivets but after researching the small scale rivets that are available I decided to make my own. The reason I decided to make my own is 1) cost of after market rivets and by a rough count it's around 1300 rivets that would be needed, and 2) the ones I found that I could buy in (somewhat bulk) were stainless steel. I didn't want the expense and I didn't want to have to cut stainless steel rivets to length.
So, I "made" rivets using .4mm soldering wire.
First, I started by cutting the wire into small pieces at a length that made it easy to work with.
Next, I drilled all the molded divots a little deeper the allow the wire (rivet) to sit deeper into the part.
Using needle point tweezers I picked up each cut piece of solder and dipped one end in superglue.
I placed each rivet (piece of solder) in the hole and allowed to dry.
Once dry and set in place I used and sanding stick and sanded them all down to an even and consistent level.
And the final result after primer...
May not be perfect but it represents a rivet more than not having them at all and the soft solder is really easy to cut and work with.