1967 BRE Hino Samurai

This is a Q-Model kit. Mostly (soft) resin with some white metal parts (high tin content too, which makes it crisper and harder than average, a good thing).
The body was cast pretty well, but it still needed a few hours of clean up. Here it is after the first coat of primer was used as a guide coat to smooth out most of the body. Still more to address and the rear wing needs to be added and blended in.
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The interior base is one chunk of resin that includes “the engine” and chassis. Lots of mold release on this part, it repeatedly shed the primer even after multiple washes and scrubbings prior to working on it and after cleaning it up. Oven cleaner finally seemed to do the trick and I was able to get a solid coat of primer and black paint to stick, (at least for now…)
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Looks great very cool. I would kill for one of these.

The wheels are nicely rendered in white metal, but the tires had gone south and disintegrated. Fortunately I was provided with a set of “grown” resin tires to replace them. The rear tires in the top of the frame are still “in the raw”.
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Here it is with the wing installed and the base primer for the bright red-orange paint.
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Once I got the base black paint to stick to the resin, I hand painted the frame, interior and engine details.
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I love this build. You're doing a good job making it look more detailed than it is. These old Q-Model kits are very simple. I NEED to find one of these to complete my Brock collection.
Trevor

Good luck finding one. A friend and I have been looking online, now we are kicking ourselves for not re-popping it before building it. There is an Ebbro 1/43rd version.

Here is the completed chassis/interior/engine.
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Wheels & tires are done…
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The body has color, mixed to match the kit provided paint chip from old Testors enamels.
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Is that tomato or tomoto soup red????:biggrin::biggrin::biggrin:

Looks great SM, waiting for the next update!!:smile:

If I find one I'll be making copies.

The headlights and headlight covers have been installed and the decals have been applied… Groovy…
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Clear coat is on, time to let it sit for a while… Looks like the blended repair is acceptable, but not perfect. Still better than stripping/repainting and creating new decals.
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