Started to build the engine and its taken me alot longer then planed so far. The engine halves, oil pan, front, water pump and heads have all been glued together as these parts will be all painted Chev Orange tomorrow. Most parts fitted well apart from a small amount of sanding in places to fit. Heads were the worse as they did not sit down nicely and needed to be sanded on a nice flat surface to get them to sit correctly.
Belt assembly, fan, fan clutch and alternator have been test fitted before painting and yet to be glued.
Manifold well be painted in silver leaf.
Spent most of the time on the carburetors. They needed a good file/sand to remove seem lines before getting a light spray of chrome and a blackwash.
Engine will now be taken apart to be painted and all the detail painting done alone with adding the valve covers, plug wires and exhausts.
So far very happy with the kit. Needing allot more time then I thought to get bits to fit nicely but the detail/end result is good with a bit of time spent on it.
More pics to come later when it is painted etc
