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Old 03-24-2005, 11:40 AM   #7
Eric Cole
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Re: Tamiya Porsche 956 Rothmans - Rare kit?

Be careful with the new releases or re-releases of the Cannon (I think) and Shell/Dunlop (I know) 956's and 962's. When Tamiya molded these they molded the clear parts to the white parts. In other words the body, headlight lenses and windows are all one piece, not a body with separate clear pieces to be attached. I recently built the shell/dunlop car and since the clear headlight covers are molded to the white body you will always be able to see the mold line where the white and clear come together because there's no way to get paint between them unless you're willing to saw/cut the clear away then prep/paint the body as normal. If you go this route you'll have to have replacement headlight covers.

Now I have a nicely painted shell/dunlop car in the yellow/red paint scheme with an in-accurate white ring between the headlight cover and body of the car.
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