Hi guys! I'm back in the 4 wheels department after spending a long time building a few 2 wheelers.
I decided to start an entry into the 2008 modelling contest, "tobacco and liquor sponsoring" if I recall correctly, only thing is: I can't find the contest! Am I the first contender?
Anyway, here we go:
Building a model like this always demands a study of the main bodyparts. I noticed that the body consists mainly of 2 parts, an upper part and a lower part. So far so good, but Tamiya made a big mistake: the separation of the 2 halves runs through up to the very tip of the nosecone, which is totally wrong. The nosecone is one single part, that can be detached from the body to be able to work at the parts that are hidden by this nosecone (brake-oil fluid containers, battery, and so on), and the separation only starts after the nosecone.