Wow! Nearly 500 views on the film and only 2 comments - I guess that means you don't like it
Some "real" progress in that case.
First off a few words about the kit - totally awesome at first glance but decreasing to mere awesomeness upon closer acquaintance
The molding of the very complicated body is super crisp and all details are well defined and panel lines crisp, deep and virtually clear of "gunge".
Lots of PE parts on the fret, tuned aluminum wheels and lots of white metal parts (in fact there are only 3(!) resin parts
- body, floor pan and dash)
The kit is curbside and is overall very simple in parts count but none the less well detailed. MUCH more simplified than the 166MM Barchetta for example.
MFH have now produced a whole series of these DBR9s covering 2005-2007 and IMO represent very good value as entry level MFH kits.
Here's what I have done so far....
I started by addressing my biggest issue with the kit - the rear diffuser.
This is cast VERY thick and is way out of scale compared to reference pictures. I suppose that there s a good reason why MFH didn't make this a PE part but so far I can't think what it is.
To remedy this as much as I could (and felt was safe) I filed quite a lot off its thickness as you can see in the photos below.
Next was to put together the white metal roll cage. Sam suggested that soldering was the best/only sensible approach to this part and this worried me because I have never successfully soldered anything in my life. I was going to do it with CA but at the last minute Gio kicked me in the ass so I tried soldering anyway and I am pleased with the way it came out (BTW in these shots, you can see 2 of the three resin parts in the kit)
This is the little cheapo tool I used for my soldering and I have to say it did itself proud!
The 3 air jack nipples on the body were drilled out...
and replaced with a cut down hypo needle with the ends chamfered(?) with the Dremel
The exhaust pipe exit point was drilled out
and a piece of alu tube inserted (this is too narrow at the moment and I need to find some 2.3-2,5 diam tubing)
The rear grille was drilled out (p/e mesh will go over this)
as were the vents on the front hood
The resin was thinned out from below also as it is very thick and the "sides" might be visible.
I added some rivet holes to the front spoiler using the same size hole that MFH use of the suspension access panels on the fenders.
A quick mock-up to see how it's coming along..
And a sneek preview of the next stage..
Thanks for looking
