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Old 10-02-2007, 10:06 PM   #1
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Studio 27 Peugeot 908 LM 2007 Preview

Just got the newest Studio 27 kit of the Diesel powered Peugeot 908 that ran at Le Mans this year. I think that this is the fastest that I've ever seen a kit go from track to model - less than 4 months!

Excuse the photo background. My 4 year-old expropriated my table and made it into a fort. It's now covered in beach towels.

Anyway, on to the important stuff.

Overall contents of the kit:

Most everything up to Studio 27's usual standards.

The body and chassis plate. S27's usual hard grey resin, but it seems to be much smoother than some of the other kits I've got from them (e.g., F40 & Viper):


Body and chassis plate separated. The plate is a very thin casting, yet dead flat:


One disapointment: The wheels are cast white metal. In prior kits they've done machined aluminum that were much more crisp. These aren't bad by any means, I just know that they've done better.


Brakes and calipers cast as one part. Over all, white metal parts are well-cast:


Small sheet of PE. I wish that they had included one of their cloth and PE seatbelt sets instead of the PE belts. Otherwise, good:


Front wheel pods are distinct pieces. Very well cast with fine vent and inlet details cast in:


Head on, with pods set in place. A small casting block on the bottom of each pod keeps it from sitting true. These, BTW, appear to be the only casting blocks on any of the parts.


Decals. On the back set there's a note saying something to the effect of 'bonus for early production'. I've not opened the decals to see if there's any difference between the two sheets, but one is covered in wax paper and one is not. Always good to have spares.


I've got a couple of other projects that I need to finish up before starting on this, but I'm pretty excited about it. I might actually have a kit finished sometime in the year that the actual 1:1 car debuted!
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