Here's the 512BBLM. There have been several different kits made of the 512 over the year. This by far seems to be the most involved. I would even venture to say that this kit has the most parts of any MFH kit. I have heard some complaints about some of the height of the rear supports, but since I have not built mine yet, I cannot comment. I would say though that it is a welcome addition as I have been a Bob Wollek fan for quite a while. As you have probably guessed, I got the Daytone 24 Hour Budweiser version of Wolleks.
There are three frets of PE. Most items are interior panels, window trim, screens, and brakes. There are several stencils. The first two frets are in all of the 512 kits. The last one is only in the later kits as they changed some things and also these have items for the American spec racer.
The usual turned items... shocks, exhaust ends, headlight bezels, rivets, etc.
The body is made up of several resin and white metal pieces. The center section and bottom front are resin. This is the latter type of resin found in their kits, but it is very crisp. It seems they have mastered this skill. The parts are very rigid and have crisp detail. The front and rear "hoods" are white metal. This does raise some concern for the rear as it is heavy. The interior base is also white metal.
The dash is a nicely detailed separate resin piece. My dash had a small bubble in one of the guages but since it is depicted by a decal, it can be easily filled and fixed. The kit also includes clear resin items for the usual taillights and fluid bottles.
There is a large bag of white metal items that range from the engine to interior bits. I cannot comment as to whether the engine is a copy of Tamiya's Testarossa engine. Can anyone out there verify this? It does appear though that everything has great locating pins/holes or locators.
Wheels are kit specific as some are five pointed stars, while others are BBS, while others have outside cooling fans. Mine has the stars. As you can see the outer rims are machined and the inside includes the star and wheel spacers for the front and rear. The tires are nice, but they seem a bit undersized. This may be just me as I don't have the actual dimensions.
I didn't get a pic of the vacuum formed pieces as I have them stored separate as I couldn't fit everything back in the box. The decals are exactly the same as Studio27's budwesier decals. There is a Pioneer set included too. There are a handful of versions including the very nice 3M cloud version. I wouldn't be surprised to see the Bubble car come next year as it wouldn't take too much of a conversion.
Again, just my
and any comments or questions are welcome.
Nic