I’ll never use the kit-supplied engine stand but I thought it is so cute, I painted it up anyway – might be useful in a diorama one day
The under-chassis has beeen painted in a non-conformist color configuration.
The kit towing hook broke when I was removing it from the sprue so I made a new one with garden wire which actually looks better IMO.
I started detailing the gas tank by shamelessly copying SLKs ideas
(although the sensor wires are based on reference photos).
When I test fitted, it was clear that the molded-in buckles on the holding straps are interfering with correct positioning of the main body.
The easiest and quickest solution I could come up with was to remove plastic from beneath the tank to allow it to sit lower.
I also changed my mind about the BMF straps and painted them satin black.
The muffler/exhaust is one kit part that looks pretty awful IMHO – it’s full of ejector and sink marks, is squashed rather than round and the end cap solution sucks big elephants’ ****
The other two drag artists in this thread will presumably be turning new ones on their lathes or but, being “lathe frei”, I had to try another approach.
Rather than put a lot of effort into cleaning up the kit part, I felt that overall it would be easier and quicker to make a replacement part using a section of aluminum rod of the same diameter the I happened to have in my workshop.
Since I don't have a lathe and the 6mm rod is too thick to chuck in my Dremel, the only way to add the ribbed effect was by adding material rather than removing it. I did this by adding strips of 0,25mm styrene sheet with CA glue
The nearly finished piece drilled out to add styrene rod and solder tubing.
And next to the orginal part. Not perfect but it will hardly be visible at the end of the day.
I will still add some small details to it though such as the clamps etc..
Thanks for looking in
