Hey there!
A brief re-introduction: I did some scale modelling back in '02 when I was around 12-13 years old. I lost interest back then mainly due to not really being able to afford the hobby as poor school boy with no income. Now that I'm a grown up with a steady job, things are a bit different.
I decided to get back into modelling some time ago, but this time mainly in a smaller scale - meaning 1/43 of course. I feel this size offers more interesting subjects for me, as my main interest is european touring cars from the 70ies until the early 90ies.
So, seeing how I drive a BMW E36 in real life, I just had to snatch these up when I found them for 19€/each. Price-wise, perfect deal for someone starting out in 1/43, imho.
They are made by Gamma Models from Italia. Maybe not the ideal kit for someone to get back into things, but I'll make it work.
I chose at random which of the three I'd build first - my choice fell upon the Kattus sponsored car driven by Altfried Heger in '94.
As I'm just getting back into things, progress will be relatively slow.
Unboxed, I included 0.05€ for size reference:
The individual pieces look pretty good. There's some flaws on the body but the overall shape is quite good actually. There's a bunch of photoetch parts provided for the wheel inserts, wipers, door handles and other minor details like that.
Started removing the flash:
Test fit with the interior now that I could see how the parts line up:
Here you can see one of the defects in the resin casting... there's a piece of the front bumper missing. I'll have to remedy this.
Lastly, I cut off the dashboard from the piece of sprue, removed the flash and stuck it in for a test fit... fits pretty good.
That's it for now. Not much, I know, but I'll be taking all the time I need to not mess this up too bad.