A lot of sanding is required. The edge of the kit are a bit rough and some “flash” is even present. Dry test fitting is required since door panels aren’t 100% perfect fit. I personally filled the gap with putty and redid the panel line on the top of the door.
PhotoEtched disk are nicely done. Danding is required to remove the basic detail of the Fujimi brake, then PE parts are added. I used Alclad Steel and Pale Burn Metal.
Not really a “must do now”, but I wanted to do the air intake now. Plastic mesh must be removed from the Fujimi fart then PE grill added. An easy job if you have a pine vice and a sharp blade.
The whole chasis is carbon on the MP4-12C, but since only very few is shown once the kit is done, I only did the rear part.
The rim on the real car have more of a gold-ish color, which is quite hard to replicate. I did them with a mix of GunMetal and Burn Iron. It’s still not a perfect fit, but it’s close enough.
Body is ready for painting. Primer is done and few other parts (not shown here) are primed also and ready for paint.
More soon