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Originally Posted by Baxter!
Looks spot on! Agree with you about the depth of clear coat, these cars barely have a shine compared with showroom production cars. BTW did this kit come with those fiddly generic roll cage pieces PM expect us to construct?
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The cage is as supplied, so four white metal castings that need bending into shape to be able to get the body on (and so that they actually touch each other). The only addition to the cage is the horizontal bar that the belts wrap around.
Bit of a leap now as I lost some pictures due to a laptop issue. The windows are now in, secured with Klear, as well as the rear windscreen bars. Additionally, the characteristic from radiator grills are fitted.
The main item for this update is the headlight treatment. Firstly I should add that I hate, absolutely detest, headlamp lenses.
The lenses come as a clear plastic moulding, taken straight from the body, so they have the marker lines that you need to cut to. I have painted the plastic moulding with Zero yellow candy paint, effectively a clear paint. I used it for no other reason than I had it to hand.
Here the headlight 'jewels' have been fitted.
Lense one trimmed and dry fitted. No tricks, it's just a case of file and test, file and test.
Finally both fitted and secured with Klear, which is still wet hence the effect on the lense. This will disappear once dry.
