Doesn't time fly when your working all hours and can't even think about building models... nearly 8 months since my last thread but hopefully I now have a bit more time to get back to the desk and start building again for a while, I have sorely missed it I can tell you.
So anyway, time to jump back into GT Racing and also into an Uber Full Detail build with Tamiya's F40 kit. I have done the usual and picked up far too many detail sets but as that is par for the course with me I'm not grumbling! The build will hopefully be along the same lines as my Porsche 911 & 917 builds with just as much detail.
No other reason to build this apart from the fact that I really liked the colour scheme and it has a fully detailed engine, which allows for much more detail work than the half engined efforts you get with most WRC kits nowadays.
The kit also has an opening rear hood which is perfect to show all the extra work on the engine I intend to do. The jury is out on wether to open the doors or not - I'm going to have a think and see how easy it will be.
So off we go... here's the box and detail parts...
and my references so far...
The 'World's Great Marques' and Ferrrari F40' Books are particularly excellent for reference pictures, especially of the engine bay, chassis, suspension and engine itself and have given me many visual aides to significantly increase the details on the engine.
I will of course add the usual progress pics as and when I can, oh any hints on locations of reference pics for the actual Marco Brand 'Monte Shell' car will be most appreciated.