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First update...

Engine. The main transmission whilst being well detailed is lacking the bolt heads which are very prominent in some place which join the various sections of the trans and engine block. I used RB Motion brass bolts in various sizes for these. For paint I primed the whole unit in grey and then gave a couple of washes of a very dark grey/brown colour. Once this was dry I gave it a dry brushing with Matt Aluminium. The 1:1 unit does not have any gloss to it and is a very matt plain finish, whilst I wanted this to look realistic, it did need the extra shadow/highlights adding just to bring it life.





I also added a hose that sits on the right side of the heads and added the grilled square base that sits under the oil filter. This was actually a spare from the etch box which used to be a brake pedal.



Started detailing the starter motor unit, there's still more to add here...



I decided that the exhaust support frame ont he back of the trans is way too thick, I removed this and replaced with some think metal wire. I also added another hose to the rear of the unit.





Finally, I have also added the gear linkage which runs all the way down the lower left side of the engine...







a couple of refence photos I found show the very matt looking trans...





thanks for following, more to come soon