To anyone who has built Tamiya Porsche GT3...

[Cold_Fire]

Hi,

Please anyone who has built the GT3: Did you glue and prepare the full bodywork without setting headlights and their clear parts in its place? Is there any problem setting them once the bodywork is complete?

Regards

[BWheel]

From what I recall, the body is quite tight going over the chassis if you put the bumpers on first.

There's no issue with installing the clear parts afterwards. You'd probably get a better fit doing it this way actually.

[Vric]

I glue the bumpers and other parts on it before painting. Only the wing will be a problem to paint if you glue it to the body directly. Assemble it, but paint apart this one.

[Martbee]

Originally Posted by Cold_Fire

Hi,

Please anyone who has built the GT3: Did you glue and prepare the full bodywork without setting headlights and their clear parts in its place? Is there any problem setting them once the bodywork is complete?

Regards

I did have troubles on the Boxter but the GT3 was ok. I have another one on the shell not painted (but body parts glued) and I certainly hope everything will be ok cuz I had a bad time with those lights. By the way... the 996 from Italeri isn't better (except maybe for the muffler parts)... the lights are a mess to deal with.

[ZoomZoomMX-5]

I always tape the bumpers etc. loosely into place and paint them at the same time but glue in the proper assembly sequence. I don't want to have to break anything apart during final assembly because the chassis or lamps or something won't fit ...been there, done that, got paint and glue on the T-shirt

I had no trouble at all fitting the headlights to any of my Tamiya Carreras, or GT3's after the bumper was installed. The hardest item to glue is the damned half-lense inside the headlight assembly. The headlight covers fit well. Make sure to paint the inner edges of the covers a bright silver/chrome to most closely approximate the look on the outside. Black isn't correct, and leaving them as-is will make the areas underneath look a bit sunken in and may also show where you glued them.

[Cold_Fire]

Thanks guys

[mikemechanic]

Originally Posted by ZoomZoomMX-5

The hardest item to glue is the damned half-lense inside the headlight assembly.

Yup, after about 2 hours I got them both in and then realized they were crooked.