Tamiya 962C

[mulsannemike]

I sort of already know the answer, but wanted to put this out to the forum to see if there was something I hadn't thought of. I'm looking to livrey this kit as the Texaco 962C that raced at Daytona in 1990. This car was all black with prominent Texaco decals. Now the issue is, what do I do about the fact all the glass is molded in and you will be able to see (in this case) white base body color showing through where the glass edge is? Any ideas?

[DasWiesel]

If you haven´t bought the Tamiya-kit already, take the Hasegawa instead.
It has separate Clear parts.
RoG has recently reboxed this one. You can take a look at the parts here:

http://www.modellversium.de/kit/arti...&origin=sparte

[mulsannemike]

Originally Posted by DasWiesel

If you haven´t bought the Tamiya-kit already, take the Hasegawa instead.
It has separate Clear parts.
RoG has recently reboxed this one. You can take a look at the parts here:

http://www.modellversium.de/kit/arti...&origin=sparte

The Hasegawa kit is so dimensionally incorrect you can visually see that the side windows are too small. Don't get me wrong, the Tamiya kit isn't 100% either (and the molded-in windows--what a pain!), but you can look at the Hasegawa kit and see the window proportions are wrong and that bugs me. I sold all my Hasegawa kits when I noticed that. I'm usually not that anal, but that detail bugged the hell out of me.

[jaykay640]

Hey Mike

One way to get rid of the window problem is to cut them out and replace them with vacformed ones. The Hiro glasses should fit and i guess the M&S Hobbies ones should do as well. I will use Hiros ( already got some ). Possibly even the Tamiya 956 glass pieces should fit. I haven't checked that but the greenhouse didn't change between the 956 and the 962, right?

[ScaleCentral]

The only thing that changed from the 956 to the 962 was the addition of 6 inches in front of the doors and behind the wheels. The greenhouse, doors, etc stayed the same. If you look closely where the side marker light is, you'll notice the skinny ones are 956's and wide ones are 962's. The rules in the US required the front axle line be in front of the driver. This disqualified the 956 outright. The supension arms were modified and a new nose was made.

Now as far as the kit goes... the 956 and 962 do not share the exact same size doors. The greenhouse is close so if you wanted you could cut the entire greenhouse from a 956 and adapt it to the 962. This would require some major work. I'm sure if someone out there offered a redone 962 front end for the Tamiya kit, they would sell a bunch.
Nic

Originally Posted by jaykay640

Hey Mike

One way to get rid of the window problem is to cut them out and replace them with vacformed ones. The Hiro glasses should fit and i guess the M&S Hobbies ones should do as well. I will use Hiros ( already got some ). Possibly even the Tamiya 956 glass pieces should fit. I haven't checked that but the greenhouse didn't change between the 956 and the 962, right?

[mulsannemike]

Originally Posted by ScaleCentral

The only thing that changed from the 956 to the 962 was the addition of 6 inches in front of the doors and behind the wheels. The greenhouse, doors, etc stayed the same. If you look closely where the side marker light is, you'll notice the skinny ones are 956's and wide ones are 962's. The rules in the US required the front axle line be in front of the driver. This disqualified the 956 outright. The supension arms were modified and a new nose was made.

Now as far as the kit goes... the 956 and 962 do not share the exact same size doors. The greenhouse is close so if you wanted you could cut the entire greenhouse from a 956 and adapt it to the 962. This would require some major work. I'm sure if someone out there offered a redone 962 front end for the Tamiya kit, they would sell a bunch.
Nic

Yes, that would be a bit over the top I tink, mon...I'm just not motivated to do that, guess I'll live with it the way it is. What a shame for Tamiya. All these years later and we're still no close to an affordable 962 that doesn't have vices. With all the 962 chassis built, there are so many different variations that could be modeled. As deplorable as the Tamiya kit is, I have like 6 in my stash. Plus 2 M&S Hobbies and 1 MFH. I would think there is money in it for someone who does a update on the 962 kit that's affordable.

[ScaleCentral]

Originally Posted by mulsannemike

Yes, that would be a bit over the top I tink, mon...I'm just not motivated to do that, guess I'll live with it the way it is. What a shame for Tamiya. All these years later and we're still no close to an affordable 962 that doesn't have vices. With all the 962 chassis built, there are so many different variations that could be modeled. As deplorable as the Tamiya kit is, I have like 6 in my stash. Plus 2 M&S Hobbies and 1 MFH. I would think there is money in it for someone who does a update on the 962 kit that's affordable.

I have several of the Studio 27 transkits, one old resin one from German, two MS Hobbies, and two MFH kits along with several Tamiya kits. There is no easy cheap solution. For those that can live with the windshield, you have two options. You can get a set of 962 doors (I think Perry's Resin and someone else had them) or cut the inlet area on both sides and bend it down. That is doable. I have seen it done several times. The headlights are a loss though. The LeMans versions I want to do are all S27, MFH, or something else. The IMSA versions I plan on doing are either MS Hobbies or Tamiya's with modified doors. It truly is a shame that more 962 kits aren't out there and it is a shame that no plastic kit maker has ever done a correct European version.
Nic