Revell 1/16 porsche 356 C Cabriolet

[Jim R]

Hi Ken
Lovely job on the engine but the warped body is going to take some sorting.
Jim

[Guest]

Did some work on the leather seats (used a bit of artistic licence, the seats the cars that I see tend to be immaculate since they have been lovingly restored) but I'm thinking this has been lovingly owned from new so the leather has some ware) ( you have to give me some Lee way as I tend to like to weather things hard)

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I do find it really hard making things new and pristine when my natural bent is to add weathering but I think this is a realistic depiction of looked after 50 yr old leather.

[Bortig the Viking]

Did I miss something, started out a Porsche then became a Citroen Avante, that body has had a bit of a rework.

[Guest]

I was just showing what I normally do with a model

[Bortig the Viking]

Aaaahh

[Guest]

More work done on the Porsche, sticking some of the ckhrome bits on (hope I can straighten the bodywork out! I think I can) quite pleased with paintwork has a nice shine to it.

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[papa 695]

Coming along very nicely Ken

[Guest]

Right well this is now going to be buried in the deepest part of my stash, I am more than a little peed off

After heroic efforts to sort the warped body (you may think this clamp is over kill but I assure you its not)
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Great all looked to be ok then I moved to sort the front out you cant get the the wheel arches under the wings (wont go high enough)

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And look how high the bonnet is

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That fitted perfectly till I started pushing the body up to get the wheel arches under the wings (imagine how high it would be if I managed to get the wheel arches under the wings) of course now (due to the use of the clamp the body is really stuck in the middel) how this hasn't been hurled across the room I dont know. More than a little peed off.

[Jim R]

To be honest Ken I'm surprised that you stuck with it as long as you did. Correcting one problem has just made others worse. Maybe you'll find a way to sort it out but you have to ask "Do I want to?"
Jim

[Bortig the Viking]

What can I say, except get a gun and shoot it.

[stillp]

Why do we modellers accept this kind of garbage?
Pete

[Guest]

An inappropriate time for jokes as I'm sure you're gutted after all the great work you've put in, but that looks like it's come from Copart!

[yak face]

What a shame ken , can’t believe this is supposed to be a recent tooling , I suspect Revell are pulling the wool over our eyes. If it IS a recent tooling then who did the test build?!!!!

[Tim Marlow]

Crikey, that’s really poor isn’t it. Have you complained to Revell, because that kit really isn’t of marketable quality.....

[Guest]

It was the locating tabs at the front which were the problem I cut both the female and Male parts off of the front 4 and its sorted the problem, the problem, with the bonnet I added some plasticard under the hinges which lowered the bonnet so it's now a flush fit.
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