I decided to go ahead with the club's 'suggestion' to build something from the automotive world. My subject of choice is a 1964 Porsche 904 (Carrera GTS) in 1/25th scale by Monogram.
As most of you guys have seen last wednesday, the quality of the kit is lacking in some aspects such as ill-fitting body panels, dents and a scrached wind shield. Despite of all these issues I went ahead yesterday and started assembly of the engine and chassis. I'll try and post some pics later.
What I'm starting to realise is that the kit has a lot of detail which will become hidden once assembled and I'm toying with the idea of not cementing the body to the chassis such that it can be removed to expose the detail.
Another decision I have to make is whether or not to keep the kit's racing theme or build the road going version. I still need to do some research to see what differences there are between the race and road versions as well as the original road-going colours. What I'm sure about is that there will be no swastika decals on this model (still it's roots lie in Nazi Germany)
I'll keep you posted on the progress.
As most of you guys have seen last wednesday, the quality of the kit is lacking in some aspects such as ill-fitting body panels, dents and a scrached wind shield. Despite of all these issues I went ahead yesterday and started assembly of the engine and chassis. I'll try and post some pics later.
What I'm starting to realise is that the kit has a lot of detail which will become hidden once assembled and I'm toying with the idea of not cementing the body to the chassis such that it can be removed to expose the detail.
Another decision I have to make is whether or not to keep the kit's racing theme or build the road going version. I still need to do some research to see what differences there are between the race and road versions as well as the original road-going colours. What I'm sure about is that there will be no swastika decals on this model (still it's roots lie in Nazi Germany)
I'll keep you posted on the progress.