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Lovely progress Tony, she's coming along beautifully....  Regards Alan
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Alan Many thanks. It certainly is a lovely model. The detail is incredible even down to be able to read the switch labels on the console. Like many models i was so up for this one first time it came out but funds were not available at that time so really pleased when they relaunched it. So far its all going together so well i would highly recommend this kit to anyone thinking of building a large scale car kit. I will have to start thinking about how i will end up dispjaying all of these as i have 3 more editions before the porsche is complete, a fair way to go on the jaguar and same with the harley fat boy. As to the EAGLEMOSS Aston i won't even mention that (whoops i just did). I saw some cases on ebay but they are ok for a single kit at around £120 but not ideal for a range of models (ie will cost a fortune). Never been to an ikea store but they do a glass display cabinet for around the same price as one ebay car case but not sure about the shelf weights. Tony Happy Modelling
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I'm sure you have the necessary skills to make your own display cases, should be able to find a number of vids on the tube to help you along. Local carpenter would also be able to knock something up and probably at a good rate too....
Regards
Alan
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A great build so far. I bet you're having fun.
I'm now on my 3rd build of this one as custom builds.
There's just SOOOO much you can do with it.
A really great kit.
Keep it coming.
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Hi Tony coming along well,I agree it's a great looking car .cheers mick.  Builds hms victory, suzuki gsx 1300 R hayabusa, honda C B 750, lamborghini countach L P 500 S, tamiya 1/16 rc full option tiger 1 tank,
built, Mclaren M P 4 - 23. Occre london tram,
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Its coming along nicely Tony  For me this car kit has to be the best I have built to date. Al
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PACK 8 - LAMBORGHINI COUNTACH LP 500S – 08th SEPTEMBER 2019 My Pack 8 arrived yesterday. This time it’s a 3-section set of parts. CATCH UP FROM PREVIOUS MONTHSStill outstanding is the “varnishing” of the car seats. Need to get these sorted as it is soon, we fit the seat belts to these. I am still in 2 minds as looking at both seats they look fine to me and not sure spraying a load of satin varnish over them will make very much difference. Need to decide fairly soon as we het the first set of seat belts in this pack although they are not used at this stage. STAGE 25 – THE FRONT COMPARTMENT 2PICTURE 1The parts included this time are Upper Cage Brake Servo Brake Master Cylinder Spare Wheel Belts x 2 A/C Dehumidifier hose A/C Condenser Hose Brake Fluid Reservoir Screws PICTURES 2 & 3We take the front compartment assemble from an earlier stage and lift out the spare wheel. Also needed are the 2 x Belt Stopper Brackets that came in the last section. PICTURES 4, 5, 6 & 7
We feed the metal tab from the spare wheel straps through the slots in the front compartment base. You need to angle these in the get them through. The hole in each metal tab is placed over the pin as can be seen in Picture 4. These metal tabs are then retained in place using the Belt stopper brackets (Picture 5 & 6) Picture 7 shows how the straps look once in place. PICTURES 8 & 9We now take the supplied A/C Condenser hose and the A/C Dehumidifier hose and using tweezers press fit these into place in the front compartment. PICTURE 10And this is how things look once the 2 hoses are in place. birdaj2 attached the following image(s): Happy Modelling
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STAGE 26 – THE FRONT COMPARTMENT 3PICTURE 11The parts included this time are: Windscreen Washer Tank Battery Clutch Fluid Reservoir Battery Cable + Battery Cable – Heater Blower Heater Hose Horn Screws PICTURES 12 & 13We take the brake servo from the previous stage and ensuring it’s the correct way around (a large and a small pin ensure this cannot be confused) and then press fit this into the bulkhead in the from compartment. We can see this part in place in Picture 13 indicated by the arrow. PICTURES 14 & 15The next part to fit in place is the Brake Master Cylinder. This again press fits into place in the rear bulk head and the lead is fed through a hole in the bulk head. PICTURES 16 & 17We “say goodbye” to the lovely detail on the spare wheel as this will now be screwed into the front compartment PICTURE 18We now take the Brake Fluid Reservoir onto the top of the Brake Master Cylinder. This again is just a press fit and does not require glue. PICTURE 19The last part to fit is the Cage over the spare wheel. This is screwed in place and then the 2 straps fitted earlier are clipped in place. birdaj2 attached the following image(s): Happy Modelling
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STAGE 27 – THE FRONT COMPARTMENT 4PICTURE 20In this stage we get the following parts: Battery Box and Cover Seat Belt Seat Belt Decals (2 are spare) Ashtray Gearstick Gearstick Base As none of these parts are required at this stage, I have not opened them to ensure nothing gets lost while in storage. PICTURE 21 & 22From the previous stage we take the battery and fit this to the rear bulkhead securing it from behind using 2 x M2.3 x 5mm washer screws. PICTURE 23 & 24We now take the Windscreen Washer Tank and while the instructions ask you to shape the hose on mine it never retained the shape it is supposed to take on so need to do that again and apply some gentle hairdryer heat to set in to the required shape. You could also remove the hose an insert a small diameter piece of wire into the hose as this would allow the shape to be retained. Picture 24 shows this part in place with its hose running out through a hold in the rear bulk head. PICTURES 25 & 26We now press fit together the Heater Blower and Heater Hose. This is put into place and secured in position with a M2.3 x 5mm washer screw. Picture 26 shows the Front Compartment with the battery leads, Horn (Red part) and hear parts in place. Its all looking very busy and very nicely detailed. All that remains to do is put the front compartment back in its bag and store it away until its called for in some future stage. So, until the next shipment that completes Pack 8. birdaj2 attached the following image(s): Happy Modelling
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Looking really great so far.
There are a good few options and ways to upgrade this model.
I built it for a contact last year and really enjoyed it.
I'd love to build one for myself at some point.
Keep it coming. lovely work.
Roy.
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Making lovely progress Tony, all looking good.... Regards Alan
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Normal service will resume shortly.  The last 2 packs are similar in the build tasks required. As those tasks involve gloss coating suspension parks and working on 2 sets of seat belts I decided to hold off until both packs arrived so that I could work on these as a one off. Hopefully may get some more of this completed in the next week. Tony Happy Modelling
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