Italari 1/12 Alfa Romeo Monza 8c

Automotive Cars
#41

I will correct that in the future mate.
Thanks for the kind comments.

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#42

Hi all Iā€™m really enjoying this kit, fit is great, no flash at all( Iā€™ve seen some bad reviews of this kit, all I can say is they havenā€™t built it or are not modelers)

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#43

More done to the Alfa, the underneath is finished so on to the top ( those nuts are 1.4mm the hole I drilled in them is 0.3mm) the drilling was easy threading that wire through the hole was another story.

Iā€™m kind of wishing I hadnā€™t started it, on the other hand it does make quite a difference to the overall look.

The exhaust is not fixed I just wanted to see how it looked.

The radiator to bulkhead brace I made out of copper wire the thing supplied in the kit is so flimsy (the only bad bit in the whole kit.

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#44

Ken,
Excellent progress for sure. All those added details really do make quite a difference.

As for those not so flattering reviews, my guess is that itā€™s guys judging the kit as an OOB build, and it really needs more detailing to bring it up to standards of what weā€™ve come to expect based on the standard Tamiya offerings.

joel

#45

Hi all first disappointing bit of the kit so far, spent 2 hrs trying to get the bonnet to fit, still not happy with it not sure what to do next to improve fit.

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#46

Hi all well its as good as Iā€™m going to get it.

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#47

Very nice Ken - hood (bonnet) looks much better.

#48

Ken,
The Bonnet looks pretty good to me too.

joel

#49

Hi all more progress

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#50

Ken,
Sheā€™s really coming together now.

joel

#51

Started some weathering (donā€™t want it to look showroom condition) I also donā€™t want it to look like an old jalopy. Looking at the pics looks like the rear hinge has broken free (again)

#52

Looking good Ken. Looks like you nailed the hood fit issue.

#53

Ken,
Less is more when it comes to weathering of a well maintained classic car. Looks good so far.

joel

#54

Hi all hopefully this will be finished tomorrow.

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#55

Ken,
Looking forward to your final pictures as the Monza 8c looks outstanding to say the least.

joel

#56

Hi all well its done.


Iā€™ll post better pics in daylight.

Now this is finished( and after Iā€™ve done the cobra)

Iā€™ve promised myself Iā€™m going to finish some of my stalled builds.

Probably not of interest to you car guys but this is one.

And some of these.

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#57

Nice Ken - glad you got it done .

#58

Ken,
Looks great with just the right amount of weathering.

Looking forward to your finishing your rather large looking list of models. Iā€™d be interested in seeing how the ship turns out.

joel

#59

Thatā€™s a great finish Ken! I really like ā€œthis car is used lookā€.
I have always been a bit leery of the large scale Italeri kits but you have shown whatā€™s possible.

cheers
Michael

#60

Congrats Ken, on a job well done. Good to see some subtle weathering.