Michael,
Your painstaking work is going to make your FW07B look spectacular on the outside as well as on the inside.
The car has such clean lines that improving the fit of the 4 bodywork sections will make all the difference.
Also, since you’ve spent so such time (and money) on this build it would be shame to put up with MFH’s close-but-no-cigar bodywork alignment.
I’m looking forward to seeing the final fruits of all your fettling.
Phil
I keep on wondering why MFH doesn’t mold all the body shells in Resin that should avoid these all to common issues I see on just about every MFH build. I’m sure that they must be aware of this on going issue.
Close but no cigar, or as we use to say in the good old USA, close only counts in Horse Shoes.
joel
“ close only counts in horseshoes “ … and hand grenades.
It will be interesting to see the difference ( if any ) in fit between the Alfetta ( older kit ) and the Barchetta (newer kit) when I get around to building it.
The Barchetta has much more resin including the basic chassis but still uses white metal for some of the bodywork. I don’t know why - perhaps they feel that things like doors and lids are easier to bend to fit in white metal than they would be in resin … ??
@RDT1953 Thanks Richard - in one sense it is a downer but since I am on my fourth kit I am not surprised. They do require patience, whether it building a spoked wire wheel, making a chain chain or drilling hundreds of holes for bolts and rivets. So I like that challenge, sense of achievement that it is me that achieves the finish not necessarily the kit but somewhere at the back of mind there is a hope when you put the body together, you go “Hell, that fits!” 
cheers
Michael
@joel thanks Joel, I also built that Pink Pig, and yes the doors didn’t quite fit (and I spent over a week continually reshaping them but there were many complex curves to deal with) and for those who weren’t there this is what I started with
cheers
MIchael
@Phil_B Cheers Phil, it is a car worth getting right. I am not actually not looking forward to the painting. I know that is the favourite part for most but me it is the most nerve racking especially masking that split between white and green in a single line from sidepod to sidepod. Your photos are certainly a help in that.
MIchael
@joel Joel, The bulk of the bodyshell is resin these days. It is mainly metal bonnets(hoods) and doors which give it a certain heft but a fair amount of work to ensure fit.
cheers
Michael
@RDT1953 Mate, that is wishful thinking! The Williams was a 2022 production car - but it didn’t have any doors and lids!
cheers
Michael
Michael,
Your Pink Pig issues with the door was pretty bad, but you got it darn close. My friend wasn’t so lucky.
As I’ve said a dozen or so times, you guys just simply amaze me with your skills to assembly such complex models.
joel
Well just about there for getting it all finished
From this
to front and back match on all planes - it has turned out better than I thought
Now for some paint.
cheers
Michael
Richard, for me it definitely does! I enjoy the construction stages the most, and with the subject matter I’m most interested in vs kit availability, there’s no option BUT to dive in to some very dodgy kits and wrestle them into submission.
Cheers, D
@cosimodo your work here continues to impress on every level! The skill, patience and persistence in getting the fit to a point where you are happy is in my mind one of the most satisfying things. When you can sit back and take a deep breath and just enjoy looking at what you have created, there’s nothing better!
Really looking forward to the paint stage now, with it’s own new set of challenges 
Cheers, D
Michael,
I wish we had some kind of award other then just a verbal Kudos for a job not well done, but done to the highest degree possible from what I just saw in your set of pictures. Now that’s truly amazing work. No gaps, no lips, no steps, just seams that meet and align as the designers of the FW07B intended them to.
Richard’s Zen proverb reminds me of a TV series: Kung Fu, as this would have surely been one of the questions that the Master asked the “Grasshopper”. Without a doubt you’ve also answered this question in the most positive way possible that a student of auto modeling Zen could have done.
And as D said, it certainly does. Same for me as other then painting and decaling (the more complex the scheme, the greater reward), solving problems in fit, accuracy, and scale are truly the most rewarding.
Now use that newly found Zen philosophy to paint to perfection the top body panels. We all have complete confidence that you surely will.
joel
Michael,
That’s a spectacular improvement. They are not small components but you’ve got them beautifully aligned.
Now you’re all set for those working Dzus quarter-turn fasteners you know you want to make!
Phil.
Phil,
But of course the kit comes with those fasteners all ready to go.
joel
@AussieReg I am with you Damian, much prefer the build to the cosmetics. The joy of winning the against the build is more satisfying than the ease of straightforward construction - bit climbing a mountain vs. walking up a hill.
cheers
Michael
@Joel - the point that stresses me most - the paint and clearcoat stage - so easy to get wrong, very hard to fix, but we should know in a week or so!
cheers
Michael
@Phil_B Thanks Phil. The fasteners are all there, and a key part of the build since they hold all the body parts in place. If I have it right there are 12 in total - that’s what’s in the box anyway.
cheers
Michael
Michael & Joel,
The fasteners are indeed there but I was jokingly suggesting you make them spring-loaded like the real thing with the coiled wire fixed to the back of the “receiving” panel.
Phil
Thanks Phil, maybe on the next one!
