Kevthemodeller wrote: ↑Fri Mar 07, 2025 5:02 pm
Meng are like most things Chinese, they look good but don't bare scrutiny. Those bloody screws and mould lines just ruin what could be very nice kits.
I'm sure you'll over come them, some lovely detail up work and mods
Most things Chinese - yep.
I wont be rushing out to buy another Meng kit, which is a pity because they have a nice selection of larger scale vehicles. Their stuff just isnt up to even 50 year old Tamiya kits.
However this will be a nice model once the mods are done because some parts of the kit they did do very will with.
But another screw up was the colour of the carbon fiber decals - they have some printed very yellow. The actual car has all black cf according to my reading of people who say they have seen it in person, but some photos show it fairly yellowish under different lighting conditions. I think the research was based on a photo of the yellow image, and not of a. comprehensive viewing of the car.
So I sprayed a bit of clear black over the yellow to tone it down which looks more like the yellowish images online.
There is something strange about the yellow colour, and Meng just went too yellow, so overall Im happy with the dark yellow green tint on the oversprayed decal.
work on the monocoque: paint some thin glue on then press the mesh into it to imprint texture - holes drilled where the bumps of rivets were - i will use some thin wire to make the rivets.
The real car vs the overspray - unfortunately I didnt get a pic of the unsprayed yellow decal.
The Marlboro sticker is a bit big, but these are tricky to find online, and looks all right.
Some pics showing the areas where the screws were removed and the brake lines and fitting I added. Meng provides no brake lines, but the do give you a lot of other wiring and tubing for the electrical systems.
And finally some shots of the drivers tub. I made the shift knob by turning a bit of aluminium wire on a dremel. Added a bit of detail here and there.
