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It is so nice to hear that a driver of such stature is a nice guy. After Gilles, Prost was my favorite. Did you happen to ask him what it felt like to lose a championship by a half freaking point? That killed me! But the '86 finale made up for it!

It's certainly different than plastic. Having to prep the metal pieces was an adventure. I used a Dremel. The big problem to me was the horrific instructions! They use blurry B&W pics instead of drawings....I'm fairly certain I put the rear wing support on backwards! The hardest thing (other tha...

The car that broke the hearts of we Alain Prost fans 25 years ago. My first mixed media build...think I might stick with plastic

Thanks! I wasn't even sure if you could use scissors! As it was, I tried a couple of different blades on my knife and some smaller scissors, but it looked horrific! The plastic one in it's place - to me - gives it a more glassy look. The way that vac looked, it looked like a cheap piece of plastic! ...

Can anyone clue me in on how to "cut out" a vacuum formed wind screen? I just had my first experience on a Studio 27 Renault RE 40 and it didn't go well - I pirated the plastic screen from a Tamiya RE 30b that thankfully fits. But I have a BT 46B and a 956B that come with those nasty thing...

Tamiyas decals have a nasty tendency to be too thin where white is concerned. Studio 27's are far superior. I have a question for the masses: do most of you put the decals on prior to finishing the enire model? I watched the video on YouTube of the Japanese fellow building an MP4/4 and was shocked t...

That looks SWEET! I thought I might share an experience I had with that kit using the stock chrome. I built mine several years ago and even with using Microsol this happened over time. Maybe I did something wrong? Suggestions for a future attempt at this kit?