1/12th Maserarti MC12

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Going to try the window in the morning.

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More progress today and the windshield fit. https://www.f1m.com/forum/posting.php?m ... 29&t=30820#

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Dave, beautiful work! Cannot wait to hear the owner's reaction.

I will not be in Hawaii before 2021 now, the quarantine does not lift until 8/1 and that is just too late to start a trip. But Honolulu will be one of our stops, for sure!

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Nice one Dave!, very good looking paint job.
Never heard of ABC before, very interesting kit.

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Nice. I built the much smaller brother, the 1/43 version. Nice build only the headlights were too difficult for me. Same problem as you have, flat sheet of clear plastic. I think you'll need a mould of some sorts and use heat.
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daves wrote:I have been laying off this one for a long time. With the COVID shut down, I have no excuse not to work on it. I made some great progress this week. i painted the body with Tamiya Pearl White, which is close to the real car. Used Tamiya Blue for the bottom. The masking was a challenge for my limited masking skills. Building the Williams FW14 helped in this area. The way the progress is going, I should have it done in a week or two. Looking forward to delivering it so I can take my nephew up to see my friends car collection.

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wow, was others have said, that last photo is awesome. Are you on Oahu or one of the other islands? I've lived in Honolulu for a month in August 2007 and it was just awesome. Sadly I've only managed to go around the entire island once (on the day hurricane Flossy hit - without me realizing it until later that night...) and never made it to the Big Island or the others :(. I envy you for living in paradise...
.. and also for having a friend with a real MC-12. "That aside" - great work on the Maser! Seeing that you have done a few ABC Brianza kits in the past, how would you rate this one? I don't think I've ever seen one of these being done before.
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Moskie wrote:Nice. I built the much smaller brother, the 1/43 version. Nice build only the headlights were too difficult for me. Same problem as you have, flat sheet of clear plastic. I think you'll need a mould of some sorts and use heat.
Fortunately the street version does not have headlamp covers.
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I have lived in Honolulu for over 30 years. Moved here from San Francisco. My wife was born here. It is paradise. Paul O'Farrell visited me here a few years ago.
I have only built one ABC kit previously, a 1/12th Porsche 917. This kit is much more of a challenge.
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Good work on the paint job Dave, looking nice! I like these "flat" material windows, they are a bit fiddly to attach, but they look way better then most vacuum formed parts finaly.
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That worked very well.
The owner could proud of it.
The real car and of the model too!
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