Italeri Alfa Romeo 179

The guide from Modelersite is so much more useful than the actual build instructions. 

Build instructions don’t even have all the colours noted. You make a lot of assumptions. 

Nice box! 

Time to get into it! 

Instantly I’m finding this will be a tough kit to build to a high standard. Well, with my skill level it’s going to be a tough kit to build to a high standard.

The moulded in place details will be a challenge to paint around. 

There’s also a lot of moulding seams and flash to deal with. 

Inside the tub it’s got rough areas and a whole bunch of ugly detail. 

 

Tiny parts where the moulding flash is almost large than the part! 

Test fitting the two halves of the chassis. 

Fitting up the mounting points for the suspension. Then I’ll prep the exterior, and finally 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

So close!