Scratch building a missing MFH part...
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Instructions section 4 part No:M51 not in box...
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Offending part from another MFH B3 kit...
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I measured the part and cut a piece of aluminium rod to size, the white blob to the right is the stem of filler cap...
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Filler cap finished, receiving hole drilled...
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In position and glued in place...
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I only painted the white plastic Filler Cap, as you can see with Humbrol Metal Cote 27002 Polished Aluminium...
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Mine on the right...
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My effort is on the right...
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From another angle, mine still on the right...
Comentários
9 June 2014, 13:42
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Well done, Steve! Looks like it has been freshly cutted from the sprue!
10 June 2014, 11:28
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Thanks Christian!!!
I've put the originals in the spares box, all the B3's M51 parts are now replaced😢
11 June 2014, 11:53
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Recently a member informed the community of missing parts in his Model Factory Hiro kits, this perturbed me. I decided to check my kits!!! I found one missing part, it was Ferrari 312B3 German GP kit, item: K-247, part M51 in section 4 of instructions. I know Hiro San well enough to have asked him for a replacement, taking cost of kit into consideration, maybe I should of done. But I decided to fabricate my own. So successful was it, I replaced the ones in my other MFH B3 kits as well.
Here is how I did it: