Italari 1/12 Alfa Romeo Monza 8c

[kpisnuts]

Hi all time to start this Christmas present 

[aur0ra145]

Cool kit! We don't see very many of these in the states.

[kpisnuts]

More progress 

[kpisnuts]

Hi all more work on the engine, the pipework is supposed to be gunmetal (why? Surley it would be steel or ally) anyway I decided for a bit of interest I would do it copper.





Added some weathering to the engine.

[cor]

That looks like a nice kit. You're really knocking them out...

[BigWall]

It looks great! I think the contrast was the way to go

[Twokidsnosleep]

Loving this one

[pg265]

Hi,

Great build and lovely engine!

Pascal

[kpisnuts]

More work on the Alfa.

[kpisnuts]

More work on this.

[Tomcat64]

Beautiful work on the engine & chassis

[kpisnuts]

Hi all rear dampers done WAPITA

Pleased they're done but they took ages.

[kpisnuts]

Hi all there are upgrade kits for the wheels of this kit but I honestly can see nothing wrong with the kit ones, they don't even need cleaning no flash of anything.

[kpisnuts]

Tried some of the body panels on.

[Twokidsnosleep]

She’s a lovely old beastie
Gorgeous work, love the body panels on

[RangerNeil]

A simply beautiful beast!! Car designs were so much more pleasing to the eye before they discovered wind tunnels....

[kpisnuts]

More trials of the body fit (I really love this kit)

[cor]

Looking very nice. Cable management is always fun.

[Twokidsnosleep]

Really good

[Tomcat64]

That really is starting to take shape now - lovely work

[kpisnuts]

More done to the Alfa added detail to the firewall (put the rubber strip round where the bonnet goes and some wires) added (or as much as I can see) the throttle linkage (not sure where to route the throttle linkage) all the pics I can find finish where it is now, obviously it must end up at the peddle but no idea how it goes from where it is now to the peddle.

Loving the detail on the grill (this from a man that hates PE

[Twokidsnosleep]

Fantastic

[kpisnuts]

OK so I've added locknut detail to the radiator cowling  ( loads more of that to add ) added the advance/ retard mechanism and the low tension leads to the coil and to the distributor (still to make the condenser)

[kpisnuts]

Hi all did more work on the engine and the cockpit




And more work underneath.

[kpisnuts]

Hi all I'm really enjoying this kit, fit is great, no flash at all( I've seen some bad reviews of this kit, all I can say is they haven't built it or are not modelers)

[kpisnuts]

More done to the Alfa, the underneath is finished so on to the top ( those nuts are 1.4mm the hole I drilled in them is 0.3mm) the drilling was easy threading that wire through the hole was another story. 

I'm kind of wishing I hadn't started it, on the other hand it does make quite a difference to the overall look.

The exhaust is not fixed I just wanted to see how it looked.

The radiator to bulkhead brace I made out of copper wire the thing supplied in the kit is so flimsy (the only bad bit in the whole kit.

[digger303]

[NoelSmith]

Nice model and well detailed.
I believe that Nick Edwards on the Unobtainium website can offer 3D printed wheel kits for this Alfa.

Cannot wait for the Italeri Bugatti Type 35B in 1/12th scale when it arrives. At least I can afford that one as opposed to the MFH kit, good as it is.

[kpisnuts]

Hi all first disappointing bit of the kit so far, spent 2 hrs trying to get the bonnet to fit, still not happy with it not sure what to do next to improve fit.

[Garion77]

well for me it looks all good ! that's an awesome build. Too bad there's not much kit anymore of those really old cars... that's what my father used to build, and what got me into modeling as a kid. I have one left from him to build, but not an old car as yours, a 1951 Chevy Bel Air convertible.
Keep up the good work ! it's looks really nice and the effort put in it shows !

[kpisnuts]

Hi all well its as good as I'm going to get it.

[digger303]

[BigWall]

Sorry about the hood fitment but it really did come out very nicely otherwise!

[kpisnuts]

Hi all more progress

[kpisnuts]

Started some weathering (don't want it to look showroom condition) I also don't want it to look like an old jalopy. Looking at the pics looks like the rear hinge has broken free (again)

[BigWall]

It's looking great! I like the wash on the exhaust

[kpisnuts]

Hi all hopefully this will be finished tomorrow.

[ForeverPlasticKits]

It's so marvelous, i can almost ear the engine running ...