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Great start, it looks a great model to work with. 
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Nice start to your build.
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Good start! Be careful with the tubing that goes to fuel rail or whatever that is (an array of thingies attached to the end of engine block and painted blue). Best to dry fit the tubing and see if it goes easily on before you attach the other ends to engine. Scrap the paint if you have to. Otherwise it will be very dificult to install and you can damage the flimsy mount points for this blue part. Have fun, this is a lovely kit to build! Any images I post on my personal builds are free to be used and shared under Creative Commons Attribution license, which means you can do what you want with them, on the condition you mention I'm the author.
Happy building :-) http://www.model-space.com/gb/
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Thanks for the comments guys. arpurchase you are right, thats due to there being such a temperature difference in there. I think once Spring gets here I am going to have to strip out and add some insulation. Mt brother is going to love me  michu thanks for the advice...I've been looking at that step and wondering the same thing myself.
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Nice start Dominic to what looks like a very interesting build, will be following this with interest and good luck in the competition.  
Kev 
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Day 2
Step 1 (cont) & 2
Hello.
Today I continued from yesterday working on the main engine block, and a few other associated parts. I thinned down and used Tamiya flat aluminum in the airbrush, which went on in 2 quick coats, allowing about 30 minutes drying time between each.
Before I went any further with this I wanted to wash the block to add depth. I wanted to use Tamiya Smoke thinned down a little, but apparently I don't have any. So I just used flat black thinned down a lot. Brushed on quickly and wiped the excess off with a Q-tip. You can see a with/without photo below, quite like the affect myself since I am going for an almost-new look rather than a never-been-run showroom look.
Left side without:
Right side with:
While this was drying off, I made a start on the other parts that fit directly onto the engine block, and started detailing the drive belt assembly which was, dissapointingly for this kit, a single part.
And in between, doing the other engine parts, fitting and picking out the various details gradually.
And everything worked on today fitted in place and a few more little touches here and there, along with the first of the cables added...
I've got the parts for the exhaust system soaking in foam oven cleaner to strip the chrome plating off, which I absolutely hate on kits with a passion. I will leave them to to soak for a while and rinse them off later, and repeat as needed.
Tomorrow (or later) I need to go back and change a couple of details, and add the PE parts which I almost forgot about 
Thats all for today, thanks for reading.
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Day 3
Step 3 - 5
Hello folks. Hope we've all had a good day.
I've made a little more progress on this, not a great deal though.
First off, I fitted the heat shield for the gearbox and some more of the cabling etc. For the heat shield I used Alclads chrome, but applied heavier than it should be applied to get a dull,dark look. Then added some orange/burnt hints using a weathering kit.
Next up, was those exhausts...this is how they looked after the chrome plating had been fully stripped off and they had been assembled ready, and a quick test fit:
So on to chroming them. I was really hoping this would turn out well, as it could look awful if not. So, to start with, a gloss black base coat:
Followed by the first chrome coat:
Not too bad. I could have stopped there, however I found it a little too dark and wanted a brighter look to start with, before I weather them back dull again. It's really tricky to get a bright chrome look (as using a dark base coat) and so easy to over do it and loose the affect permanently. Thankfully I got it about right. (It's not quite as bright as the photo looks, the light caught it just right):
Now all that was left to do was to weather them down and add some orange/burnt highlights and a few blue areas too, along with the decals and fit to the enging block. In between doing this, I remembered the PE set included manifold parts, so sprayed and fitted those as well, as can be seen in some of the photo's below:
One final thing for today, I fitted the PE part(s) for what I assume is the oil drain plug...
And thats me for today, thanks for stopping by.
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Well you're certainly cracking on with your build Dominic and it's looking really cool. Love what you've done with the exhausts and the hot metal look has come out very well indeed. Reminds me of the fun I had creating the same effect on my Deag 1:8 McLaren MP4/23 using the same techniques.
Very well done, a good day's work. Looking forward to your next update already. 
Kev
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Loving your work so far, nice attention to detail. Looking forward to your next update Steve Built- Shelby Mustang, Lamborghini Huracan
Building-Spitfire, Redbull racing RB7, 3d printer, Honda CB750, Stage coach and Revell 1/400 Titanic
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Looking fantastic already!!!
Carl
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This is coming along really well, some nice detail in the kit.
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What undercoat and top coat did you use on the air intakes Dom Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Another nice update from you Dominic and looking good, well done.
Is that one of those amazingly cheap 'ProArte' size 10/0 fine detail brushes (in photo #3) from an Ebay seller that I recommended recently on the forum by any chance? If it is, how are you finding them to work with Dominic?
Kev
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Thanks for the comments guys. Kev yes they are, thanks for recommending them! I have to say they are great to work with, all except the smallest brush. I find that getting enough paint on them to actually do anything, it clumps into a little ball half way up the brush, but that just might be me. The rest are perfect. arpurchase undercoat was Zero's white primer/microfiller, and top coat was just thinned down Tamiya XF-16 flat aluminum. Cheers
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Ah thanks for the paint info as I thought you had used a Textured paint as an undercoat to get the grainy effect as you did mention that you intended to use one on the build. Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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You're making some good progress with this and doing a rather good job too I love how the chrome turned out, looks just right Great job
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arpurchase wrote: Ah thanks for the paint info as I thought you had used a Textured paint as an undercoat to get the grainy effect as you did mention that you intended to use one on the build. Ah I get you now. No the textured paint I referred to was going to be for the interior, an alternative to flocking. But not sure as when I tested that paint it killed my airbrush  As for that textured look...to be perfectly honest I am not sure where that came from, well no, I know where it came from; was the undercoat, but it wasn't intentional and certainly something I need to find out why as I plan on using that same undercoat for the body  It's possible temperature was an issue.
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If you are painting in very cold or damp ambient conditions, then its going to have an affect on paint finish. You seem to have a fair amount of moisture in the compressor trap shown in post #15, which is an indicator of a high level of damp in the air, which might indicate the cause of the paint finish problem.
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Thats not going to be an easy fix. I may have to move my airbrushing back into the house, that will please my missus no end
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