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 Hi All Just had this baby drop through my door and its a great looking kit. First outed by Tamiya in the 1970's these kits have been upgraded with new box art, improved parts and re'released with etch sets. On opening the box you see Tamiya's usual standard of parts and the instructions but be careful here as the etch set is stuck to the inside of the box lid and could easily be missed still its a good way to prevent damage to the etch from the parts. In the corner of the lower box are 12 aluminium shaped intake trumpets for the engine. The instructions are clear and of Tamiya's usual standard as are the sprue's with some very cleanly moulded parts with a wealth of detail and no flash, ejector pin marks are very minimal too. The tyre's are nicely moulded in rubber with some very nice tread detail. A bonus in the kit is the driver figure that is cast in solid plastic and looks very realistic. The only detailing book I could find is the MFH RA300 book that has a wealth of detail pictures. The RA300 car was the Lola/Honda chassis design that greatly reduced the cars weight so some of the body work forward of the engine is slightly different from the RA273 although the running gear is similar and just made of lighter stronger components. The bonus from the book is in the engine details as that did not change both cars used the 3lt 12 cylinder Honda engine with the mass of spaghetti like exhausts sticking out the top. All in all a very nice little kit with plenty of character. Andy  arpurchase attached the following image(s): Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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Now that is a stunning looking kit, usual Tamiya standard but with loads of extras. Will be watching when this starts going together! 
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Hi Nem It really is a very nice kit I also have the Lotus gold leaf in the same scale another great kit. Thanks for looking in and your comments. Andy Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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That does look like a pretty sweet kit, should build into an impressive model
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Always used to fancy the large Tamiya cars but never got one. I'm sure you will do this baby justice Al
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Thanks for looking in both of you, these are very nice kits and I would recommend doing at least one of the many you can get Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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I have been searching for any aftermarket stuff that may be available for this kit but its pretty much the case of not a lot out there   although one enhancement that Eagle kindly pointed me in the right direction of will be used when the build starts Current builds:-C57,Zero, Lamborghini Countach, Caldercraft HMS Agamemnon,Robi,R2-D2, MFH Cobra .
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