nichenson

You can order direct from them. They have reasonable shipping and it does arrive fairly quickly.

https://www.vms-supplies.com/vms-hull-tex-air best surface texture for the scale.

Each resin item would shrink about 3% in every direction so you end up with an object about 91.2% of its original size. Add some compound curves on that and if you try to add that 3% back you have to do it in lots of little slices. It would be extremely difficult to do and the end result probably wouldn't look quite right. 3D scan is an option but that takes some skill, equipment and experience with the resin you will using in the end.

I think you did. I can't remember if the tracking number was the same as they provided. It showed up on the informed delivery service and then took some time to get through customs. It was registered so once it hits some place that scans it, it should easily be found.

I forgot to mention that I received both the C2 and C7 transkits earlier in the week. I haven't had time to look other than a cursory glance at it. It does look quite good. As mentioned above about the decals, they came out before the conversion so I would suspect that maybe those versions are to come later. Also as far as tracking, the label was created quite some time before it shipped or at least got put in the system. I have never bought anything from Mexico before so I am not sure of how their postal system scans things in.

They indeed are selling and their parts are really nice. I purchased the Nesher set awhile back to do the Israeli version. It takes a little bit to get them, but they are worth the wait.

This was the email I received early yesterday morning. I believe Dave and I were one of the first if not the very first people to order. My guess is they finished the C2 and made the parts. Then started working on the C7. This would have allowed them to get the C2 up and available first. Then they can catch up on the C7 making it available afterwards. Regardless, it's not relevant as they both are being made. It just may be a few weeks before anyone else can order a C7 as they get caught up.

Not sure what I was thinking. I got it entirely backward. Thanks for the correction. The Meng is the late season. I should stick to closed-wheel racing, lol.

I did a little diffing. Those intakes were introduced for the British Grand Prix which he won. Most of his wins that year came with the later setup. The spoiler appears to be the very early season at that so it leads me to think it is supposed to be Monaco, which again would be an odd choice. He won the pole but in the rain. He crashed out of the race. So who knows???

Here is the late-season setup.

The Tamiya is early season as well. The intake goes horizontal and is attached to the intercooler. It's a small slot. The air goes through that, into the turbo, and then back around to the intercooler and then up to the intakes. I would say that they had issues keeping the air cool as the radiators are just forward to that or maybe even getting enough air as that is a tight 90 turn. The latter half of the season the air came directly in from the periscope looking intakes. S27 and MFH both made transkits for the Tamiya kit which may be what you were thinking about. The Meng kit does seem to be a decent representation but the more I look at the kit, the more toy like connections/fasteners I am seeing like the large circle things on the floor pan which is probably what they are using to hold the bodywork on.

Are you referring to the intakes on the turbos? They are on there. This is an early-season version. The vertical intakes that stood out of the side pods came in about halfway through the season.

I was really disappointed in the Meng GT40. It was very toy like as it appeared to be aimed at younger modelers. I really hope they don't go that route with the MP4/4. They are on pre-sale for around $180 from what I have seen. From the photos I have seen so far, it definitely will need some upgrades. Top Studio has been the best at it so far, but their stuff isn't cheap. Between new decals, the kit, carbon fiber, and a top studio detail set you are in the same area as the MFH kit. The only advantage one may have over the other is down to which materials you like.

The chosen schemes are on the box.

Last I had from about two years ago was them still testing the ER2, LR2, and NLOS versions. All would be welcomed as well.