Foster

I wish they'd bring back the GT40 kit. There's a completed build for sale on eBay to the tune of over $3K U.S. 😆

I gotta say ... those little lenses proved a challenge trying to get the protective film off both sides. They got a little scuffed up in the process but it's not really noticeable. Finished up all 6 stages of Pack 1 today. Sidenote - who's in charge of our 'status' on profiles? I've completed the 917 and working on the 250 now ... shouldn't I be an Agora "Elite" now on my badge?

That's what I ended up doing ... removed the button mechanisms. I have some small plastic gunsmithing tools I can use to open doors via the hole where the buttons were. I don't mind them not being there - they were kind of big and not really to scale, anyway.

Fit is good ... I'll prime/paint things individually before I glue it together, then whatever touchups are needed.

Took a while, but then again it did come from Slovenia. I've not painted a scale figure, ever. This will be an interesting exercise in patience/frustration I'm sure! 😀 Need to source my paints, do a little test fitting and cleanup, prime it, and get after it.

Outstanding work.

Yeah whatever they use to finish the dash has enough texture to it that they don't want to stick well. Mine are still there but I can tell by looking at them that it's not a good adhesion ... they look 'loose' if you know what I mean. Perhaps they could leave that part of the dash smooth, non-textured.

Upon completion of this awesome kit, figured I'd share my biggest issues/gripes. Overall I'm very happy - it's a beautiful piece that begs to be ogled and shown off. Now I'm shopping for glass curio cabinets to house this (and the other ones I'm going to build). - The orange rubber tubing for plug wires was not fun to work with, and doesn't look very realistic. SuperGlue for the win. Kit should included little ties to tie off sections of wire for a clean look, rather than spaghetti. - The 'headlight cover' stickers looked terrible, I didn't use them - The steering setup is not good, not scale, and not necessary for a static model. The brake cooling tubes limit the steering quite a bit, anyway. - The door latches are not necessary. It takes a lot of fiddling to open the doors once they're latched. One must be careful opening the doors and not scratching the paint ... would be nice if the kit included some kind of special plastic 'door opener' to pry with. Latching doors are unnecessary. - The little fasteners for the hood/boot are madness to try to secure. I'll just file them down and glue them onto the hood. Much easier to get it on and off this way and not risk scratching the paint with tweezers. - The rear lid not having fixed hinges leaves too much risk for scratching the paint at the pivot point. It wants to fall out every time I try to open it high enough to use the support arm and display the engine compartment. I'll have to put a small piece of clear tape in that area to avoid further paint damage, as there's already a small chip in the orange. - The braided cables used for 'fuel lines' don't fit the little sleeves they're supposed to slide into. SuperGlue for the win. There's some fuel line rearrangement at the very end that I couldn't do because all that stuff is superglued. Not a big deal, nobody's going to notice unless they're a complete 917K nerd.

To do a proper rack & pinion would likely add cost and design effort. In my opinion, steering is not necessary on a static model. In the case of this one, it's pointless because the damn brake cooling tubes limit steering travel quite a bit. I agree this setup is bad. You need to loctite the steering wheel screw, otherwise it's coming loose by turning the wheel (because the steering is anything but smooth), and good luck getting a screwdriver in there to tighten it after the model is fully assembled. I wouldn't count on thread lock fully keeping it snug either ... would have been better to use a tiny nut and bolt here, not a wimpy little screw. Needless to say I will only grab a front wheel to work the steering, not the steering wheel itself.

I went with a Steve McQueen 1:8 figure off eBay. It's spendy, but then so is this model and I want to have the full effect!

Finally on to the last box. Is it me or is there not an easy way to get the doors open?? Everything works in terms of the latches and buttons, but I’m having to carefully pry under the little recess next to the button with a very tiny doodad that won’t scratch the paint. This is dumb and they should have thought of something & provided instruments with the kit for operating the doors, dash buttons, brake pedal, etc. given this price point.