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Renault 8 Gordini 1

AlfaZagato

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Sorry I didn't post last week.   Culmination of excuses led to no work done at all.   Shameful, but I suppose this is a hobby.   Modelling is neither my job nor my life.   Sometimes, I need to realize that.

 

Anyways, I've started streaming!  I figured, should I be able to drum up enough interest, I might turn a buck or two doing what I do anyways.   So I started a Twitch.   New laptop for it and everything.  I'll link it below.

 

With the energy I've found from having a reason, I pulled out another kit to build till prime.   An oddity I found at a flea market, a Union 1/24 Renault 8 Gordini.   I thought $6 was a good deal, as I've seen it listed for $50 or more on eBay.

 

Not a good deal, terrible kit.   Just completely atrocious.

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The seats, pedals, and exhaust manifold are all soft vinyl.   Superglue seems to stick, but I can't trim or cut it cleanly for the life of me.    Quality is dodgy, too.   Mold lines everywhere.   The tires are especially bad.   Engraving and surface detail is pathetic.   Some weird, at least to my experience, engineering decisions, too.   Like those fenderwells being separate.   I don't know why.   Errors in the directions don't help.

 

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I can't say anything either way about the body tooling.   Lots of mold lines here, too.   Shape may or may not be ok.   Admittedly, I've never seen a Renault 8 in person.   Honestly, I think I've only seen three Renaults of any nature, two Dauphines and a 4CV.   All rotted severely.   Didn't buy the one Dauphine that was for sale.   Thankfully.

 

So, yeah, the stream.   I tend to stream at 7pm CST Monday to Thursday as of now.   See here for the channel - https://www.twitch.tv/alfazagato/ - the schedule should adjust for your time zone.   I hope you'll join me.   If not, next week?

 

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When I first saw the photos I thought: That looks like a superb kit. The I started reading! I suppose it shows that I don't know anything about this kind of kits, but also that you've made it look good after all.

 

Will have a look at the channel. I've always thought there was much potential for live streaming from layouts, exhibitions and workbenches in this hobby, so I like the sound of it. The trouble will be remembering when it's on!

 

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AlfaZagato

@Mikkel  If you sign up to twitch, then subscribe to my channel, twitch will send a notification when I go live.   I think it would be the wee hours of the morning for you, though.

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Ive owned a couple of Renaults, a Peugeot and a couple of Citroen. Weird engineering decisions seem to be de rigueur for French car makers, the trim is impossible to maintain and the electrics are a lottery. Maybe the kit was trying to be true to reality.

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