Gecko 1/35 Lambro 550

[PR19_Kit]

........the tires have little plastic tabs on the inside and the hubs have to be glued to these tabs. One can be done easily, but it's hard to align the other hub with the tabs. I ended up snipping the tabs off and gluing the hubs in place.

The skirts on the hovercraft I'm building are just the same, one tab fits a treat, the others are miles off! I did the same as you, chopped them off or the skirt won't fit.

[frank2056]

I glued the cab together because there was no easy way pf hiding the seam in the front part of the windshield frame. In the process I cracked the seam on the rear part of the roof. Par for the course with this part of the kit.

OTOH, the passenger/cargo section has been a pretty simple build. I'm almost done with it:



Here it is just placed on the the rear supports:



Steve doesn't seem impressed:



On to some serious weathering. I may add some passengers and cargo.

[Rick Lowe]

Steve's probably wondering how he'll get that thing up and over the wire... 'No chance.' 

[frank2056]

Definitely going places at speeds up to...3! (MPH or KMH)

Decals and most of the vehicle bits are on. Weathering in earnest starts tomorrow. The cargo area and roof are not glued in yet. The Lambro decal on the side may need some work; the decal softener seems to have pulled a section out of place.



Windshield needs some cleaning before it gets dirty. The license plate is the year and month I (hopefully) will finish this:

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Not a roomy interior:

[buzzbomb]

Almost there.
Calling it conquered yet ?

[frank2056]

It'll be conquered when it's safely on the shelf... I don't trust this kit.

[Rick Lowe]

It's lulling you... 

[zenrat]

🤞🏼

Too few cubic inches for Steve.

[frank2056]

I'm calling this one Arsenio, because I just can't be... to work on it any more. Not a great kit to build, but it's on the shelf. I was going to build some of the figures and cargo, but again, Arsenio intervened and said "Yo man, no, not worth it"

Definitely too cramped for Steve and he was only 5'9" (1.75m) - and I printed him at about that height or a little taller:



Passenger section looks crooked, but that may be the angle. Again, Arsenio says "Man, let it go..."



There's a water bottle in the driver's dashboard holder/cavity/whatever:



I may compare it to the ostensibly larger (and infinitely better) Arri 1/32 '57 Daihatsu  Midget

Thanks for all the encouragement!

[buzzbomb]

Conquered !

Amongst your other 3 wheelers the angst will be forgotten.. Really looks quite good.

[Rick Lowe]

And don't sweat any perceived or actual misalignment - call it that the thing has twisted over time, due to loads and the driver trying to push it too fast, in an effort to actually get where they're going in a reasonable time...
Or some sort of accident damage... who knows; only you (and The SHADOW!), and as always, Kit's Second Rule applies.

[zenrat]

The monstrous torque produced by the mighty Lambretta donk has obviously twisted the frame.

Good job.  Especially given what you had to work with.
 

[scooter]

The monstrous torque produced by the mighty Lambretta donk has obviously twisted the frame.
 

Nah, some fat German in a speedo's to blame.

[PR19_Kit]

LOVE the look of that 'device' Frank, it's difficult to think of it as a 'vehicle'.    

And your weathering of it is magnificent, I can almost feel the rust flakes around the cab's 'door's! 

[NARSES2]

Absolutely brilliant   

And your weathering of it is magnificent, I can almost feel the rust flakes around the cab's 'door's! 

Couldn't of put it better