| It's sometimes hardto build a really nice model car that | | | | control whichis on the stabilizer bar. The hardness |
| doesn't come with all the partsyou need to finish it well. | | | | control works inconnection with the rear suspension's |
| This problem happens most of thetime with old kits. | | | | hydraulic control. Thispart would be the hydraulics' |
| Don't get me wrong, but the old kits are really only | | | | control support the opening for theactuator arm. |
| good for oldtimes. They were good back then but to | | | | I made small brackets for the brake hydraulic line and |
| be impressive now youneed to have much more detail. | | | | the controlcable of the stabilizer bar. I also made the |
| Old kits have never stopped me frombuilding them | | | | hydraulichardness control that connects with the |
| however. I still can build them into very nice modelcars. | | | | stabilizer bar and connects tothe rear suspension's |
| Sometimes contest winning cars. | | | | hydraulic control. |
| I am going to show you how I do this with my Tamiya | | | | I made the parts from 2 mm. and 3 mm. diameter |
| Ferrari 312T4 largescale in 1:12 which you can find on | | | | aluminum tube. I cut the |
| my blog. | | | | 2 mm. aluminum tube into 2.5 cm long pieces. I cut 3 |
| It is a very nice kit but it is missing many parts that are | | | | mm. aluminum tube |
| not on thereal car. | | | | 1 cm long. |
| I did research to find the parts with an old magazine I | | | | Slide the larger tube over the smaller tube. Then drill |
| was very luckyto find on e-bay. I also searched on the | | | | though them anduse an insect pin connect them to the |
| internet too. I lovethe internet for searching because I | | | | stabilizer bar. |
| can find everything I need to helpme properly make | | | | I used sheet Styrene to make an arm to connect to |
| parts for my cars. Use Google and othersearch | | | | the stabilizerbar. |
| engines and you can come up with all sorts of good | | | | I used a 2.0mm. in diameter styrene rod, cut up and |
| pictures andinformation to help with your understanding | | | | drilled for thehydraulic lines to be connected. |
| of how the car goestogether and what is missing from | | | | When it was done the overall look was very realistic. |
| the kit. | | | | To getthe best idea of how this looks you can see the |
| The Ferrari 312T4 kit is missing the hydraulic hardness | | | | pictures on thewebsite. |