jenniandjack

Author: Isaiah Cox

Several weeks ago I received an email special offer for the LeMay Lucky Car Auction, forwarded by my in-laws with a note, “Is this something you’d be interested in?”.Remembering that the LeMay’s recently opened what is billed as the US’ largest automobile museum in Tacoma, Washington, I jumped at the chance to allow my wife to spend time with her family with a car event on the docket; a win-win situation.
Upon arrival we were guided to park on a beautiful grounds, next to an old academy.The chapel that dominates the front of the building, the peaceful grounds, and academic architecture led my brother-in-law Brian to question whether the academy had once been a monastery.
Website - www.lemaymarymount.org
On the far side of the academy the grounds opened up to the outside auction area, an indoor museum and a (very) large storage shed.
Our first pass was the auction grounds, and we perused the vehicles to be sold on Saturday.An eclectic mix was on hand.Vehicles ranged from …

Still working away on an MPC Toyota 2000 GT kit.  This kit has never been reissued and is rare and hard to find.....


Last time the body prep work was driving me crazy so I turned my attention to the chassis/suspension assemblies.  It turns out that's not been much easier....


Here's a copy of the chassis section of the instruction sheet...I haven't been back into this hobby that long, but nevertheless, I see something like this and I know it's going to be a very long evening trying to build this up......a combination of the amount of delicate parts and the fragility of the suspension is going to make this part of the build tricky!!!



To make things worse--the instructions SUCK!  There are mistakes all over, and/or instances of things being extremely vague.  For instance--take a look at part  #18 above. I ask: where does the L brace facing us attach?  I had to guess that it attaches to part 22, the driveshaft cover--not sure but that's where I glued the damn thing--and i…