Pocher Alfa Romeo Completed! Part 21

Over 2 years in the making, but the Pocher Alfa Romeo (rhymes with torture) project was recently completed.

The kit comes with light bulbs for the headlights, which naturally do not fit by the way. I updated these with LEDs.

The ignition key on the dash operates the lights. A coin battery is staffed in the back where the tool kit normally goes. I don't think I will bother assembling the tools kit.

One of the notoriously incorrect components of this kit is this faring over the spare wheels. It does not come anywhere close to fitting.

I altered it in several ways quite a bit. I am not happy with the result, but I came close.

Polished and waxed, my paint job looks pretty good on the completed model. It's also not 100% what I'd like, but it's OK.

Many parts of this model are rather crude. But the overall effect is good. The Italian glove leather really punches it up.

I've been asked if I would every build another Pocher.

No.

I am however really glad to have found and constructed this model that was somewhat of a myth in my childhood. Here it is... and it looks pretty good.

It is possible using the many high quality aftermarket parts available for classic Pocher kits to create a car that looks extremely realistic. I fact I have seen photos of Pochers that are indistinguishable for real cars, at least in the photos.

My goal though was to do the best I could with the kit as-is, out of the box, as much as possible. This Pocher looks like the kit was intended to look.

I did purchase the LEDs though, and the steel leaf springs. The LEDs are a reasonable and simple improvement. I concluded the steel suspension necessary when I read that the provided plastic parts do not support the weight of the finished car.

There are some flaws. There are a lot of flaws, some of which are mine, and many others are "designed in" to this kit. But I am very happy that I did manage to overcome most of the kit's worst flaws. My hood fits for example, and I did it without moving the engine back.

See the entire album for this project there. Read more about this project here.

Parked in a glass fronted bookcase now... It fits just about perfectly.

The complete album for this project is here. See all my posts on Pocher models here.

For more on scale models, look here.