Eaglemoss 1:8 Scale Aston Martin DB5, Part 3, the Engine

Getting started on the engine now...

Here's another example of where some simple paint goes a long way. The raw parts are quite good, but there are some slight molding artifacts, and more importantly, everything metal is exactly the same silver color.

As near as I can tell, on the real car these parts are grey. 

Some parts are metal as provided. The detail is very good, but I added and/or detail painted many nuts and bolts. I also added a bit of oil staining, not too much. I'm not going for a used appearance, just realistic.

Looking pretty good! 

For the assembly of the engine, it's actually important to take the provided instructions with a large chunk of salt. I referred to other online sources heavily with this. Otherwise, you end up severely out of order and have to take things apart again later.

See all the posts for this project here.