by MacMoose » Wed Jul 10, 2019 12:46 pm
I'm strictly a racer. No shelf queens at my place. So, sometimes I don't get the grave concerns about aesthetics.
Anyway... I recently got hold of my Policar P4 and, as usual, I took it apart to replace the pod and body screws and make a few obvious adjustments. The front ride height was nothing short of ridiculous (high) but inasmuch as I'm taking off the front wheels and tires, I would have been doing that anyway. The screws are wrong-wrong-wrong as noted by several of you. But again, I put those in the bin and use Slot.it brass screws with shoulders. My chassis was in perfect condition and, for a box stock piece, pretty darn flat. The pod was a perfect fit. That is, there was no slop whatever. A few passes along the sides with a sheet of sandpaper fixed that. The mounting holes were in exactly the right places and there was sufficient fore and aft movement of the pod for my needs. I don't know where you guys got yours, but my local dealer charges a whole lot more for the Policar F1s than he does for the P4 and F40s.
I would think the rear wheels would need truing (being plastic press-ons) but they're not good enough for my purposes so they followed the fronts into storage. I will be using the inserts because I do like my cars to look good, even if that's a secondary concern.
So.... as I sit here looking at it, I don't see any mold lines or paint defects. In fact, the finish strikes me as a very true shade of red, but my color comprehension has been called into question on a few occasions :D.