#5003 Accurate Miniatures McLaren M8B 1970 Can-Am Racer of Lother Motschenbacher 1/24 Scale Plastic Model Car Kit,Needs Assembly

Accurate Miniatures makes really, really detailed kits and this is certainly one of them. Got this one (it was available) and a high wing Bruce McLaren one. Going to make two, one with body on and one with it off, and don't know which will be Bruce's and which Denny's. I actually saw them race these at Riverside Int. Raceway in '69 and believe the M8 is without a doubt probably the quickest race car ever made.Both kits come with all the parts to make either although the directions have some slight differences. I've found most of the pin holes are a bit too small, the vinyl parts difficult to work with (they flop around a lot), the directions sometimes don't give enough detail as to what fits where, but they are truly amazing kits. There's a YouTube set of videos by a modeler named NaCalha that help a lot figuring where engine things actually go. What's telling is that NaCalha finished the engine and has given it a rest for a while. One thing also that helps is there are Google images of the M8B (and other versions) that give better info on what should be what color than the directions. Example is those say not to paint the vinyl parts (braided stainless lines mostly), but they need to be a brighter silver and have colored connectors.