Steve Noble Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I started this last week, mainly been concentrating on the body. I wanted to fit as much as I could together so it could be sprayed as one unit. It takes a little careful assembly but the fit of parts is excellent. All of the main body parts go together really easily. However, I still used a fair bit of putty to blend the seams and get the overall shape nice. The body is sprayed Zero Pure White and is ready for the grey tomorrow.Also finished the seat and beltsand the nose with decals, still needs the clear coat. Paint is a custom mix of Mr colour, Steel, Gloss Black and Silver at 10:5:2 ratio.More to follow, any comments most welcome Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Very nice, i have been thinking of getting one of these so i will definitely be watching this progress Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Beautiful work Steve. Very nice booth set-up too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Noble Posted December 11, 2014 Author Share Posted December 11, 2014 Bit of progress, jumped a few stages. I masked and sprayed the grey areas onto the body, applied a light clear coat and decals. I worried about the red lines going on without wrinkles, but in the end they were very easy to fit. Also found the Fujimi decals respond better to plain water instead of decal setting solutions. A few pictures of where it's at right now. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Wow really outstanding work i will definitely be getting one now just to see if I can produce the same finish that you have Shaun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roymattblack Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Seriously nice... I really like those colours. Roy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
F1 Insider Posted December 11, 2014 Share Posted December 11, 2014 Subbed... So clean and accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Noble Posted December 14, 2014 Author Share Posted December 14, 2014 Very quick update and not much to show although I've done plenty over the last few days. Clear coated the main body and polished it to a finish, prepped, primed, painted and applied the decals to the front and rear wing components, these are drying as I type.Couple of photo's of the bodywork, almost finished..The shine is not my best, but it's better than the photo's capture.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Noble Posted December 27, 2014 Author Share Posted December 27, 2014 Still working on the Sauber, in fact I hope to have it finished very soon. Lot's of work done but not much to show for it. I've made some really silly mistakes on this kit, all my own doing I might add, the kit is really very good. It's been one of those models that through my own making has fought me at every stage. I just know that everything I've done on it could have been that little bit better and it annoys me slightly that I haven't given it my best. Anyway a few update pictures follow, any comments are welcome as always...Couple of general viewsCockpit areaWheels, used MFH wheel decals on these, fantastic product..!!Front wing, hardest thing I've ever assembled in my life..Rear wing, much easier..That's all for now, should have some more progress later if possible. Apologies for the scrappy photo's, I just can't get to grips with my DSLR camera, it's a steep learning curve. Photo's are either too dark, too light, fuzzy/blurred or bits that I want in focus are fuzzy and bits I don't want in focus are sharp... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Codger Posted December 27, 2014 Share Posted December 27, 2014 Hard to see what could have been done better Steve. Most of us would kill for that level of accomplishment. If that's TP, it's one of my building secrets too! Great when you just need a small bit of paper instead of a towel... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A6-EHJ Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Look forward to seeing this finished Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S.Tasker Posted December 28, 2014 Share Posted December 28, 2014 Wow, looks like a great kit! outstanding clean and crisp finish so far. Cheers for sharing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Noble Posted December 28, 2014 Author Share Posted December 28, 2014 Finished the Sauber C31, I'll try and take some better pictures and add it to the completed section when the weather picks up and the current snow clears. Enjoyable build all round despite a few mistakes along the way. The observant of you will notice that the exhaust tips are missing. They will be added when I buy some tube of the correct size. That was one of the mistakes I made.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rs500 Posted December 29, 2014 Share Posted December 29, 2014 never attempted an F1 car before,bought a tamiya Rb6 (i think) had a look at instructions and ended up trading it lol cracking job Steve, very sharp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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