Grant Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 Count me in with this little beauty (unless the mods think it is too far on). Started this last year, but stalled very soon after (BM's first GB got in the way) and since then I haven't touched it. The previous build thread is here and this weekend I have dusted it of and rubbed down all the filled sink marks. cheers Grant
dswoofie Posted February 3, 2008 Posted February 3, 2008 (edited) Oh go on then! You've not gone too far, there's tons of work to do on that yet! Welcome aboard! Looks a nice kit too... Karl. Edited February 3, 2008 by dswoofie
Grant Posted February 3, 2008 Author Posted February 3, 2008 Thanks Karl. I'll try and do it justice! Grant
Grant Posted February 20, 2008 Author Posted February 20, 2008 Some progress (of a sort). Here we go with the good bits and the bad bits. All comments and advice welcome. First up the nose cone. I hate white paint!!. AND the square decal is supposed to be on the inside of the upright - Doh! There are 10 decals on it (almost as many on my Vulcan for heavens sake). Top side of rear wing elements, mostly OK. Screwed up the gold heat shield on the left side (right side in pic). CF decals so fine that it ripped when I tried to correct. So when the second lot of CF decals arrives I will try and get that bit right. Underside of rear wing elements. Pretty good. A few chips on the CF but easily sorted (and little seen) Front wing elements. Endplates turned out fine, but the CF decal on the underside of the wing is a nightmare. Second attempt was much better than the first, but managed to tear it - so more CF decal required. And finally tonight, ending on a high. Here is the tub, with a good coat of white paint - Wahoo! cheers Grant
Grant Posted February 20, 2008 Author Posted February 20, 2008 It is really thin, flexible stuff which readily sticks to my fingers, but boy is it worth it. Much better than just painting the bits black! Grant
dswoofie Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 Nice work on those wing elements, they look great. Looks awfully fiddly to do all that decalling! Shaping up well so far, keep it up! Karl.
Skii Posted February 20, 2008 Posted February 20, 2008 Excellent progress - very good and obviously fiddley decalling
Grant Posted March 5, 2008 Author Posted March 5, 2008 Yep! Very fiddly decaling. I find myself holding my breath a lot while I do all the positioning and I end up really tired so this is taking some time, but it is definitely worth it. Who'd of thought that you needed to be fit to make models! Anyway ... Here is the port side ducting. And the almost finished floor tray cheers Grant
Mentalguru Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 This is going to look sooo lovely when done- without a doubt one of the most attractive recent f1 cars..
tjn Posted March 5, 2008 Posted March 5, 2008 looking great up to now grant. 'without a doubt one of the most attractive recent f1 cars..' just wish someone would do a mainstream kit of Hill's 1996 Williams...
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 looking great up to now grant.'without a doubt one of the most attractive recent f1 cars..' just wish someone would do a mainstream kit of Hill's 1996 Williams... So do I. I bought an expensive 1/20 resin kerbside one, but I'd like a couple more, especially one with engine detail
Grant Posted March 17, 2008 Author Posted March 17, 2008 Nah. Just bonkers Sean. Finally the engine is finished. I had worried that the integrally molded spring-damper units would look really naff. But when I painted them up I thought they looked fine. So here is the fully dressed engine. Now to get back to the bodywork, which now has blue paint on it and is waiting a mega decaling session. cheers Grant
tjn Posted March 17, 2008 Posted March 17, 2008 So do I. I bought an expensive 1/20 resin kerbside one, but I'd like a couple more, especially one with engine detail seen the Hiro FW16? http://www.hiroboy.com/catalog/product_inf...roducts_id=1129 looks absolutely stunning, but at £130 a pop, as I said on another thread, I'd want to make sure I could do it justice before laying out for it.
Obi-Jiff Kenobi Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 That Hiro kit looks great, but a bit out of my price range at the moment. Mind you, if it was the 1996 car I'd find the money from somewhere.
dswoofie Posted March 18, 2008 Posted March 18, 2008 Grant, that's looking rather nice now isn't it! The carbon fibre decalling looks fantastic, and you've made a damned good job of it too. It's something I've not really tried yet, but would imagine would be a real pain at times. Well worth it though for those kind of results. Engine and suspension looks cool too! Great work! Karl.
Grant Posted March 23, 2008 Author Posted March 23, 2008 This weeks effort. I decided to do the whole front suspension in CF decal. I think that meant I cut out about 24 bits of decal to cover all the arms. Worth it though. Now to tackle those silver strip decals, and hopefully find out all the painting lines up. cheers Grant
Dr_Fester Posted March 24, 2008 Posted March 24, 2008 Looking fantastic Grant, you've got the C/F decalling perfected I see! The rear shocks look very convincing and if you hadn't said they were molded then I'm sure nobody would notice the difference. Keep em coming. Doc
Grant Posted April 19, 2008 Author Posted April 19, 2008 Bit more progress! Blue painting is done and I am well into the decalling. Here is the tub and the wheels. Alclad dark aluminium for the wheels. Lots more CF decal for the rear of the tub - some of which will get seen. And because the top cover comes off, loads more CF decal on this too!! The end is in site. cheers Grant
Grant Posted May 6, 2008 Author Posted May 6, 2008 Well finally got all the decals stuck on the outside of the rear cover. I guess it is time I started putting this puppy together. Discussing setting up this, and subsequent shots, it was suggested that I ought to get a couple of Lego mechanics to come in and put it together , but no, that is a step or three too far! cheers Grant
Notdoneyet Posted May 6, 2008 Posted May 6, 2008 Looking good Grant !! I guess it is time I started putting this puppy together. To quote "Haynes Manuals" ...................."Assembly is the reverse of the above" Should be a doddle then Ian
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