iv-tecman

That is some fantastic model building being shown there. Excellent work, the CF decal work is to die for, and I pick up one or two ideas for myself. Thanks for sharing...

Building the Didier Pironi version. Everyone goes for Villeneuve, thought I'd be different.. Many thanks for the warm welcome. I've got lots of models, I'd have posted some up, but I don't want to spam your forum, I've looked at some of the model planes and the motorsport GB, really nice. Glad you all like the 126C2. I'll post some more updates when I can, I'm not a quick builder, but I'm not slow either.... This is around 20 days worth of work a few hours each day. Worth it though, Model Factory Hiro kits are too expensive to rush.

That’s exceptional model building, everything is looking very nice and cleanly built. Your CF decaling is very good, and amazed you got Halfords Lacquer to not eat all your decals… There was a bloke on f1m.com who built this, Steve Noble, your build is looking very much like his, but he had the really clever idea to mix a bit of gold into semi gloss and flat blacks for the tub. Not that yours isn’t look spectacular. Nice work, and very good progress thread.

Well time to introduce myself, been lurking around on here for a few days after stumbling upon the site thanks to some chap called Skii, he posted his Mp4/4 on a forum I frequent, and was suitably impressed. Seems a bit aircraft mad here, so thought I’d try and hold up the British Automotive Modeller side of stuff, as you have a small four or two wheels section. I’ve been building on /off for just under three years and I build pretty much 1/20 or 1/24 cars and 1/12 bikes. Plastic, resin, metal whatever I can get to make a model of something that I fancy… I don't build aircraft, have never built one, not even as a child, however the works I've seen on here have been 'very' good.. Wide range of skills, and very impressed to see some of you build bikes and cars for the world sports group build... Kudos to you all.. Anyhow, been working on a rather interesting kit just recently, thought I’d share. It’s a Fujimi 1/20 Ferrari 126C2 using a Model Factory Hiro Transkit. Mashing two kits together is always tricky, and this has been no exception. But enough of my ramblings, let me show you where I’m at. I hope you like it. The kit and paints – Zero Period 70/80’s Ferrari Red, bag on top is Zero Resin and White Metal Primer (great product). The MFH kit contents, various white metal, turned wheels and resin parts, along with cables, screws and andioized gold wheel inserts. Whole new resin body as well. Little of the plastic kit will be used Some test fitting. It doesn’t look much, but a lot of modification to the chassis and various parts were required to get the transkit to fit what plastic parts I was using. The transkit included a nice set of turned brake discs, wheels and gold inserts, along with P/E details. I roughed the tires up with various grades of sandpaper and washed the brakes with black and smoke enamels. First passes of primer and the metal tub is being polished up with wire brushes, wool, micromesh then metal rubbing compounds. Seat painted Halfords spray can flat black, detailed with MFH 1/20 5 point set belt harness. Chassis plate Halfords flat black, and many components sprayed Halfords satin black, then covered in various shades of Alclad II. I always wash and dry brush mechanical parts etc. Adds depth and realism. Although picture doesn't pick it up too well so bare with me. After much work, body finally covered in first grey resin primer, sanded with 1500 to be nice and smooth, then covered with two coats of Tamiya super fine white primer. Body then sprayed three light coverage coats of Zero red Scratch built steering linkage, and wiring along with Ferrari data plate on tub And last image, clear fuel lines, spark plug cables, clutch cable and oil line fitted to engine and assembled. Side skirts painted a mix of alu and pale gold Alclad II Hope I’ve not bored you all… Thanks for looking. Shame I missed your worldmotorsport GB.