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Hi all, First off, I've been lurking here for years and have learned an incredible amount from the builders who post at Britmodeller. I've been building plastic kits off and on (mostly off) for years, then recently discovered 1/43 resin and white metal kits. I appreciate that they're easy to store, don't take up much space while under construction, and offer cars overlooked by the 1/24 kit companies. The challenge also gives me something other than work and pandemics to think about. This Tameo Brabham isn't my first 1/43, but it is the first I've posted while under construction in public and my first 1/43 kit this complex. My learning process has included considerable time spent trying to figure out how to hold parts the size of a gnat. Anyway, I'm a slow builder, so this may be a work in progress for several months. To ensure that parts fit cleanly, I'd found all the mold lines, and I'd drilled all the right holes, I built about 90 percent of the kit without paint. Getting to this stage took from late December to mid February. The engine and transmission. Many small suspension components are yet to be installed at this point. Looking dangerously unroadworthy with bizarre toe in, toe out, and camber. When I looked at this photo I began to worry about how to airbrush paint deep into the rear wheels. But I'm amazed at how well engineered this kit is--despite the small size and complexity, things are going together nearly as well as a Tamiya 1/24 kit. Then I bathed the car in acetone to destroy the CA bonds, spent many hours cleaning off the remaining bits of glue, and created this forest of bits on sticks ready for primer. This is where things stand now. With luck, I can apply Tamiya primer this weekend. -
This was a dated kit, showing its age in a few places, but overall this was still a great build. I look forward to picking up a few more of these 70's style Formula 1 cars in the future. A later incarnation of this car called the BT46B was banned due to it's controversial ground effect invention, which was a gearbox driven fan that spun at 8000 rpm which although on paper was supposed to help cool the engine, in reality the whole of the engine bay was fully enclosed, thus creating a huge suction that created a massive ground effect advantage over the Lotus which had dominated the season up until the arrival of the "Fan Car". Ultimately, it was banned due to complaints from other drivers and rival teams claiming that the fan was illegal by definition of the rules. Finally, you can see my work in progress of this build in the link below.
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Hi everyone, I've had this kit in my stash for a few years and my nephew wanted me to build it for a Christmas present for him, so finally I thought I should get started on it. It will include the driver with the Niki Lauda decals on the car and driver helmet. It should be a fun build.
