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Been a while since i last properly posted on here so i though this would be a good way to come back to the forum. 

 

So this will be my build thread for tamiyas newest kit, from what ive seen so far its a nice kit with some parts i dont like but others i do. 

 

So i am going to be honest i am quite a bit into the build so i will break up the thread into a couple of comments. 

 

To properly start lets get the obligatory box picture out of the way. Basic tamiya offering from previous kits with a picture of the subject and sprues at the bottom. 

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The inners are packed quite tight but not overly so.

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Decals are very nice and also include quite a bit of carbon effect decals

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So on to some plastic cutting. The main front parts of the body are a depature from the normal way but as you will see later its not actually a bad way. 

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So the lower portion of the monocoque has had all the little suspension holders and support beam added then the 2 halves glued together. 

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So about 5 parts in and already im changing the car to suit my needs. The nosecone was cut off.

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This is why. The lower flow conditioners would be insanely tricky to paint if left as tamiya made it.

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The engine (less) cover had the inner peices glued on and after the picture was joined together. 

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So a quick mock up of the tamiya car next to my mfh car. 

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Checking how those iconic stormtrooper style side pods fit after the issues i had with the mfh car. 

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Gearbox halves have been glued together. 

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Front wing checked for fit.

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And the same for the rear wing. 

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So that's it for update 1, due to the time of me finishing this i will post the next few pictures tomorrow now instead of tonight. 

 

More soon 

 

Shaun 

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I'll be watching to see how this goes together - I love the Tamiya 1:20 F1 series, though all of my F1 builds have been of cars up to the early 90s, where the main body shapes are so much more simple :smile:.

Will you be going for Seb or Kimi?

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Thanks for the comment monsjmse. This one will be a seb vettel car with only a few changes compared to an out the box build. I have one more that will have as much as i can possibly change done to it once maybe some more options come out from tabu decals and studio 27. 

 

Shaun 

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So on to part 2 of the build bringing it up to date. 

 

So the nosecone needed a small strip of plastic card added at the top to replace the material lost when cutting it off the main body part. 

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As seen here there would have been a .5 mm too much gap so this small plastic was very much needed. 

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Staying at the front and these little wing flow conditioners are a slight pain. 

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As you can see there will be a rather visible white section one added if i followed the instuctions. 

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So i cut the little tab off the white bit, glued it into the wing and filled the gaps around it minus where the original part will go. 

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Now going to the rear of the car and the exhaust. I didnt like how the tip looked as it would always have that join line visible on the inside, so i cut the end off and added a bit of plastic tube. 

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The floor pan had a lot of injection marks all on the top surface of it and all in obvious places. It took a good hour just to buff them all out. 

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After this a couple of coats of gloss black were sprayed, this is just after the tack coat. 

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Also the engine cover has been sprayed in primer just to check the filler line between the 2 parts. 

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The main body section has also been put in a primer coat. Mainly just because its now progressed enough to do it but also to check the join lines on the top of the monocoque. 

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The rims have been sprayed with alclad white aluminium. 

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After a coat of alclad aqua gloss the decals were applied and then one more coat of aqua gloss added and i must admit i am really happy with how these have turned out. 

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Tyres have been scrubbed with a dremmel. 

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Finished tyre on the left compared to one thats only had a dremmel run over it. 

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At this scale 17' spec tyres (top) compared to 16' spec (bottom) isnt that different especially when you do the same comparion in 1/12.

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The floor has had some of the tamiya carbon decals added. Soon i am expecting a company like acu-station or s27 to do a full carbon set but tamiyas decals are really nice. Some tamiya smoke will be added also to tone the decals down as they are quite out there and loud. 

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And finally the exhaust has been sparyed up in alclad pale burnt gold. 

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More soon 

 

Shaun 

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On 06/04/2018 at 9:46 AM, Steve Noble said:

All looking really nice!! That Aqua Gloss, would it be any good for a body? I'm looking for an alternative to 2k and the like. I know it's not going to give the same shine as 2k, but how do you find it?

It's not bad but like you say not as good of a shine as 2k but with a little work can be made to shine quite well. Over a full body it works well as i used it on a tamiya mp4/4 McLaren a few years back and that's held the shine really well compared to how I thought it would. 

 

Shaun 

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