shood23 Posted March 29, 2018 Share Posted March 29, 2018 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. The inners are packed quite tight but not overly so. Decals are very nice and also include quite a bit of carbon effect decals 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. So the lower portion of the monocoque has had all the little suspension holders and support beam added then the 2 halves glued together. So about 5 parts in and already im changing the car to suit my needs. The nosecone was cut off. This is why. The lower flow conditioners would be insanely tricky to paint if left as tamiya made it. The engine (less) cover had the inner peices glued on and after the picture was joined together. So a quick mock up of the tamiya car next to my mfh car. Checking how those iconic stormtrooper style side pods fit after the issues i had with the mfh car. Gearbox halves have been glued together. Front wing checked for fit. And the same for the rear wing. 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 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monsjmse Posted March 30, 2018 Share Posted March 30, 2018 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 . Will you be going for Seb or Kimi? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted March 31, 2018 Author Share Posted March 31, 2018 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. As seen here there would have been a .5 mm too much gap so this small plastic was very much needed. Staying at the front and these little wing flow conditioners are a slight pain. As you can see there will be a rather visible white section one added if i followed the instuctions. 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. 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. 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. After this a couple of coats of gloss black were sprayed, this is just after the tack coat. Also the engine cover has been sprayed in primer just to check the filler line between the 2 parts. 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. The rims have been sprayed with alclad white aluminium. 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. Tyres have been scrubbed with a dremmel. Finished tyre on the left compared to one thats only had a dremmel run over it. 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. 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. And finally the exhaust has been sparyed up in alclad pale burnt gold. More soon Shaun 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamden Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Looking good a very nice start Roger 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Noble Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 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? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shood23 Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 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 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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