CT Modeller Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Renault RE30B Alain Prost, British Grand Prix, Brands Hatch, 18th July 1982 Tamiya kit bought in 1985 and spent about 32 years in the attic waiting to be built. Hence very yellowed decals which were replaced with those from Indycals. I nearly sent the decals back as the number 15s were printed in Magenta, not Red. But cleverly they turn the right shade of red when applied over the yellow paint! 20 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sennapod Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) A very nice and clean looking build, excellent attention to detail (eg engine block, dashboard). It looks to be out-of-the-box, or did you add anything extra (apart from the replacement decals)? Edited June 11, 2019 by sennapod Typos Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 3 hours ago, sennapod said: A very nice and clean looking build, excellent attention to detail (eg engine block, dashboard). It looks to be out-of-the-box, or did you add anything extra (apart from the replacement decals)? Just Tamiya seat belts and a couple of wires. The kit provides the yellow ignition leads but they look far too thick and I should have replaced them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spiny Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Another great build. I think this is the first car I remember from Formula 1, right down to it being Prost driving it - I think it was something to do with it being bright yellow which drew my 6-year old eyes in back in '82. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keefr22 Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 Lovely! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vicarage Vee Posted June 11, 2019 Share Posted June 11, 2019 A really nice build indeed. The yellow looks spot on, which did you use? It deserves a mini diorama, either coming in to parc ferme in first place or parked up on some grass with dirty tyres and smoke coming out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CT Modeller Posted June 11, 2019 Author Share Posted June 11, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, Spiny said: Another great build. I think this is the first car I remember from Formula 1, right down to it being Prost driving it - I think it was something to do with it being bright yellow which drew my 6-year old eyes in back in '82. Yes indeed - plenty of smoke and retirements in 1982. The yellow paint is Tamiya acrylic X-8 Lemon Yellow airbrushed over a base of Tamiya white primer. sorry - just realised I quoted the wrong post. Must do this when I’m more awake! Edited June 11, 2019 by CT Modeller 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill.B Posted June 14, 2019 Share Posted June 14, 2019 Cracking build! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coventrycat Posted June 16, 2019 Share Posted June 16, 2019 Looks fantastic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pau10wen Posted July 5, 2019 Share Posted July 5, 2019 wow zers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harold55 Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 I am putting this on the bench next and I appreciate being able to look at your beautiful build for some ideas on detailing. I have the Indycal decals also and nice to know that once applied they look good and the color is true. This will be my first F1 subject and first car for that matter since I was a kid. I know this was posted some time ago but do you recall the paints you used for the Yellow and White? Again, beautiful job you did on this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redstaff Posted August 14, 2022 Share Posted August 14, 2022 Nice model and well done, I've got one to get to at some point as I remember that era of F1 fondly, dead fast or dead at the side of the road with smoke pouring out, there was no in between 😃 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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