Bengalensis Posted March 14, 2021 Share Posted March 14, 2021 Excellent work as always, and very rewarding! Quality 2K automotive filler any day for me. Nice to see Emco machines in use as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickframe Posted March 15, 2021 Share Posted March 15, 2021 Hi Malc, I can't believe: 1) how much you're getting done; 2) the rate at which you're doing it; and 3) the overall quality you're achieving! wow! great work 😁 Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) Thanks both, motivation goes in fits and starts and also depends on what else is happening - in this case not a lot! Nick - I ought to mention I just bought the Meng nuts and bolts sets A and B and they are great, can't recommend them enough for what you and I are doing. Werner, apologies for the language mash up! Malc. Edited March 20, 2021 by Malc2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted March 20, 2021 Author Share Posted March 20, 2021 (edited) Morning fellow plastic bashers! Time for another update Rear brake ducts, this is what Hiro thinks they should look like and having perused my image collection, I am inclined to agree. This is what ya get in the kit So I sliced up a piece of Ureol. I could have plunge moulded them, but that’s a right faf. Prototype in the middle to check proportions, outer two are the blanks Finished parts with the prototype on the left So when I said all the body needed was another coat of primer, well not just yet. Holding the ducts in place confirmed something else I had vaguely been aware of since I made the rear roll bar, the rear deck is too short. It should cover the rear roll bar, the mounts of which extend up to support the rear body and currently it was a bit short, holding the brake ducts in position confirmed my fears, as they were miles away from the rear deck edge. I extended the deck by 5mm and added some strengthening tabs underneath and a skim of filler on the top. Top view prior to sanding the filler. So looking at that view above, there is only one more thing tickling my OCD that remains to try and improve, and that is the louvers on the rear deck. They are misshapen uneven and I plain don’t like ‘em. LHS RHS is no better Previously I had made several attempts to reproduce them with Litho plate but with not much success. I need 17 parallel louvers at 1.2mm pitch. So I started to look at the delightful ICM 1/35 1920s and 1930s trucks which have parallel louvers along the bonnet sides, the thinking was if that the pitch was correct, I could cut out and use a section. So I needed to find and look at a selection of ICM kits to see if they were suitable, but a trip to the LHS is out until the foreseeable future, and I can’t wait that long, so I phoned my mate and he said he had a built 1/24 Tamiya Lancia Stratos with bonnet louvers that were the right pitch. Two problems, the Lancia louvers were innys rather than outies and potentially worse, as it’s the first model he made it had a high sentimental value, so clearly I could not cut it up….. So he agreed I could borrow the model - provided I did not damage it. So having taken socially distanced delivery, and having looked at it in detail, an idea formed that I could take a sort of brass rubbing and use that. So you need a piece of one of these Plus the donor Stratos Here they are in all their inny magnificence Cut a strip off the baking tray, hold in place and rub away with a pointy stick After making some duff ones and two good ones, hey presto, 100% better – whaddaya think? At this point I was confident enough to sand off the original louvers. Fill the back of the finished piece with 5min epoxy, stick em in place and Bonjour mon Oncle Bob. Quietly pleased with that. Cheers Kevin, could not have done it without you! Stratos returned intact and undamaged. Thanks for looking Comments welcome! Malc. Edited March 20, 2021 by Malc2 photo mix up 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver911 Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Nicely done on all fronts mate...louvers are a vast improvement 👍 Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrazyCrank Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Excellent tip for the louvers, Malc 👍 Shall hold on to the idea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flintstone Posted March 20, 2021 Share Posted March 20, 2021 Malc, The 006 looks great and thanks for the safe return of the Stratos! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted March 21, 2021 Share Posted March 21, 2021 Love the louvre technique! Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickframe Posted March 26, 2021 Share Posted March 26, 2021 Hi Malc, Sorry about the late reply - quite a nice course in body work going on here! the louvers look the part too - in fact, much better than some of the etch versions out there - great idea and application. Oh, and thanks for the tip on the Meng resin bolts - I'll order a set or two! Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 Thanks all. Nick, I have been using my Meng nuts already and it beats making them from hex rod. I figured they were so cheap I could not go wrong, but they are brilliant and just what I wanted. For ages I considered getting the RP Toolz hex punch set, glad I waited! M. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted March 27, 2021 Author Share Posted March 27, 2021 G’day me hearties. Not much to report this week, I have been a bit distracted by another temptress........... The next job I had been putting off was making the mirror supports, each mirror is supported with three 0.5mm pieces of piano wire. Fiddly but worked out. Drilling all the holes at approx the right angle in each mirror and the cockpit was not easy. Still some trimming to do on the LH support. Bagged ready for post paint fitting. I really can’t think of anything else I need to make or modify, so all that remains is to slap on one more layer primer then a top coat of Tyrrell blue then post it in RFI……. Oh wait…… There is more? Oh yes. Problem is I filled the holes in the rear wing that I used for the wire handle with the wing support brackets, so how am I going to hold it now while applying the top coat……..? I also recently discovered that there are a couple of wing flap adjusting brackets on the underside of the rear wing, so they were added. Tape to accurately locate the brackets and keep the epoxy where its wanted. Tape removed immediately while the glue is still liquid. Parts were then cut roughly to shape with sprue cutters and final sanded to shape after glue had set as they were too small to easily hold in my fat fingers. So now the body is really ready for paint – I think…..perhaps. Thanks for looking Comments welcome! Malc. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted March 27, 2021 Share Posted March 27, 2021 Lovely, the mirrors fitted to delicate tripods will add a lot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Well what do you know, as I predicted in my first post, pre orders now open for the Ebbro 005! https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10772562 M, Edited April 1, 2021 by Malc2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver911 Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Have to say those mirrors look superb Malc...mind you...so does everything else Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mumbly Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 3 hours ago, Malc2 said: Well what do you know, as I predicted in my first post, pre orders now open for the Ebbro 005! https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10772562 M, It can only be a matter of time before they do a 007 too - fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stickframe Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 Hi Malc, tip-of-the-xacto to you on those mirrors - I imagine they were quite tedious to install, and look great! Cheers Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 Thanks Gents. Evenin' All. Time for another update. Paint, well good/bad news……. Seat went well, one fish eye appeared, I was a bit surprised as I thought the primer would isolate from the effects of any silicone in the resin. Body went OKish, more fish eyes appeared in the most inaccessible area - the front radiator vents. The finish is direct from the can. Radiator vents Rear wing, well no fish eyes, but DISASTER. it fell off the mounting stick on to the floor. Serves me right, I usually use bluetac, but this time for some brain fade reason I used double sided tape. Floor fur in the paint The plan was to spray the wing apart from the outside of one end plate, let it dry and then mask the rest and finish the end plate, this worked well on the Lotus…….. Finger prints from where I picked it up. Time to leave it all for a few days, let the disappointment fade and come back with a fresh outlook. On with the reserve model! Which in contrast is going quite well despite some major dissection and reassembly of expensive resin castings. Malc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bengalensis Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Life is difficult sometimes... Give it a few days rest, then some time to sand down all issues when inspiration returns followed by a new spraying session. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klubman01 Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Oh, that's a shame. Bad luck. Count to ten, think "white sand, blue sky and palm trees" and then tackle the repair job. Trevor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouln Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 I’m also not into the F1 kit thing, but you are doing some great things with, or better, to this kit. Thanks for sharing all this with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted September 23, 2021 Author Share Posted September 23, 2021 Winter is coming! Well George RR Martin seems to think so……. So 8 pages back and 6 months since the last post. Time for an update. I also discovered the purpose of the orange dot/star by the title of each thread. Who knew? Its so useful! So what have I been up to you might ask? Put new hip and ridge tiles on the roof on my parents house Put a new front road spring on the Mondeo, fixed the starter motor, then sold it. Put a new roof on my garden shed Made some new window frames Painted a lot of wood work inside the house Oh and some of this Micro steps, I was so close to putting the whole thing in paint stripper, but the thought of redoing all the filler was too daunting…… So a bit of sanding and spraying, more sanding and spraying, and more sanding and spraying and I’m calling it good enough! The airbox has been flatted back to represent the rough outer surface, Ken Tyrrell figured the inside should be smooth as possible for best air flow to the engine, so the part was made on a male mould and the outside left rough. Put the black on the front and sides in three separate jobs, it made the masking easier and left somewhere to hold the model while spraying it. Also added some BMF to the cockpit seat to represent the bare metal tub. Hopefully not so long before the next update! TTFN Malc. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
galaxyg Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 I admire your skills and patience at dealing with this model kit. I look forward to seeing more of the build. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu_davros Posted September 23, 2021 Share Posted September 23, 2021 Good to see you back on the Tyrrell. I always wondered why the airbox was matt, thanks for the info. Cheers, Stuart Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kitkent Posted September 24, 2021 Share Posted September 24, 2021 A very definite improvement on the parts provided,I've never actually seen an Ace resin kit it looks like a very base though. Chris. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Malc2 Posted September 24, 2021 Author Share Posted September 24, 2021 (edited) Tally Ho chaps. Todays progress, cockpit almost there, just need to finish the seat belts. Gear lever and rod added, the gate was covered with BMF. Knee pads added and the fire extinguisher/oxy bottle thingy cover added in the front of the seat. The instrument decals took some finding - after feeling grumpy that they were not included in the kit, I decided to have a look at the kit instructions…… They were on the decal sheet, I could not see them because they were just the white bits on a very light blue background - almost invisible! Quite pleased the gear lever ended up in the bulge in the coaming Front splitter added after spraying with Tamiya SG black Humbrol satin black brushed on in the area where the suspension will go. @galaxyg, dust included just for you!!! Right Chaps, appeal for help – anyone know where in the UK I can get some solid black decal paper? Had a Google around and could not find anything. Need a couple of small pieces to go inside a painted radiator duct, which will avoid a really awkward masking job. Malc. Edited September 24, 2021 by Malc2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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