kpnuts Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Hi all made a start on this, primed the main body added a few 1/24 kits for scale ref. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marco F. Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Thanks for your start This model will entertain us for a while looking foreward concerning the progress enjoy the thing you got on the table Marco F Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vesa Jussila Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 I will be following this. One favorite cars for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 30, 2021 Author Share Posted March 30, 2021 Start on painting the engine. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted March 31, 2021 Author Share Posted March 31, 2021 Got the white on next is masking up for the blue, also got some of the engine and gearbox done. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 I wasn't happy with the scale of the kit supplied fuel lines (nearly double the size they should have been at just over 1mm (the actual lines are a tad over 6mm) The only photo ref I have atm is this I know they are metal in the pic but back then they were clear nylon because they were lighter than metal ones but when they added more ethanol to modern fuel they started to fail (the nylon ones that is) and so modern cars have metal, anyway I've gone of subject metal ones is the only ref I have atm and the nylon ones were a tad smaller so the kit ones are definitely over scale. I stretched the kit ones which made them thinner. I've done some weathering on the engine as well and added a few ancillary parts. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 4, 2021 Author Share Posted April 4, 2021 OK so a little bit of added detail (and it is little) Take a piece of solder and flatten it. Cut into 7mm lengths paint the tip satin black put a couple of bends in it, repeat 12 times and you have sparkplug retaining clips. Take some heat shrink tubing cut into 2mm lengths Add to end of plug leads and you have plug caps 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbostream Posted April 4, 2021 Share Posted April 4, 2021 I like what your are doing this will look amazing when finished. The photo of the 1/24 car sitting on top of the floor made me laugh. Every time I buy a 1/12 or 1/8 model I get surprised how big it is because I am so used to working with 1/24 or 1/25 kits. I hope Tamiya will reissue this kit at some point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouln Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 Nice work, Ken. I like the detailing you are doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 17, 2021 Author Share Posted April 17, 2021 Hi all more done on this. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 18, 2021 Author Share Posted April 18, 2021 I've sanded down the bleed through and Resprayed the white, you can still the blue through it, unsure whether to give it another coat since I'm going to spray the bule again in the same place. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 21, 2021 Author Share Posted April 21, 2021 Bit more work on this one. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted April 22, 2021 Share Posted April 22, 2021 MMm that looks about right: I often tone-down those chromed parts by spraying on a coat of matt varnish. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted April 25, 2021 Author Share Posted April 25, 2021 OK so second attempt at the spray job and I'm quite pleased with how it turned out. A vast improvement on this. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted April 27, 2021 Share Posted April 27, 2021 Wow: silk purse from sow's ear or what? Looks a heck of a lot better thankfully Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 1, 2021 Author Share Posted May 1, 2021 You wouldn't believe how hard the suspension on this is and don't get me started on the connection of the wheels to the drive shafts. I've started scratching the slide throttle linkage for it, the guys at work hate this system, there is a plate with 3 holes in it the size if the venturi of the flutes that runs on bearings and slides forwards and backwards to enlarge or reduce the air fuel ratio by sliding the hole thus reducing or enlarging the venturi, it's prone to leaks and not a great system. This car had other throttle linkage systems which were better but the one depicted in the kit is this one so (as it's the car I've worked on it's the one I will try to depict) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toftdale Posted May 1, 2021 Share Posted May 1, 2021 Great work on the paint it looks perfect to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 2, 2021 Author Share Posted May 2, 2021 OK some pics of progress so far, I really don't like the tamiya idea of doing the suspension, it's s=€t took ages to do and is very fragile (must be why they give you one extra of each suspension part) I generally like tamiya kits but not a fan of this one for design of assembly luckily I didn't do the suspension in the order tamiya suggest as it would have been even harder to accomplish done in the way the instructions suggest. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 3, 2021 Author Share Posted May 3, 2021 Did more work on the 910 made the porsche decals for the side (quite pleased with them) masked and painted the windscreen and built the dashboard. Working on the font for the number 20 (proving quite difficult) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 6, 2021 Author Share Posted May 6, 2021 She's nearing completion now (I hate those PE seat belts, in fact I hate PE full stop) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 7, 2021 Author Share Posted May 7, 2021 Added the hinges to the side windows. Definitely on the last leg now. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 Hi all nearing completion now, really enjoyed this kit. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete in Lincs Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 Phew! I made it just before the end. I was erm, stuck at the lights. Well, OK, there was a queue at the off licence, but I'm here now. Big catch up and it's well worth it. Lovely work, and I will steal a couple of your ideas, flattened solder being one of them. I've used it before, but had forgotten about it! So, how many "LIKE's" do I owe you? Call it around a hundred? Bargain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kpnuts Posted May 20, 2021 Author Share Posted May 20, 2021 Thanks mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver911 Posted May 20, 2021 Share Posted May 20, 2021 You have managed to make something better than this kit deserves mate...IMHO...the worst kit Tamiya ever made in this scale...well done you Ron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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