Tyrrell Ford 003 F1

[Redstaff]

Seeing as lately I've been on a bit of a Tyrrell roll with the Yamaha 023 and the Honda 020, I thought I'd continue the theme with the last one in my stash, the 003 driven by Jackie Stewart from 1971. I've had the kit for years and it will be pretty much oob as I've got other 1/12 kits with all the bells and whistle detail up sets, plus the fact I probably will have 2 kits on the bench with the Heller GB running at the same time and it would be hard even for me to mix up the bits of a 1/12 F1 car and a 1/24 Le Man's Bentley 😅

Ian 😀

 

 

 

[flyboy2610]

1 hour ago, Redstaff said:

It would be hard even for me to mix up the bits of a 1/12 F1 car and a 1/24 Le Man's Bentley 😅

Ian 😀

 

 

 

I bet I could do it!

[bianfuxia]

This one will be cool - welcome aboard! Out of interest roughly how big will that model be when completed? I've never done a 1/12 anything, I struggle to estimate the finished size. 

[Mjwomack]

4 hours ago, bianfuxia said:

Out of interest roughly how big will that model be when completed?

Bigger than my mini and I thought that was big! This is going to be awesome

[Richard Humm]

It's 345 mm long according to the Tamiya catalogue.

[Redstaff]

8 hours ago, bianfuxia said:

Out of interest roughly how big will that model be when completed? I've never done a 1/12 anything, I struggle to estimate the finished size. 

According to the instructions in the box it is 317mm long x 167 wide and 63 high, which in real terms is 12.5" x 6.5" x 2.5" 

Ian 👍 

[Bobby No Mac]

It's such a nice little (well, not so little in 1/12) race car. Probably my favourite Tyrell.

[CliffB]

It'll be nice to see this one coming off the shelf and being built 

[Redstaff]

Nearly there now  

Bench and surrounding area cleared as I'm going to need a fair bit of space 😉

Zero Tyrrell blue and semi gloss black ordered from Hiroboy ready for the start  

 

Ian  

[Angus Tura]

I am looking forward to this, Ian. Great subject.

 

Alan

[Redstaff]

Little bit of progress today.

Front and rear wing bits and airbox assemblies made up, plus a bit that was floating around and needed a sink hole filling.  With a big kit like this I'm going to treat them all as little models In their own right. Tamiya extra thin bottle to give an idea of scale 😁

Ian 

 

[Redstaff]

Not much bench time this week due to being busy at work, but managed to lay some bits out in primer tonight. Funny how much better everything looks when it's the same colour 😀

Ian 

 

[Redstaff]

Had a fairly productive weekend, even though there isn't a lot to show for it.

Did some gloss black painting for the airbox and on the engine / gearbox ready for the metallics. 

Also methodically going through and stripping the tacky chrome plating off a lot of the smaller parts, I know Tyrrells of this era had chrome plated parts, but this Tamiya plating on the smaller parts is awful and toy like, might leave some parts like the long side pipes and roll cage plated, but haven't got that far advanced now. So for the next week or so it's going to be strip, prime, paint and repeat

Need to be methodical and do in small batches and organise so I don't mix them up as a lot of parts are very similar looking

 

Ian   

[Redstaff]

Not a lot happening here at the moment due to other commitments and work, but nibbling away when I get chance getting bits ready for adding when the time is right like the discs and airbox. Also starting to get the main tub assembled so I can get the blue and decals added and start building from the ground up. 

Lots and lots of small items in various stages of paint now the chrome has been stripped, it seems like painting the forth bridge 🤣

 

[bianfuxia]

This is off to a good start - I built a lot of 1/20 F1 cars in the 80s but I never had this one. Looking forward to your next update!

[desert falcon]

Nice work @Redstaff and a very organized workspace too I have to say 👍 

[Redstaff]

7 hours ago, bianfuxia said:

This is off to a good start - I built a lot of 1/20 F1 cars in the 80s but I never had this one. Looking forward to your next update!

I built a lot of 1/20 ones over the years and have all the tamiya ones either built or in the stash, but the 1/12 ones like this were well out of my league at the time 

[Redstaff]

1 hour ago, desert falcon said:

Nice work @Redstaff and a very organized workspace too I have to say 👍 

Thanks, looks can be deceiving though, I always tidy and sort at the start of a build, then it gets progressively messier 🤣

[Redstaff]

Had a few hours this morning before settling down to watch Italy v France in the 6 nations. I managed (I think) to get all that should be blue into Zero Tyrrell blue. Couple of bleeds on the aluminium tub that need touching, then decals and clearcoat. Then I can start adding parts that are already prepped and painted.

Ian 😃

 

[Yves Paris]

Looking great ! Did you have a gap between the chassis (or tub) and cowling. I'm building this car too and I had to grind the underside lip of the cowling to get a clean joint.

[Redstaff]

4 minutes ago, Yves Paris said:

Looking great ! Did you have a gap between the chassis (or tub) and cowling. I'm building this car too and I had to grind the underside lip of the cowling to get a clean joint.

Hi

Thanks, on a dry run after primer, the fit appeared to be very good, but I've had that before on other kits and had to trim a little in final assembly, so fingers crossed it will be still OK 

Ian 👍 

[Redstaff]

Went to put some decals on last night, but original Tamiya ones are very brittle and yellowed, so decals on order from Indycals, plenty more to do while I wait though  

 

Ian  

[helios16v]

Another Redstaff Special.  Dis gonna be good.  

[Redstaff]

Still waiting on decals from USA, but decided to gloss bodywork and start adding bits to it, otherwise it won't be done before the deadline. Heller GB I was going to do after this is looking decidedly like a non starter unless I pull my finger out on this one. I used zero 1K gloss as I didn't fancy the 2K route and it seems to have laid down ok.

Might get some more bits added at the weekend before the rugby kicks off  

Ian  

 

 

[Redstaff]

After a few little jobs around the garden yesterday morning I managed to grab a couple of hours at the bench and finish off the front end, then a little bit of progress on th engine/gearbox assembly. Hopefully another hour or so later on when I get back in  

Ian