ismaelg Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Hello, It is finally finished! Good thing Feb has 29 days this year, so it counts as a Feb build Decals fought all the way. They are totally immune to decal set and decal solvent. At one ponit I was POURING decal solvent over them, but they had the flexibility of plywood. A fellow forum member is sending me another set of decals, so I can replace a few ones. Revell Germany 1/24 scale Box stock except for the exhaust tips and some carbon fiber and kevlar decals Cobra Colors paint More information, pictures and sounds here: Villeneuve's FW19 model page Thanks,
Peter Lombardo Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Ismael, nice job. I built that kit a few years ago and had the same decal problems too....no flexibility to them at all. I did not care for the question mark decals, but had no source for replacements at that time. Nice build of a tough kit....I am not a big fan of the Revell of Germany F1 kits. I have done a few and they always disappoint me. I guess I was spoiled by the great Tamiya 1/20 kits. Even the old Hasagawa 1/24 kits were better then the Revell kits, in my humble opinion. Anyway....nice job...I know it was not a cake walk.
Raul_Perez Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Very nice build, Ismael!! Keep up the good work,
Darrell Gwinn Posted February 29, 2008 Posted February 29, 2008 Looks awesome, those decals should be in your hands any day now!
ismaelg Posted March 2, 2008 Author Posted March 2, 2008 Looks awesome, those decals should be in your hands any day now! Thanks! I'll let you know when I get them....
robertw Posted March 6, 2008 Posted March 6, 2008 Very nice job especially considering how quickly you got it finished. As a Canadian I've always thought that this was a kit I had an obligation to build but with your description of decal problems now I'm hesitating. Hope to see other open wheel racers from Team Ismael in the future. Rob W
gregbbear Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Very nice job especially considering how quickly you got it finished. As a Canadian I've always thought that this was a kit I had an obligation to build but with your description of decal problems now I'm hesitating. Hope to see other open wheel racers from Team Ismael in the future. Rob W Ismael, I really enjoyed the links. You took a modest kit, and made it really cool. A lot of RoG's F1 kits leave a lot to be desired, but for the subject matter alone it is worth it. I like the fact that they also cover some of the, well, non-podium cars too. I'm hoping that the reissued Hasegawa Ferraris are a sign that they will do the same with some of their others from that era. They do have a lot! All in all, a great build of a great car. Something tells me that JV will get bored quick with NASCAR. Oh yeah, one quick question, which brand of composite decals did you use? F1 Specialties has a bunch of original kit decals including the ones from the Williams too. If I ever get off of work and get a chance to build, I'll try and shoot some pics of my wip, it is the MSM creation conversion of a Ferrari F2003GA to a Sauber Petronas C23. I'm not sure how accurate it will be. While I'm rambling again, I saw in the coming attractions at Stradasports a conversion to the Redbull Star Wars car! I am also a big fan of corvette racing, yesterday and today. I am going to try and get over to Houston (3hrs away) to see them at the ALMS race next month. I have yet to see them live. Thanks again. Regards, Greg
cruz Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Oh my ######!!! That thing is awesome, nice job on the decals compatriot!!!!!
george 53 Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Iz, is that the VooDoo car you were workin on,that I thought looked like a space ship? Dam sure looks like a real car now! Great job!
george 53 Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 Iz,just checked,an now I can see that its not. But I got a feelin that, after seein this one, the"voodoo" car will look just as nice,Like I said before,Great work!
Brendan Posted March 28, 2008 Posted March 28, 2008 How could I have missed this being finished?! Excellent work. Though the blue is a little off.
ismaelg Posted March 28, 2008 Author Posted March 28, 2008 How could I have missed this being finished?! Excellent work. Though the blue is a little off. After the championship season was over, Williams toured the car on shows for a few years. While on tour in the US, I acquired the car from them for an undisclosed amount, but it was a bit deteriorated, so I re-painted it in Corvette blue because I like it better than the original blue. That's my story and I stick to it :P :D
ismaelg Posted March 29, 2008 Author Posted March 29, 2008 which brand of composite decals did you use? Thanks Greg! I complemented the kit's decals with SMS (Scale MotorSports) plain carbon fiber, twill weave carbon fiber and carbon kevlar decals. Thanks,
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