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Hi all Thank you very much Small steps on the McLaren. I had actually planned to make more progress on the bodywork last week than was actually the case. The problem, however, was that the air deflectors in the area of the splitter on one side could not be installed. After a long search, I found the root of the problem: the splitter was slightly warped and had to be persuaded to stay in its intended position with a little force. As I wanted to avoid having to make 10 attempts because of removing the clamp too early and thus tear the glue joint open again (as is often the case with me), I let the glue harden for a little more than 24 hours this time. As the other construction steps are also in the area of the splitter, I could not continue here. Here is the current status, with the splitter installed and forced into shape. You can also see the air deflectors on the side where I was able to install them earlier Beforehand I finished the two headlights. Well.... at least that's what I thought. Them problem if you are working on a project for almost three years now it that you don't always remember exactly what had been done already three years ago... I was wondering because there was no painting instruction for the area behind the big transparent part. Neither could I find anything in the instructions of the PE set used. Today I studied Tamiya's building instructions once again and noticed that there are still two parts missing on each headlight which go behind the big transparent part... That's it for this week. I hope that I will be able to make more progress this week Urs

Hi all Fortunately fixing the scratches on the body has been quite easy. Therefore I reprimed the areas affected and layed down some more layers of paint on both the body shell and the engine hood and thought it was fine now. But after looking at it again a few days later I noticed that the front still didn't look as smooth as I would want it. And just now, when looking at the picture, I noticed that stain on the body shell right behind the wheel. I also noticed some sanding marks right behind the openings on the roof. Initially I thought that I'd let them as they are, but now there's a good reason to touch them up as I'll have to repaint the body shell anyway in some spots. This afternoon I also got reminded that I might have a PE part for the circular openings behind the doors. If that is the case, I'll also have to sand that area flat to be able to attach the PE parts. But first I'll have to check if there's really a replacement in the PE set I'm using... The engine has been cut in two halfs to make painting easier. After painting the two halves will be re-attached I don't know yet how detailed I'll build the engine. This build was actually intended to decrease the size of my stash on one had, as I don't have any space left for new model kits anymore. On the other hand it was supposed to get my mojo back, as I was thinking to sell all my model building related stuff some months ago and concentrate on photography again... So much for today from the pit lane Urs

Hi all I just decided to give it a go and try it again. That's what I tried to show you last time: Only very few progress today, but more will be coming soon. I know I've already made this announcement several times in this WIP, but this time it really will be the case. A lot has been going on in the background recently, but not too much that could be shown in pictures yet. On Friday, however, I clear coated all the body parts that had not yet been clear coated befrore with Ammo's 2K paint. Unfortunately, I only realized afterwards that I applied it too thin on some parts, which resulted in a very uneven surface. I will paint these parts again in about 2 weeks so that I have a thick enough layer for the final sanding and polishing. But now to the only progress that can be seen at the moment: a body part that had already been clear coated months ago has been sanded smooth with a Tamiya 3000 sanding sponge and can now be polished. I was actually thinking that the parts should be dust-free, but the photo once again brutally proves the opposite... the dust will (hopefully) be wiped off by the final gallery pictures at the latest... And now let's move on the the current standing As I mentioned in my last post, some of the body parts had to be clear coated for a second time. That was done last friday, so I had to leave these parts to dry for some days. But the parts that came out well the first time have been sanded smooth and polished, so I could continue assembling the body. Now it finally starts looking like a car To continue work on the interior I had to mask the already finished carbon fibre work and paint it with some Charcoal Textured paint. When I removed the masking afterwards everything turned out well on the passenger's side. But when I started removing the masking on the drivers side I soon noticed that the masking ripped off a part of the cf decals 😴 Once all the masking had been removed, I tried to cut some clean edges to make it easier to apply a patch to fix it. That's how it looked afterwards While letting the clear coat cure I also had some time to fix this last weekend. It's not really perfect, but I definitely can live with the way how it looks now. And with.a bit of luck this area won't be too visible through the small windows in the lower part of the door anyway... That's all for today. As I'll mainly have to sand and polish a lot of body parts it may now take a while to my next post in here. But now I'm constantly working on this kit to have it (hopefully) finished soon Urs

Hi all Welcome to my new WIP on the Sauber Mercedes C9, which won seven out of eight world championship races in the 1989 season with Jean-Louis Schlesser at the wheel and became world champion with aplomb. Jochen Mass, also in a C9, took second place in the World Championship that season. There is also a double victory in the legendary 24-hour race at LeMans. I will build the No. 62, which was driven by Jochen Mass. First I tried to open the openings which had been molded closed. For the first time I'm not too unhappy with the result After that the engine hood and the body shell had been primered with AK's Black Primer... ...and painted with Number 5's Sauber C9 Silver. A friend of mine told me quite some time ago already, that he loved working with Number 5 paints and I can only confirm that: they cover really well and lay down very nice and smooth. With Zero Paints I often had some kind of ripples once the paint was dry, but with this Number 5 paint there was absolutely no problem at all. But after the second coat of paint I suddenly noticed some quite heavy scratches on the body shell which haven't been there after the primer stage. I have no idea how that could happen, but it meant that I would stop painting the body and first level them out. To fnish this first post I also did the undercarriage and covered a large part of it with some kevlar decals I had lying around for almost 10 years now. I can't really remember if they had been such a nightmare to use when I first used them, but this time I only had to very slightly wipe over them to make them tear apart. Luckily I also have kevlar decals from other brands for spots where it will be more viisble. That's it for today. I hope to have piqued your interest and would be happy to hear your critics, comments and plaudits Urs

Hi all I actually wanted to show the current status here, but as I am not able to send my post (always get the error message "Page cannot be found") I give up and won't continue this WIP on here. I know that there are some SQL-related words that can't be used in a post and will cause this error if used anyway. But I double checked my post and couldn't find any of these... If you like to follow this build, you can do so over on britmodeller or (in german) on koelner-modellbauforum.de. Urs

Hi all Thank you very much The paint used was Zero Paints' Ferrari Leather Color Cuoio. Unfortunately it took a little longer to continue on this build because a few things came up that had to be fixed first. But now the Ferrari is (almost) done. The only things missing are the wiipers for which I haven't been in the right mood to assemble them so far. But let's start at the beginning In the building instructions for the interior there was some weird thing I could never figure out what it was supposed to be. According to the instructions you should glue two PE parts on top of each other, apply a decal with a Ferrari logo and apply that on top of the middle console. But as I never found a picture of an original having a Ferrari logo pleced on the top of the middle console I decided to ignore this part and go on without it. Shortly before finishing the bulid I looked at the according PE fret and noticed that there have been three parts with the same part number, so that would make four layers of PE to be glued on top of each other. Almost at the same time I discovered a picture of an original middle console, taken from the back seat (if the Ferrari would have one) between the seats looking forward. And there I could finally see it. So it was absolutely clear this had to be assembled. I'm sure you will all find out what it was without any problem when you see it And no, of course I'm not talking about the ruler I put for size comparison reasons The windshield was then installed. As this always gives rise to criticism with the alpha model models, here is my method of installing the windshield, which has proved absolutely successful so far (I copied it some time ago from rusomodel on his youtube channel, which unfortunately has since been shut down by him). First, the windshield is attached on one side, not quite to the middle, with superglue. Then let the joint dry really well and harden. To be on the safe side, I always wait a few hours or even until the next day. The second half can then be fixed again with superglue without any major problems. The only problem areas are actually the outermost lower corners, because the radius of curvature is usually quite tight there and therefore there is always a lot of tension. But with a little patience during the drying phase of the superglue, this can usually be managed too. After fixing the second side as well, and work on the body was mostly completed, it was time for an overview of all the parts before they'll be more or less hidden inside / underneath / on the body shell. Here you can see once again the small part from the beginning, although not yet in its final place With assembly completed it was then time to attach the side windows. I intentionally didn't attach them before, so I would have been able to fix minor issues from the outside without having to unscrew everything again. Speaking of screwing, I checked the position of the predrilled holes before priming and widened the holes accordingly to prevent stress cracks during final assembly. When putting everything together I noticed that the holes had to be widened even more. And the two frontmost holes in the body part have been covered completely by the undercarriage,so I had to drill completely new ones. That's something I always hate: drilling on a finished body... But luckily everything went well and the Ferrari could be assembled. The only downside was the resin dust from drilling the holes that I haven't removed completely before taking the next pics. But before shooting the final gallery pics I'll give the whole model a thorough cleaning, I promise On the last pic I also noticed that the grill at the passenger side got loose again. I'll fix that when I assemble and mount the wipers. And right now I also noticed that the licence plate is missing as well at the back. This will be fixed too before shooting the gallery pics That's it for this build. As next step I plan to concentrate on my McLaren Senna to finish this model after almost three years. Parallel to the McLaren I'll start a legendary racing car from my home country. But I won't reveal yet which one it will be About revealing: I'm sure you already figured it out, but just in case you didn't: the small part from the beginning of course is the car's key which belongs into the recess on top of the middle console Urs

Unfortunately it's still not working for me. I just logged out, deleted all cookes and logged in back again, but no upload option displayed when replying to a post :(

Hi all Thank you very much for your kind comment Thank you too, but to be honest I must have been lucky with the angle of view when I took the picture, as the damage is still quite noticebale to the bare eye (even for someone like me who doesn't even think about getting to the bench without his magnifying glasses). Meanwhile the interior has been completed including the dashboard and the engine compartment has been completed as well The diffusor has been completed too and is now awaiting final assembly The body has been waxed with Tamiya Modelling Wax and the first PE parts have been added while installing the PE parts, I noticed that I had forgotten to paint the areas underneath the two large grilles on the back black. As there will be grilles on top of this area, so it won't be visible that much anyway, I decided to freehand brush-paint them using some Vallejo Model Color Black (the same paint that I used on the wheel guards That's it for today. I think that by the end of next week I should be able to have this kit finished. Maybe without the wipers as I really have to be in the right mood to assemble those HobbyDesign / alpha model wipers. Urs

Hi all Sorry for not replying for so long. I thought, I'd answer with my next post which was supposed to be only one week after my last one... Thank you very much for your kind comment, it really helps keeping motivation up Long time there was no progress on this build, as I didn't manage to apply the transparent decals in a way I was satisfied on one hand and because of a general lack of model-building motivation on the other hand. But finally I managed to apply the decals on the outside of the first seat in an acceptable way. Meanwhile it's clear coated as well to seal the decals before going on to the interior part of the seatshell The two inner door panels have been carbonized as well. I know, the result is far from being perfect, but it's the best result I was able to achieve, so I'll leave it like this. And finally the two door sills have also been carbonized and clear coated. Now this will be followed by some masking to paint the interior in dark grey / black. I'll first. have to try to remember how I had planned the interior to look like... As I'm slowly entering the home stretch with my Ferrari SF90, I'm planning to concentrate my building on the McLaren once the Ferrari is finished. I really wouldn't like to celebrate a third birthday for this WIP... That's it for today. I really hope there won't be another six months to my next progress-post (I know, I already said that the last few times, but now I really hope, it will be much sooner ). Urs

Hi all New week, new luck (hopefully) with showing my progress on the Ferrari Lots of sanding has taken place during the last few days / weeks. After several hours of sanding with 2000 grit the body looked like this (still with some sanding residue in some spots, although this time I washed the body before taking the pics... I wasn't able to sand out all dents (or maybe I just wasn't brave enough as I had the impression that in some spots I sanded for days). After more sanding with 4000, 6000, 8000 and 10.000 grit and some polishing using the Tamiya Polishing Compounds it now looks like this As you can see, there are still some dents visible, but I'll just declare these as damage by hail. It really is the owner's fault when he leaves his precious Ferrari outside during a hailstorm... That's it for today. As a huge step could be made with clearcoating and polishing the body, I think I'll soon come to an end with this build Urs

@Dave Ambrose Thank you very much for your investigation and investing your time in hunting problems not everybody can reproduce. But somehow I get the impression that at least in my case this can't be the only reason for not accepting the post. I just double checked with another forum where I had posted the exact same text and neither of the problem words have been used there. The only word I used twice which has something to do with SQL syntax was "update". The thread in question was https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/193919-alpha-model-ferrari-sf90-stradale/

Unfortunately the forum software won't accept the rest of the text I tried to enter to my previous post. Let's put it short then: everything's fixed now, motivation is slowly coming back, interior and engine compartment are mostly finished and body has been clear coated for a second time. Now i'll let it dry and try sanding and polishing it to an even, glossy surface Urs

Hi all Long time no progress on this one. That was caused by a complete lack of motivation in the first place. Then, when motivation started to come back, I decided to clear coat the body parts. Right after applying the clear I had the impression that I had quite a few spots where the airbrush had sprinkled some heavy drops on. But after closer inspection I noticed that they haven't been bent outwards, but looked more like small dents. I guess there must have been some oily residue from the compressor coming through the airbrush, contaminating the clear So I decided to vent the air tank of my compressor once again, something I haven't done for a few years now. While venting it, there suddenly was a loud bang and some parts of the compressor flying through the room. So I first had to get that fixed to be able to continue...

I'm having this issue as well. It's now 8:01 pm in Central European Standard Time. I just wanted to reply to a topic of mine where I haven't posted anything for a few months now. Just in case it might help investigate further: I'm on a Mac, running macOS 15.2 Sequoia, using Opera V116.0. Edit 8:08 pm Central European Standard Time: I deleted most of my initial text in the reply in my topic, trying whether I could post it piece by piece. When I hit "Save" the part of the text I didn't delete and the pictures have been posted 8:05 pm). When I now try to edit the post to re-enter the text I get an error message saying "This comment can no longer be edited. It may have been moved or deleted, or too much time may have passed since it was posted for it to be edited."

Hi all Initially my goal was to have this Ferrari finished for the upcoming exhibition at Basel, taking place on the weekend of 12./13. October. In order to get everything done by then, I had to concentrate on the exterior parts which will have to be clear coated. As I am using 2K clear, I can only use it on a friday when my son is at school, so I have the possibility to thoroughly vent the apartment before he comes home. And as the clear also needs some time to cure before I can start sanding and polishing I'll have to do it this friday (when possible). There have been a few CF decals which had to be applied to the body. Some spots I'll have to cover up with some black paint after clear coating to make it less obvious that the decals didn't cover everything. Fortunately (as usual) it is not as obvious to the naked eye as it is on the pictures. In addition to the body, the diffusor had to be covered entierly with CF decals I am quite disappointed by the building instructions for this kit, regarding the placement of the CF decals. There are quite a few occasions where the callouts are just wrong with interchanged decals for the left and right side. Especially on the diffusor I tried to apply a decal for the longest time until I realized that it belongs to the other side... Whenever I needed something else to do, I continued work on the dashboard. Mostly I had to apply decals as well, but at least they've been a little more colorful And to prevent me from getting too rollicking, I also applied the CF decal on the rocker switch With all the carbon applied to the body and diffusor the kit is now ready for clear coat on friday. The only parts still missing are the rear view mirrors, which have to be partially covered in CF decals. Unfortunately there haven't been any predefined decals in the kit, so I had to make templates myself. Yesterday I started with the first mirror, but gave up completely bugged out as I managed to cut it wrong three times in a row (first it was too small, on the second attempt the pattern was the wrong direction and the third attempt I seem to have successfully forgotten)... But as they are small and I've made the experience that i's quite easy to achieve a bright shine on a small part, they won't become a blocker for clear coating. There are several parts for the interior / engine compartment which I'll have to clear coat as well, where I'll be using Mr. Color Super Clear, so I can use this for the mirrors as well if needed. That's it for today's update Urs