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Hi all The thread in the Under Glass section can be found here: https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/202146-mclaren-senna Thank you all for your comments during this build. I hope to see you again on my next project Urs

Hi all Sooner than expected I was able to go to the studio to take some Under Glass pictures of my recently finished McLaren Senna First of all the pics I took at home, using my photobox (some of them have been visible already in my WIP thread: https://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/topic/174179-tamiya-mclaren-senna/ And now the pics taken in the studio. Unfortunately I didn't see all the dust on the reflecting surface until I was back home That's it from me in regard of the McLaren Senna. I'll soon be back with a new project (and of course with my already started Sauber C9). Urs

Hi all Thank you very much Sonny Meanwhile the McLaren has been finished und was parked around the corner where it was spotted by a fellow photographer A thread in the Under Glass section will follow as soon as I've been to the studio for the next time (hopefully soon). That's it from this build. From now on work on the Sauber C9 will continue and at the same time I started another project (better said, I took it over from my son as he has lost interest in it). Urs

Hi all After having finished the door panels and the dashboard in my last post, it was time to finally finish and install the seats. After completing all the seat belt parts I could install them in the interior Once installed I could also attach the door panels and the dashboard With this being done, it was time for the engagement photo (with the door on the driver's side only mocked up) Then everything went quite fast: marriage took place In another WIP I once read that quite a few body parts fell off during marriage, that's why I waited with installing the doors and the rear (the part with the green crossbar) until after inserting the interior. Especially the door section had to be pulled apart quite a bit. With the doors already installed it would been necessary to bend it even more, as the doors go underneath the interior tub to attach some undercarriage parts. Now everything that's left to do is installing the undercarriage and assemble and install the spoiler. But that will be done in the final post of this build Urs

Hi all Thank you very much I almost gave up long ago But I just loved the design of this car too much to really give up, so I just paused its build several times. Exactly three years ago today, I started building the McLaren Senna. At the time, I thought it would be a challenge with a kit, a set of PE parts, and two decal sets to be applied on top of each other. But I never would have dreamed back then that I would still be working on it three years later. A lot of things turned out the way I had hoped, but I had to make quite a few compromises and couldn't stick to the original model completely. Overall, however, I'm still happy with how it's turned out so far. Today, there is only small progress to show you, but one that brings me a step closer to completing this build. Now I just need to finish the seats (and seat belts), and then the wedding can take place soon. After that, all that's left to do is sand, polish, and assemble the spoiler. But now to the pictures. First, the two door panels were completed. There were actually etched parts for the speakers (as a replacement for the decals), but I like them better with decals. Then the dashboard was also completed. Once again, I realized that parts I thought I had already painted were still on the sprue. I also had to deviate from the original again with the steering wheel, as the parts that I have now simply painted black would have been made of green carbon fiber. That's it for the birthday post Now I'm going to continue sweating and maybe finish the seat belts Urs

Hi all Thank you very much Thank you. You won't have to cover everyting in carbon fiber. There are lots of designs without Thank you. I guess that's the reason I'm working on it for almost 3 years now... I lost motivation more than once because of all the decal work. Quite some progress could be made in the last two weeks. First of all I worked on the interior, added floormats, accelerator and brake-pedals Then the brake discs have been completed. That's something that was lying around for months now, ready to assemble, but nobody ever took the time to really do it... After that, everything went rather fast, so that it will soon be time for marriage. Only some minoer work has to be done to complete the interior (cover one more piece with transparent CF decal for the dashboard, paint and assemble one small console for the driver's seat and finally install all the seatbelts. The McLaren Senna I'm building has quite a lot of them, as he has a 3-point seatbelt installed as well as a 6-poiint... So much for today. I guess, that I'll soon enter the home stretch with this build Urs

Hi all Quite some time has passed since my last post... But progress on the McLaren is continuing steadily, albeit in small steps The doors have already been completed, as far as is possible at this stage. The windows will only be added once the doors are attached to the body. Contrary to the assembly instructions, I will only do this once the body has been placed over the interior. I hope that this will mean the body does not have to be stretched so much during marriage. Some progress has also been made on the bodywork That's it for today I'll have more to show soon, as the interior is slowly taking shape Urs

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

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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