Chris Smith

I did some poking around, and yes gravity colors does carry that shade of purple!!

Thank you for your kind words! I do appreciate it.

I have not done the wings yet. And I have never attempted foil. I am curious if it can handle decals on that type of surface?

Thank you for the encouragement! Im sure if you could find a way to get one, I am sure you could do a great job on it.

I started by dry fitting the engine cylinders, and making sure everything lined up, I am learning that you have to think 5 steps ahead to make sure everything lines up, there is quite a bit of drilling and filing that needs to be done to make sure everything goes together well. What I have is about 3 1/2 hours of work and not even close to getting paint on it.

This is my first attempt at a Model Factory Hiro kit. It is in 1/12 scale. I have chosen to build the Porsche 917 chassis no# 43 hippie. It took second at Le Mans in 1970. This is the long tail version, which was clocked at over 250 mph. During the same race a 917k finished 1st to give Porsche its first ever over all win. I am sure most of you Porsche nuts are more familiar with the 917 in gulf colors. But after doing a little research this cars paint work shares a special place in racing history. I am hoping I can do this car justice. Chris

Looks fantastic Tim, forgive my ignorance, what is the blue for? On your last photo

I have spent so much time on my own stuff I didn’t even take a look at what others are doing. That being said, Tim this is truly amazing stuff, your machining abilities are outstanding. Keep up the great work! I know there is more to come Chris

I really like using this product, lays down really smooth and it’s ready to spray right from the bottle. I do recommend using gravity color from Europe not US. It has to do with how they run the company.

I have decided a long time ago when I started this build, that I will not be attaching any body panels or wheels to this, I have a idea that I hope will work out.. Anyway I did get some color on the side pods today, I hope you like, nothing fancy but it is red?

Color of choice for this build

Unbelievable!! I am always in awe of your knowledge and abilities.. I usually don’t have much to say. I just admire from afar. I am looking forward to more progress on this.

Looking really good, I was curious I have some of those mfh zip clips and the seem to be super fragile. After playing around with them I noticed that they are a lot more playable when super wet. What are your feelings about theese?

Very cool, a lot of patience and talent goes into all that machine work!! Keep it up?

I like all kinds of race cars, I love the history of them and the company’s that build them.. I am a big fan of Ferrari, but I do have a lotus77 and a Mclaren m23. I am eyeing a Ferrari 312pb from model factory hiro. I do wish other companies would make large scale race cars. As a kid I loved doing drag racing models, one of my favorite ones was jungle Jim’s in 1/16 my parents got me for my birthday ! So Tim, what do have in mind sir?

I did have a chance to get some more stuff done on the car. Roll bar and most of the wiring is complete. I do have few little things I would like to do. Thanks again for looking Chris

I tried the aqua gloss, was not happy with the results, maybe it’s me ??‍♂️ I really appreciate you taking the time to post up and share as well Chris

Well I have a few PE parts to install, and was trying to strip and re paint the chrome to look like polished aluminum. It didn’t go as planned, I have re painted the wing 5 times and was never happy with the shade and shine, or lack of. I tried alclad chrome, polished aluminum and even high shine aluminum. And Molotow twice because I touched it way too soon. And with all the handling and stripping and starting over the detail got sanded away. So I had to get another sprue on eBay. Putting a clear coat on this part has taken a lot of the shine away as I have decals to install. So I’m not trying much ?

Well done, it’s so funny to see the evolution of a F1car. No wings, little ones no front wing to today’s multi layered monstrosity we see today

Thank you sir for the kind words, actually I’m focused on the rear wing and I’m kind of stressing over it

Thank you sir!! Appreciate it

Thank you!

I see that the Admin was a little busy!! So I was a little busy Friday night and Saturday Afternoon. I was a able to get the engine attached to the tub, which to honest was a little nerve racking. After all the work that has been put into the two half’s I didn’t want to mess them up. After getting this milestone completed, I attached the gas tank and all the lines. Then I went onto attaching the radiators and most of the lines to various parts.. there is quite a few pictures. Thank you for looking Chris

Looks great, well done ?

Yes the brake ducts are aftermarket. indycals has them, shapeways produces’s them