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    My 1/12 scale Tamiya 312T so far. Purchased the SMS photo etch set. Scratch built the steering rack.
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    That looks freakin cool. Great imagination. I could see a mid mounted turbo 4 banger in there.
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    Almost finished with this build. Thought I'd post some pics and video link of the rain light I installed. I drilled out the light and used the Top Studio photo etch mounting bracket which is very accurate to the actual car. Lined the inside of the light with BMF and installed a blinking red LED. Right side pod house's the 3032 battery and micro switch. Battery holder has enough slack so that it can be pulled out of the side pod to replace the battery. Only issue is the cowling has to be removed to turn the light on and off. Video of working rain light: .
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    Installed the left side radiator. To me the radiators are the hardest part of this build. I had to paint them with the Alclad Polished Aluminum twice. I was afraid I made a mistake by cutting out the plastic radiator grills to replace them with Fine Molds AE-15 Metal Mesh #12 Radiator Patterns but there was no going back once I did. I tried installing the patterns after I shot the polished aluminum but I ended up messing up the polished look. I had to go back down to primer then install the radiator patterns and mask them off and re spray the gloss black and polished aluminum. The cooling duct was made by tightly wrapping .35mm wire around a piece of the kits black rubber tubing then wrapping it in a long piece of foil from the kit. Then I rubbed down the foil to let the wire wrapping show.
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    Scratch built this steering rack for my 1/12 scale MP4/6 build. Used aluminum and brass tubing. Filed the pieces and soldered together. Actually this is the first thing I ever scratch built. Made the junction block that is on the right side of the MP4/6 monocoque. I used some left over resin pieces from the Top Studio detail sets that I cut to size and glued together and a spare piece of PE cut to shape on top of the main block. The rest are RBmotion and Top Studio pieces. Not much and not as intense as some of the other tings here but its a start.
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    Looking good. Looks like its going to be a really cool build. I haven't tried anything detailed like that in that scale. I have a hard enough time with 1/12 scale builds. Keep up the good work. Looking forward to seeing this build progress.
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    .What a cool build. I love the scratch building and how clean your work is. This is gonna be one sweet pinto. Looking forward to seeing it completed.
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    Some recent shots of my progress.
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    Another with the assemblies mocked up.
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    Some more progress shots. The headers: Assembled Primed Alclad Gloss Black Alclad Chrome Alclad Heat Treatment
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    A few more shots. Sorry for the delay.
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    Not sure if this will work but this is a video of the posi rear in my FW14B: "https://www.youtube.com/embed/zOAn5X_73ho"
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    Thank you for the compliments. Another shot that I really like.
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    Hello everyone. This is my Williams FW14B completed last year. The build was posted in the On The Workbench category but I never posted the finished model here which is where it should be. It took about 8 months to complete and it was the first large scale detailed build I did. Aftermarket parts were mostly from Thunder Valley, RB Motion, and SMS for the carbon fiber decals. I really learned a lot from this build and am currently working on the 1/12 Tamiya MP4/6.
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    A few pictures of some completed parts. The side cover for the transmission is safety wired.
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    Thank you Ian The carbon fiber on the rear of the monocoque is from Tunermodel Manufactory T2M-6006-B twill weave carbon fiber decal black/golden. The cockpit and other little pieces are Scale Motor Sports Plain Weave Carbon Fiber Black/Amber 1:24th. For the nose cone I used the Scale Motor Sports Plain Weave Carbon Fiber Black/Pewter.
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    Started installing the front suspension components and the connectors for one of the electrical boxes.
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    Steering rack and shaft installed. The gear for the steering slides off of the original Tamiya part and fits onto the Top Studio part perfectly. I also glued a tiny piece of tubing on the steering shaft up by where the steering wheel goes because the shaft kept sliding out the front of the steering rack.
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    That build is coming out very nice. That's the next kit I'm building. Can't wait to see more.
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    I agree with the others about the color. Really nice. I also like the two tone interior. Looks like you nailed the color to me.
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    Some shots of the nose removal. I epoxied the suspension bracket in place and cut the nose off when it had cured.The steering rack was scratch built using aluminum and brass tubing.I have repainted the steering rack to better match the real one just don't have pictures now.
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    Some shots of the rear of the monocoque with a removable electronics box like the 1:1 car.
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    An overhead shot and two showing the suspension adjusting lever in the forward and rear position:
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