Pierre Rivard

The entertainment never stops. You produce so much interesting material to follow. Who needs a Netflix account? 🤪

Fantastic stuff Matt. I love the idea of epoxy for the goggle glass, very realistic. These wheels will be perfect for this replica. You are taking this humble kit to the next, next level. No need to re-mortgage the house for a MFH kit...😄

You did say after the multi-year dragster masterpiece that this one would be a more standard build... right? You are forgiven my son. We should not expect Rembrant to get into finger painting. 🤪

Despite the multiple hurdles the car looks beautiful John, but no thanks to Heller. When a highly skilled builder such as yourself calls a kit a pile of ... then it must be really really bad. We've been warned!

You're definitely giving this one the full treatment. Check out Ted's Marketplace for braided lines, they carry multiple suppliers and sizing options. I like the Pro Tech braided lines.

Superb work Rich. I like the way the suspension arms have accidently chipped off. In today's F! world a scratched part would be discarded but not 35 years ago. Perhaps with tires showing a bit of track use and modest mechanical components weathering (washes).

Another masterpiece from your bench Dave. Do you have special methods or materials to take out the surface irregularities from the printing process?

I love Bertone designs and the Stratos is the ultimate expression of this style. Such a beautiful car in comparison to today's HUGE mid engine supercars. Fantastic choice you are making to go with yellow on this one. Will this be a racing or road car... or something of a mix?

On the road car the rear part of the floorpan is occupied by the fuel tank and spare tire tub. The race car has this replaced by a deep tub holding the fuel cells.

Absolutely Dave. Lots to do on this one and the Otaki body provides a better starting point than the other one.

Gorgeous work Paul. The air deflectors are so realistic they look full size. So nice to see this project back in action.

The rear axle/diff/oil pump assembly is a model by itself. No 3D printing shortcut. In this shop we fabricate our parts! 😃

Going back to the "front engine" 275P. It's a little tight to access the V12 for maintenance, but check out the trunk...it's huge. People don't realize how practical this car is for road trips. I might buy one...

Love it Helmut. Stance is spot on. Such a beautiful race car.

Oh yes Bill. Bentley Continental would be high on my list But first would be the Red Pig!

WHAT? OOB... and miss all the fun? Yes Andrew it is better now. Now please finish that exhaust header connection.

Hello Ulf, You are experimenting a lot and that is basically how I developed my method. I don't promote brush painting as the way to go but for me it was the only way because I live in a high rise flat and setting up a spray booth was just not possible. My best tip would be lots of thinning and multiple thin coats are the way to go to avoid brush marks on large surfaces. Vallejo primer, thinned about 20-25% with water. 3 to four coats, a few days to dry and then moderate wet sanding with 2000-3000 grit. Vallejo model color, thinned with at least equal part acrylic thinner (my favorite is Green Stuff World 2102 acrylic thinner). Again 3-4 coats, no sanding. Vallejo gloss varnish 70.510, 5 drops clear and 3 drops water for thinning. Usually 2 thin coats. I let it cure a few days before polishing. After decals I add a layer of Holloway House Quick Shine to seal them and it also evens out the gloss level.

The printed parts add so much details. It is a new world.

Lots of beautiful fabrication going on, and the F1 Specialties detailing kit may be scary to look at but it sure takes this build to the next level. This may be the last truly beautiful F1 racer and you are building a spectacular replica of it.

Looks very good. How did you make the reinforced flexible fuel hose?

Another great build Matt. Such a wonderful race car. If you want the more accurate out-laced Borranis for the front end, USCP has them labeled as MB 300slr wire wheels and Jason Hupin (Jack Modeling) also makes them.

Definitely not an in-between build. I've been scheming this one for a long time. A big challenge for sure! Thanks TJ. She looks all business but there is so much more to do. A yup from the master is "goodenuf" for me. 😊 Gravy for you Jason, but not for me. I'm sh... scared of the decals but some more manageable stuff to do before I hit that bridge

Decent amount of bench time lately spent on the chassis to body foundation

Thank you Gerald. It is a challenging kit but the gorgeous body casting makes it worth the effort. I have another kit of this great car and I expect the build to go much smoother with all the learnings from the first one. Decals on mine came from VRM and they were excellent. I don't know if they are still producing but the site is still up (v-r-m.com)

It really looks the part Mark. This is a fabulous journey into the search for realism and scratch building all these components to reflect the car as it was built.