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Good evening, Thank you Bainford! A little gasoline and a little oil. It's time to apply the decals. The numbers are in one piece and therefore there is backing film… which I hate. It must therefore be removed, which makes the figures very flexible and requires installation templates. A busy day: Ivetage of the rear, installation of horns/tubes, adjustment of the bodywork, shaping/installation of the gear lever, seat, steering wheel… fitting of the logo on the nose… In short, it smells like the stable ! The model is very dirty, I will clean it tomorrow, to… get it a little dirty again. Maybe I would have time to make a small accessory, but the priority is to create its storage/transport box. Next soon. Pascal

Hi, Awesome engine Randy! Can’t wait to see more! Pascal

Good evening, I decided to modify the headrest/backrest fixing system. I first fixed the steel plate with adhesive film behind the « leather » part without integrating the rivets. I then installed flush magnets in the pre-drilled rear tip. This makes it very easy to remove the part to see what is happening under the hull. Side tanks are riveted, fitted with filler caps and modified to install vents. They are then mounted and strapped to the chassis, connected to the fuel circuit. The vents are attached to the frame tubes and connected to the rear center tank filler neck. The exhausts are definitively fixed and the bodywork parts fitted for a small test. The mobile oil and fuel hatches are in place. Pascal

Hi, Thanks for following the Kiwi Car WIP! Test on the other version of the windshield. Front bulkhead unmasked and ready for completion: A small "T" fitting is quickly done. New modification for the upper part of the damper and the upper triangle: Steering wheel is almost done and waiting for oils: Small details added on the pedals: Brake fluid bottles detailed and installed. Adding few details on the steering box: Velocity stacks are finished. I was not that happy with the cam covers... So I replaced the white metal molded ones by some 0.8 Calibre 35 made from resin: McLaren Papaya Orange for the front extractor... I forgot. Forward triangles ready: Fuel pumps ready : Studying how I will put the harness. Hardware from F1 Specialties, T3B. Hairy DFV! details added on the "electronic" box: And on the admission ramps: Pics of the Cosworth with the sub assemblies installed and few details: Time to work on the Hewland Gearbox. Parts were already sand blasted then primed with GC light grey primer... sorry for the picture! Parts drilled where I'd add some details. The A/N line is ready. Black quickly sprayed. Test fitting: Washes , dry brushes, oils accessories and more soon. Dry bushes with Polished Steel , Polished Alu from chez Humbrol Metal Cote. Oil job with Rembrandt (Extra fine) Sépia and W&N Artists Ivory Black, Gris de Payne et Outremer. Of course RB Motion bolts and washers were used. Pics will tell more: More soon. Pascal

Hi, Thank you Pierre. I’l glad you enjoy this WIP. I’m sorry for the pics, which are less worked than the ones I displayed by now… Last pics of the WIP: The Rooooaaaarrrring Beauty should (very) soon be finished! Thanks a lot to Misao HIRO for all those incredible kits and thanks a lot to Rob (RBMotion) with his impressive range of stunning stuff!! Finished! The Roooaaaring Red Beauty is now ready to rejoin the paddock! Last job was the nose: done. Not very clean but enough for the pics: MFH Pilot Gear. I Hope you enjoyed this build. Pascal

Hi, Stunning! I looove GPM parts! The Lancia sets are really beautiful and extremely well done with crisp and neat details. Renaissance sets are far from being of the same quality and you’d better have a look at KMP (https://en.kmp-sm.com) and D.A.B Models. Great start!! Pascal

Hi, I restart to read the WIP from the first post: you just made an awesome job!! A lot of really beautiful handmade parts that add so great details: well done!! Pascal

Good evening, A new light coat of white is quickly sprayed, then a thin coat of Aqua Gloss in order to protect the paint. Sorry for the pics... The heat shield is sprayed with Alclad White alu over a primed Dull Alu base: The mesh is temporarily installed. Test fit of the exhausts over the heat shield: Weathering started (oils): It may need to be accentuated (very slightly) in some areas and reduced for others. Missing part... A new one is made using 0.6 brass. Primer and Alclad Black already done and waiting for the Airframe Alu. Decals time: I'm not sure about the PROVA number... Next to her sister from 69: Less sponsor in 67?... Rollbar finished and installed: Engine also installed and everything is connected (Oil filter, tachometer...) Hubs are modified to avoid the use of the black screws: I prefer ball joint A screw head is added on the dampers adjustment knobs: Sensors details added on the radiator hoses. A quick oil (W&N) dry brush was done on the seat and the steering wheel. The fuel pumps were slightly detailed Same for the Alternator using RB Motion unbelivable stuff! Installed: Engine and gearbox get married: Just need to connect the front brakes lines and the radiator holders to finish the front area: Pascal

Hello, Thank you very much Mates! The clear coat is now dry. In order to be consistent with the Grand Prix period, I: - added mat base, - slightly "over-diluted", - sprayed in 2 very fine passes (one veil, one wet), - "scratched" very slightly with 12000. A veeery light film of Carnauba is wiped with a soft cloth. It vibrates less! The wheels are therefore balanced, with a lead wire as at the time, equipped with their inflation valve. Pascal

Hi, Great! The C9 is taking shape nicely. Pascal

Hi Chris, Awesome!! The car is taking shape very quickly and the build is impressive! Pascal

Good evening, The straps are shaped on the tanks, equipped with fixing plates, primed and painted. Same thing for fresh air ducts painted gray. The aluminum will be sprayed over the masked part. Painting session for small elements. The air ducts are painted and installed on the car. The rear view mirrors are just waiting for… their mirror. We are not immune to a clear coat attack... Well, well, of course, I took in the face the thing I was not immune to!… I was not happy with the top of a shock. I redid it using a 1/10th shaped aluminum strip, all that remains is to paint. I didn't really know what to do while waiting for the varnish to dry... I decided to make a small bungee cord and a container to collect the overflow of coolant. More soon. Pascal

Good evening, Back on the Chris Amon car I started to work on the gearbox: ...but was not very satisfied. So, I tried to add some more details: J'ai aussi bien travaillé sur le reste des éléments du train arrière et des photos ne devraient pas trop tarder... Plumbing time for the front bulkhead: A bit of work on the rear: Prep and primer of the exhausts: First try of the white color: ZP "pure white". And weld lines: Plumbing of the dashboard started: Black painted caps, then mask and paint process including Klir for the finish coat and oil . Seam is intentionally left in order to depict (or try to...) the plastic bottle. Lockheed bottles installed: Light wash on the metal tanks: ...And finally a small test fit: ZP White is now applied on the exhaust parts: Few details added on the dashboard: Nuts, bolts, wiring... Still working on the battery... waiting for cables: New machined knob, polished and installed on 0.8 SS rod. The beautiful genuine grid is just detailed with machined bolts and lightly weathered. Cockpit is now almost done. I also decided to scratch build the fuel tap which appears on some of my pics, but not on others... Tube installed on the expansion tank: Test fitting of FWD parts: Still adding tubes and cables on the engine...: Do and undo... I was not so happy with the fuel lines: redone: The wire mesh that protects the velocity stacks against ingestion of foreign objects (FOD) is shaped using the included tool. The mesh is a bit too "flashy" for me. I put the grid under the flame to give it a more suitable color. The shaping is thereby slightly more facilitated. A small test seems to validate this solution. As mentioned above, the heat shield is made, its implementation validated. it only remains some paint and weathering: Exhaust assembled: And exhaust clamps installed: More soon. Pascal

Good evening, Thank you very much for all your kind comments! I’m glad you enjoyed the WIP and like the result. That really was a pleasure to build this one. I looove the car, Dan Gurney is one of my all time favorite pilot and an awesome guy, the kit is a marvel… What else?! Thanks once again. Pascal

Thank you Pierre. Yes, the V12 was used till 1969 on the 312F1, then the 312B appeared with the flat 12 in 1970. More soon, as I have to modify the original thread in order to have the pictures visible…? Pascal

Cool! Great job!! The engine is… big and beautiful! Pascal

Hi, Thank you very much for your nice comments! @Pete J.: well… once you know how to do!…? For me, one of the main feature of the Eagle are its stunning chrome exhaust tubes. There are so visible and offer a great contrast with the blue. So, as I wanted to depict as well as possible the real thing, I thought it wouldn’t be stupid to use the same material: Steel. I study few good pictures of the real car and just try to replicate the heat stains using a mini torch on my steel tubes. I first made a first try on one to see how the color changed around the red hot area, then try to be as close as possible of the real thing. That’s all! Just steel tube, a mini torch and great pics! ? Nothing more, nothing difficult! Pascal

Hi, The 312F1 '67 comes back. Well, not much time to work on models, but I try to continue! I set about installing mirrors on the body ... not so easy! I noted the dimensions depending pictures of the car and decorating instructions for positioning. Drilled two holes to be able to insert copper wire in each mirror, and drilled the upper body including one hole slightly larger on the front for adjustment. I let a bit length for inserting two bolts on the inside face of the bodywork part. Few things were done on the engine and you can see the comparison with his little brother from 1969... Wheels painted gold: Onc again 67 & 69: Time to test the "Surface Primer" from GRAVITY COLORS. the good point is that it works upon resin, metal and plastic. First of all some parts need to be prepared or finished before painting process. ... And holes need to be done once again! But it seems I like rivets :roll: 1st, drilling the PE: In position: holes drilled in the resin tub : another test fitting next to the 1969 little sister. Mirrors details: Time to play with the gun Mr Sparmax Flat Pattern & the Primer from GRAVITY COLORS Pics with and without the camera flash: Surprising 1st almost transparent coat, then miracle and a real pleasure to work with! The nose Still little work to do on the nose Top results: Slight problem on the nose and upper body part due to Staedtler permanent ink marker: still visible after primer... Wet sanding and putty Mori Mori Next step of the painting process. A light color coat is done over the grey primer. That will be the Giallo Modena for a great and bright Rosso Corsa! Sanding and primer... ... Yellow: Rosso: prepared and primed: ZP Black Here are the "wrongdoers"... :twisted: GRAVITY paints are AWESOME!! Easy to work with, extremly thin coats can already give a beautiful result and a strong deep satin finish. They also dry very quickly: perfect!! Next step is the finnish coat that will be given by the Clear. So let's go for the Gravity Colors clear coat test! New gloves, stirrer and cup for the mix. 3 components: clear, activator and thinner with a 3:1:1 mix ratio. I always let the mix at rest for about 5 to 10 minutes in order to let allow to the chemical mix to degas. You can add more thinner if necessary. Then, one mist coat and, 5 to 10 mn later, a wet coat (or more): that's all! Parts drying in the "magic box": To sum up: Great and pleasant product. The gloss is... SHINNING!! Deep gloss even if thin. Only 6ml of clear 2ml of activator and 2 of additive thinner were used... Alclad gold on the center of the wheels. The ones shown before were the 1968 312 F1 :oops: The tub is drilled and equiped with 0.5 stainless steel rivets. Then the tub parts are assembled (welded) with low temp solder (70°C). Same thing for the front tub part with Calibre 35 0.7resin rivets this time. The frontwhite metal bulkhead and his PE part are drilled, but I didn't used the PE part... I just used it as a template for, I think, a more realistic result. Once again, Calbre 35 0.7 resin rivets were used. The steering column is cut and the external part of the steering rack is replaced by stainless steel 1.2mm syringe needle cut at the right size. 0.7 resin rivets once again. Pedals won't be visible at the end... Front face of the dashboard installed in the tub: Aft: Close up: Gauges are covered with a "glass" made of Rodhoid cut with a Waldron Punch & Die but it's not really visible on the pics :? ... Cavallino ! Radiator is ... empty! I've tried to make it a bit more realistic or, if not, just more pleasant for me :mrgreen: Brass 0.8 and Alu scotch "aircraft" type: Nice and still bright... Fwd and aft mesh: Primer GC: Dampers are great: made of machined aluminium. Just a detail added from F1 Specialties. I wonder if I haven't already seen the same detail added somewhere... Not perfect, but not bad Black ...is black: Almost invisible once the engine is assembled to the body, but I couldn't resist :twisted: Teflon mask and Orange FRAM from Gravity Colors. Oil filter done ? Well, here's one which is all disheveled, long hair and loose: We'll have to take care of him ... I did not like the original links more than that. I decided to make new ones: A nice hair cut and new links installed: The "jars" are polished and fitted to the roll bar . I took the opportunity to install RB Motion Banjo fittigs: It remains to connect all this little world ... New paint for the wheels: the Gold done before didn't please me... So Primer, Alclad Black, then Alclad Gold tomorrow: Wheels are drilled for the Valve stems from Rob. Schock absorbers are also primed with Gravity. Wheels in Alclad Pale Gold - Dampers in Red (GC) and Black (ZP). Small placards on the red part: Knobs not painted but treated with Master Blackening agent. Wheels assembled and equipped with RBMotion Valve Stems: Brakes! In order to properly clean, coloring and "scratch" the disks (White Metal), I quickly crafted small plates of turned aluminum. They will allow me to hold them on a small tool holder to be fixed in the drill chuck. Turned parts: Disk on the tooll: Done but still dirty: The rear discs are detailed with beautiful PE parts, but lack detail for my taste. 0.4 holes drilled in the part: Allen head from Rob (RBMotion): Brakes are also... Calipers ? Drilled and equipped with copper pipes and brake bleeders from Rob once again The front discs on their hubs: Rear ones with a first light "wash": I hope you like it... Pascal ?

Hi, Let me introduce the Ferrari 1/20 312F1 1967 from Model Factory Hiro, finished few years ago. This is one of the greatest kits I've worked on and one of my favorite Formula 1 car. Here are few pics: First, test fit. No glue on the parts... nice fit ? 14 first engine parts: few parts of the gearbox: some of the cockpit parts: assembly of oil tank by welding: preparing front cooler for welding: Small progress on engine, some of the parts glued together... Few holes and...few rivets: Resin rivets: Backside view : Hopping you'll like it... Thanks for reading. Pascal

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Hi Chris, Another big piece! Once again you’ve done a great job with the beautiful and complex engine/gearbox sub assy! The cockpit is really nice too with a great seat. Can’t wait to see more! Pascal

Good evening, The Ferrari Tipo 500 is just a marvel, my Roooaaaring Red Bullet! I thought it would not be silly to take advantage of the momentum to launch a new project / challenge ... In the mood for Rosso Corsa, I decided to reopen the box containing an assembly started a long time ago and finished at 95% (there were only all the rivets / Dzus, the decals and some small details ..), the result did not satisfy me. So I decided to deconstruct as much as possible and ... to rebuild to finish the model. Please find below some pictures of the whole recovery. Big job in modifying the resin parts of the bodywork Before passing the internal layer of Grayish Blue FS 35237 from GS (Navy when you hold us ...) without excessive masking: Resumption of the seat on which I pass a layer of beige which will serve as a sanding guide and background for the steering wheel: The exhaust is also modified with the addition of some welds in metal and Tamiya epoxy putty (sorry for the image ... blurred!) The whole is masked to pass a veil of diluted Gunze tire Black. This keeps the heated metal appearance at the outlet of the cylinders. The part before the 2 in 1 is buffered with liquid rubber to simulate the burnt paint which is crumbling, the whole is then passed to oils and pastels. All of the front and rear axles are dismantled, rebuilt, modified and reinstalled. The clamps of the leaf springs are redone in strips of lead sheet of 1 mm: it is thinner, it facilitates the assembly and ... I like it more than before! The rear axle wired, the tanks connected before a new pass of "traces of lives" https://i.servimg.com/u/f12/12/38/43/52/90411910.jpg[/img We don't really see the pretty castellated nuts anymore ... And finally the final assembly with the installation of all the screws, the windshield, the mirrors, the installation of the decals ... The wheels are only provisionally installed so that I can more easily prepare its storage / transport box. I will definitely do more pictures later. Voilà. Pascal

Good evening, Well, the buckles, the straps, the exhaust ... In short, what remained to be done is done! The numbers and letters of the registration have been cut individually for a better rendering without any apparent carrier film. Basically, the Belle de Molsheim is finished. Maybe I'll spray a little dark smoky in some places ... and take more photos tomorrow. img]https://i.servimg.com/u/f12/12/38/43/52/007a4c10.jpg[/img] A cozy nest was built for the Bugatti waiting with her sisters to travel for the next exhibition with friends. I hope you enjoyed this build. It was just a wonderful kit to assemble. I may build the other one I have in yellow and surely make the 1/12 in Blue too. Pascal

Good evening, Thank you very much Mates. The last pics of the wonderful Eagle Weslake. Pascal

Good morning, I wasn’t happy with the steering wheel. So I inserted a 0.3 steel wire into a groove: It suits me better. Same with the tank straps. Their rigidity did not facilitate shaping on the tanks or the final assembly. I remade them in 1/10 aero Alu foil. A copper rod is glued and then coated with photo sensitive resin. The “Superpotente” coil will be invisible or almost invisible. I decided not to go into too much detail. The small lateral tank (brake fluid…) is also installed. Pascal