Scale-Master

It's done:

WIP:

The rear wing is assembled. Tamiya paints and SMS C/F decals…

And now the front wing is done… I had to hand repaint the Shell lettering after the decals cracked under the Tamiya clear. C/F is SMS. The Goodyear decals are a pair that I made.

The windshield is not a positive fit, and it's also short and stubby at the front, on par for these kits... (I trimmed and fitted it before painting.) Canopy glue did a good job of hiding much of the fit issues. It is vac-u-formed in the tinted blue color.

I had some paint issues that necessitated stripping some parts and sanding out others and repainting them. The rear wing end plates had to be stripped and I had to make replacement decals since they are not available from Tamiya.

Nothing like a coat of clear to even things out…

The rear rims were very rough inside too, so I machined a clean bevel into the centers. This is a mock-up to determine the track width of the axles. The decals and instructions are interesting… There are multiple errors on the instructions, and some of the decals are shown to be applied in multiple places, but there are not enough of them despite the kit coming with three complete (and different) sheets. They don't fit well either (too small in some cases and the casting is irregular left to right) so I mixed a dark blue to do a good bit of freehand touching up and filling in. I made a couple decals to make up for the missing ones.

Just a reminder, this project is 14 years old. The painting of the body started in 2010. These posts are a recap of that time frame. Finally the body has the paint on it. Tamiya Pure White and Fluorescent Red. The nose has the decals and final clear coat on it... The lettering on the wings cracked several months after being clear coated with the Tamiya clear, so I hand painted the lettering and re-cleared with urethane. This picture is before clear coating.

I shot the body with Tamiya Italian Red.

Tires... Lots of time spent sanding the tread areas...

All done. Fun kit!

Tamiya 240ZG in 1/24th scale. The body is airbrushed Wolf Blue TS lacquer paint with no clear. It's built straight out of the box with the omission of the fender flares. WIP:

Thank you! Please refer the the first post in this thread for some clarification.

The decals were very yellowed. I taped them to a window for a few days in direct sunlight and they bleached out quite well. (The set on the bottom still need to be sun-bleached for comparison.)

The chassis pan is now attached and the engine is almost done...

The aluminum rims were pretty rough inside and the lips were not consistent sizes, so I cleaned and trued them up on my lathe. The centers of the front wheels are white metal so I polished them to brighten them up. (The one on the left is raw white metal.)

Thank you! (It's only about 3 1/2 inches long...)

Ready to slide onto the chassis… It fits very well; snug but no fighting.

Most of the chrome and glass are installed. I'm leaving the side glass out until just before mounting it to the chassis for ease of handling. Talk about a dust magnet…

I usually build a couple/few 1/43rds annually. Mostly out of the box. I like SMTS kits, the decals are the weak point, but that's a non issue for me. The Turbine car above is SMTS with my decals.

No I don't. I have the 1/16 scale kit, but it's missing a couple pieces. And since I built this one I'm good.

The leading edge of the left wing was filled in and reshaped. That's a little better…

Yeah, I got it in June. It's an amazing collection of excellent tooling. You can read all about it in the review I wrote for another model magazine soon.

Installing the glass and headlight covers. So far so good…