Fugimi 1997 "Davidoff" LeMans McLaren F1 GTR Longtail

[baycolony]

Just finished this one.  Gravity Colors paint.  Gulf blue with clear pearl.  Orange painted on instead of kit decals.  carbon fiber interior with added racing harness.

 

Edited February 5, 2018 by baycolony

[peekay]

Looks great!

[Silver Foxx]

A great looking build and nice decal work .

[BrianC]

That looks really nice.

I have read that the Aoshima McLarens were way better than the Fujimi kits, but I cant see anything wrong with that !

How was the build? did you add anything extra? (apart from the harness and decals)

Great colour scheme too.

Edited February 5, 2018 by BrianC

[ismaelg]

Very nicely done! 

[Dann Tier]

LOVE IT!!!!!!!!

[Gramps46]

Looking really good.

[ChrisR]

Very nice!

[baycolony]

Thanks for the kind words.  Brian,  I did fail to mention that I replaced the kit's molded antennae with a cut down whisker from my cat after I colored it with a black marker, and no, I didn't take it from him, but found it on my couch...lol.  The build itself went together well but is fairly simplified.  The decals responded well to solvent  The body was well molded, but the plastic on many of the sprues seemed soft.  A nice touch was the small fret of Phote etched parts and window masks.  Doors can be permanently posed open, but I chose to glue them shut.

Edited February 6, 2018 by baycolony

[BrianC]

Thanks Gil, I like the McLaren FI and I have looked at the reviews on-line and was not sure about the Fujimi kits however after seeing your build I wont be so put off buying one. Your build is great and the Gulf Racing colour scheme looks awesome too. I am happy with a curbside and the white decals look opaque enough over the dark base colour. I might have to try stretched sprue for the antenna as there aren't many cats in our neighborhood........

 

[slusher]

Super nice!! I really like it!!