hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) I started collecting for this kit 5 months, to a year ago. There’s many many builds of this kit, a search will show, I think everyone has one. I wanted to put together every single aftermarket transkit, part and decal available for this kit and combine it into one. so this is my attempt. Tamiya base kit (I am using two, you’ll see why) Hobby Design PE set HD02-0237 MFH photo collection book, MHB-6 Studio 27 Decal ST27–CD24026(which suck! waste your money!!!!) Top Studio Detail Master Wheels Set TD23123 Zero Paints set ZP-1203 i also have some print parts from eBay which aren’t readily available that I’ll incorporate With all that being said, there are a BLAH_BLAH_BLAH_BLAH load of scratch built parts, box parts, stash parts, etc. Edited December 4, 2022 by hobbyfella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) I started working on the body, in order for me to do what I wanted it had to be separated, of course… This is how the body comes from the box. Edited December 4, 2022 by hobbyfella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) I started working on making the clips, the front clip between the windscreen and monocoque has been most challenging, but I have a solution… The major construction comes when trying to line up the top and bottom parts, such as the spaces between the body and vents/intake on the kit, this took massive amounts of modification, my recommendation would be to save the money and scratch built it Doing it this way, you have to consider how the engine goes in and the bottoms part of the body, not to mention, how the heck are you going g to line all this up to paint this livery? Edited December 5, 2022 by hobbyfella Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 I started working on the chassis, this is where it needed a lot of work. kit piece Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 I couldn’t stop and take progress pics, so here’s where I’m at today on the chassis. I’ve been trying to replicate the actual carbon fiber pattern on the original version, which is hard. Every car is different. So I’m using a little artistic “direction”. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 I split the front clip, and used L stock in order to make the front slide on and off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 (edited) So I split the front clip, and used L stock in order to make the front slide on and off. Edited December 4, 2022 by hobbyfella 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 Shocks are on 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Incredible work so far! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 4, 2022 Author Share Posted December 4, 2022 The reason I don’t post much is due to a lack of support, why take all this time to take pictures if nobody’s going to look at them? Right? Got the upper A arm support do dadd’s added. UV glue does the job, then sanded back to form, bla bla bla… 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ace-Garageguy Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Good looking work, especially all that carbon. I really appreciate builders who strive to get the technical details right. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smilesperhour Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 This is a really nice build, liking the carbon fibre and attention to detail in building the clips and making them functional but correct to the real car. Radiator and suspension looks ace Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben Brown Posted December 4, 2022 Share Posted December 4, 2022 Beautiful build! I look forward to seeing the finished project! Ben Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hobbyfella Posted December 6, 2022 Author Share Posted December 6, 2022 I’ll just throw a few more 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pierre Rivard Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Beautiful work on a unique iconic car. The carbon fiber work is very impressive. Great stuff and I hope you will keep posting updates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bytownshaker Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Amazing work so far, especially considering what you started with. Edgar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin Porter Posted December 6, 2022 Share Posted December 6, 2022 Ought to really be a fantastic build when it wraps up. Hadn't realized the 787B was a pullrod front suspension. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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