Tyrrell Yamaha 021 Formula 1

[Rich Chernosky]

Been on a Formula One kick lately.  .  Got a few in the stash and figured it was about time to finish some of them. This one is a Hasegawa that was purchased some 30yrs ago. Decals is the kit long ago cracked to un-usable. I was able to find a replacement set from Shunko a few years back.  Colors are Tamiya TS26 white, Mr Color #322 Pthalo Blue, and  Aqueous Color  #23 Shine red.  Metallic black from Tamiya's  LP line for the carbon fibre chassis.  Other than the decals this was a mostly box stock  git-er-done project.  More details under the pictures. Thanks for looking. 

Wheels and tires were actually done a long time ago when the kit decals were still good.  Rear engine cover fit very well  but I still used two small clips to keep it in place.  Need it secure during the decal stage. 

Rear suspension was well detailed but there was not much engine to show. Only real problem with this kit was the mono shock assembly that sat on top of the transmission.  It was too high and didn't allow the engine cover to sit all the way down. It was easily fixed. 

Wheels steered in this kit. Masking and painting was a challenge. The nose in particular recieved four different colors. Careful masking and much touch-up was needed. 

 

 

 

[bbowser]

Very well done Rich!  Is this 1/24 or 1/20?  Great to see more open wheel racers on here lately.

[Jim B]

52 minutes ago, bbowser said:

Very well done Rich!  Is this 1/24 or 1/20?  Great to see more open wheel racers on here lately.

Really great F1 car.  I agree with Bruce about seeing more open wheel cars here.

[Nacho Z]

Nice job, Rich!  It is good to see some of these older kits being built.

[slusher]

Looks great!

[Gramps46]

Really believable presentation.  Bravo.

[Rich Chernosky]

13 hours ago, Jim B said:

Really great F1 car.  I agree with Bruce about seeing more open wheel cars here.

Thank youi Bruce and Jim...kit is 1/24 Hasegawa....still have a few left to do so keep watch here. 

 

11 hours ago, Nacho Z said:

Nice job, Rich!  It is good to see some of these older kits being built.

Thanks John...its nice to be able to get them done after owning them for 30+yrs. 

 

53 minutes ago, slusher said:

Looks great!

Thanks

 

44 minutes ago, Gramps46 said:

Really believable presentation.  Bravo.

Thanks Gary...I have two pictures taken at the same spot but in different size prints. One for 1/20 and the other for 1/24. Need to work on the foreround some more.  

 

[1959scudetto]

Nice build, Rich, of a seldom seen car from an era where Tyrrell's best years had been over long ago.