Rich Chernosky Posted March 26 Posted March 26 Its back to the bench as i continues my finishing spree. This is Tamiya's 1/20 Mclaren Mp4/7 that competed in the 1992 season. This one was painted some time ago and recently sorted and bagged into painting lots. I have many kits sorted this way so it is relatively easy to just pick one out and finish it. Most of the planning and hard work is already done. Color on this model is Tamiya TS26 white and Pactra Short Cuts flourescent red. Clear finish is a latex clear. This finish dosen't distort the flourescent color but takes a long time to cure. But when it does it is rock hard and polishes to a nice high shine. More info under the pictures. Thanks for following. Finished chassis ready for the bodywork. This fit very well. There were four attachment points that i drill through on the floor pan. I inserted wires into the bodywork and when lined up with the floor pan I bent them over. This is what holds the bodywork securely with out gluing, which cabn get messy. Nicely detailed front suspension with working steering. Engine detail. exhaust fit well and is sprayed with a combination of silver and copper. Honda letters were bare metal foiled then sprayed semi black. The letters were then exposed with some thinner on a tightly folded over paper towel. All this went together cleanly. Finished model on its wheels. This is a nice kit but was not without its problems. The plastic in the center of the wheels was very brittle and two of them had to be very carefully glued back together. Many of the decals had to go on in several pieces as well and that included the after market set of tobacco sponsers. Nice detail in the rear as well. The wing went on easily and in the correct position. Careful assembly of the suspension and this sits on all four wheels. This version was very similar to the MP4/6 that it replaced. But many refinements were under the skin. An automatic transmission, traction control and a lot of electronic upgrades. The team had some success, winning five races but the championship fell to the all dominant Williams team. Gerhard Berger and Ayrton Senna were the drivers and this represents Senna's ride. This is the last car to win with Honda's V=12 engine. The next year Mclaren had to switch to Ford for the MP4/8 and that model is next in the cue. Thanks for looking. 7
Nacho Z Posted March 27 Posted March 27 Another beauty, Rich! Those McLarens....WOW! Great job on yours, my friend, thanks for sharing!
Peter Lombardo Posted March 28 Posted March 28 Super clean and well done. I loved watching these red and white monsters back in the day. Really nicely done. One of these days I will get around to completing my model of this car.
1959scudetto Posted March 28 Posted March 28 You seem to be on a roll with your McLarens, Rich. Looks great, too. Would you say the Tamiya or the Meng is the better kit in direct comparison?
Rich Chernosky Posted March 29 Author Posted March 29 On 3/26/2025 at 6:36 PM, Jim B said: Beautiful McLaren. Very well done. Thank you Jim On 3/26/2025 at 6:36 PM, PappyD340 said: Super nice build! Thanks Larry On 3/26/2025 at 8:04 PM, Nacho Z said: Another beauty, Rich! Those McLarens....WOW! Great job on yours, my friend, thanks for sharing! Got quite a few in this livery in several scales. But wait...there is more to come. Thanks John On 3/26/2025 at 8:09 PM, bbowser said: A beauty for sure! Thanks Bruce On 3/27/2025 at 10:02 AM, Mike 1017 said: Most Excellent Most welcome. On 3/27/2025 at 4:33 PM, Funkychiken said: Cool McLaren, engine looks great! Thank you Atin 22 hours ago, Peter Lombardo said: Super clean and well done. I loved watching these red and white monsters back in the day. Really nicely done. One of these days I will get around to completing my model of this car. This is a fairly easy build. The artistry here is in the paint and execution. 15 hours ago, 1959scudetto said: You seem to be on a roll with your McLarens, Rich. Looks great, too. Would you say the Tamiya or the Meng is the better kit in direct comparison? Great question Helmut. The Tamiya is a simplier kit but all the necessary details are there and of course the quality is up there as well. The Meng has a lot more detail with some very small and fine parts. Its like a minature version of their 1/12 kit and also expensive. It assembles quite easily but care must be taken with all the small parts. The quality is there but just shy of Tamiya. Neither kit has the tobacco markings but that is easily fixed with lots of aftermarket decals available. . One more Mclaren on the way.
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