Nick F40 Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Ohhh yes, i'm loving this! Watching this one for sure, one of my favorites from my favorite era. Great amount of detail, always love your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruz Posted December 25, 2010 Share Posted December 25, 2010 Brother!!! You are exactly that, a Scale-Master...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted December 25, 2010 Author Share Posted December 25, 2010 Thanks for the compliments! Airboxes/radiators and driveline are now attached to the monocoque... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slant6 Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Excellent work! I'm definitely looking forward to the finished product. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58 Impala Posted December 26, 2010 Share Posted December 26, 2010 Wow, your attention to detail is fantastic. Your level of skill makes me want to stick to building snap kits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted December 27, 2010 Author Share Posted December 27, 2010 Exhaust system is installed... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanedge Posted December 28, 2010 Share Posted December 28, 2010 Your builds are always absolutely outstanding and this is no different. Excellent work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted December 29, 2010 Author Share Posted December 29, 2010 The chassis pan is now attached and the engine is almost done... I have also been working on the the body/paint. Photos of that when it is safe to handle... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sjordan2 Posted December 29, 2010 Share Posted December 29, 2010 (edited) As I mentioned on the other forum, apparently the only aftermarket parts are a few decals; the rest is a Master Class in what careful prepping and fine painting selection and technique can achieve. Again, just magnificent. And I might add that this is the epitome of a proper Work in Progress thread. Edited December 29, 2010 by sjordan2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted December 31, 2010 Author Share Posted December 31, 2010 Tires... Lots of time spent sanding the tread areas... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted January 30, 2011 Author Share Posted January 30, 2011 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brendan Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Always a joy to watch your builds. It's coming along very nicely. I have built all three of the somewhat modern kits from Tamiya and I thought the McLaren was the best of the three. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanedge Posted January 31, 2011 Share Posted January 31, 2011 Very nice. I have the 4/5b 1/20 scale version to build and I will be using this as a guide, that's for sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted July 18, 2011 Author Share Posted July 18, 2011 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 now. The C/F decals are SMS. A few more days of cure time and maybe I can assemble the rear wing I started about a year and a half ago… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted July 19, 2011 Author Share Posted July 19, 2011 And now the front wing is done.. Had to repaint the Shell lettering after the decals cracked under the Tamiya clear. C/F is SMS. Goodyears are a pair I made. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAone Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 wow, this looks great. i saw this when i was lurking around when i first joined. i wondered when you were going to get back on this. great work on replicating the decals. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Doan Posted July 19, 2011 Share Posted July 19, 2011 Just gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Romell R Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 This is one OUTSTANDING build, cant wait for you to finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobdude Posted September 2, 2011 Share Posted September 2, 2011 Work in progress pictures are very detailed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 3, 2011 Author Share Posted September 3, 2011 You can't wait for me to finish it? I can't wait for it to let me finish it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
countach79 Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 really nice work mate!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danno Posted September 3, 2011 Share Posted September 3, 2011 Mmmmmmmmmm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted September 27, 2011 Author Share Posted September 27, 2011 Finally got the rear wing assembled. Tamiya paints and SMS C/F decals… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scale-Master Posted November 2, 2011 Author Share Posted November 2, 2011 Finally (!), I was able to fix the paint that was not drying correctly. I sanded out the cracked areas on the nose section and repainted it. You can see it was being problematic for a while and that I had tried to repaint it before by the “tree rings”. Here is how nasty it was looking while being sanded out and reworked… As for the main red section of the body, I sanded out part of it and found that TS-36 can be successfully blended into finished areas of the same paint, so I only had to paint part of that big area. I applied the paint very, very slowly this time only by airbrush over an 8 hour period, lightly building it up and paying close attention to the blend lines. Once it proves to me that it is stable, I’ll move onto decals and clear coat… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfjunke Posted November 2, 2011 Share Posted November 2, 2011 Beautiful work as usual, Mark. Great pics as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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