Eric C Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Here's abother one I just finished up a week ago. It's Tamiya's 1/20th scale Tyrrell P34. Enjoyable kit to build although as an older kit it had it's challenges. Painted with Tamiya TS-15 Blue and TS-26 Pure White and cleared with TS-13 then polished with various grades of Tamiya polish. I added a few extra lines to the engine (fuel lines and coil wire) and also added a few PE fasteners and front splitter support. One of the biggest challenges was hand painting the tire lettering on those small front wheels. Thanks for looking.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chris coller Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 That's a good looking build. Great work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonoPed Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Nice work! Gonna have to try one of those old F-1 kits sometime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHDrew Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Very nice clean build. First one I've seen in the First National livery. Like it a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Van Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 NICE WORK!!! Love them 70's era F1 models!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. Cranky Posted March 26, 2012 Share Posted March 26, 2012 Wow, great model. Those tires and engine details are very convincing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3men2s Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 this thing looks mean, mean, mean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bbowser Posted March 27, 2012 Share Posted March 27, 2012 First rate replica. Put it in the right backround and it would look real! I always wondered about this car, the 4 front wheel idea must not have been an advantage, or did they rule it out of the book like the turbines at Indy? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric C Posted March 29, 2012 Author Share Posted March 29, 2012 Thanks for the comments guys. On to the next build,... a Fujimi GT40! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trey allen Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 very nice. this is one I want to build! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanedge Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Excellent work on this, don't see these very often. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MicroNitro Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 very nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevehansen Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Well Done Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zarana-X Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 Looks just like the real one. From what I have read, the 4 front wheels allowed this car to corner faster, much faster than any other racecar. So much so, the drivers got nausea akin to motion sickness from a roller coaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZTony8 Posted March 29, 2012 Share Posted March 29, 2012 What ended up happening was that the 4 smaller front tires made for a higher top speed due to a reduced frontal area.The cornering speed wasn't increased much(if at all).Jody Scheckter wasn't keen on the concept but Patrick Depallier was gung-ho for it.Then Goodyear stopped development of the special sized small tires so the brave experiment went to history's scrap heap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hayabusa Posted March 30, 2012 Share Posted March 30, 2012 Very nice build of a classic F1. The smaller front wheels increased the downforce and improved the braking (4 smaller disc has larger swept area than 2 larger discs). The two larger front wheels cause a certain amount of lift and replacing these with four smaller wheels reduced the lift = increased downforce. Also, the contact area of four smaller wheels is larger compared to two larger wheels. So I´m told... I´m not sure but I recall reading somewhere that other teams (Williams and Ferrari ?) also designed 6-wheelers for testing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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