A restored Tyrrell F1 1/12

[maysula]

Hi

This kit was built by a friend many years ago, standing on a shelf since then so there was a lot of dust!

Now I have tried to clean and restore it. I used decals from S27 for the Argentinian GP of -72.

Painted with Tamiya spraycan recomended for this kit, replaced the smaller type of tires to the bigger ones

that was used from -72. Also I added rivets, hoses, hosebands ,alurods,valves and some wireing too.

The most difficult part was to paint Ceverts helmet ! Long from perfect but it will do.

Thomas

[jeffs396]

Excellent Thomas!!! Great detailing, neat that you put speed tape over the wheel weights!

Love the old Tyrrells

[lanesteele240]

I wish i had friends that give boss models away. Both of you did well. It looks awesome

[curt raitz]

Nice recovery...

A buddy gave me a 1/12 Tyrell 6-wheeler to finish for him

going thru the box I found the same Tyrell as you rebuilt in all kinda parts, he was not aware there was a 2nd F1 model in the box

built both of them...after-market decals are a blessing!

returned the completed models to him at the same time, he was quite surprized

again great job and it's good to see F1 models pop up on this board now and then

[jaydar]

Nice save!!!!

joe.

[gjp16v]

nice restoration/update! ... i am just getting into the hobby myself, but i've inherited a Tamiya 1:12 Lotus 49 my father built in the early 70's that i plan to restore once i'm more confident...great to see an example like this for inspiration!

here's what i'll (eventually) be looking to freshen up...overall it's in decent shape for being 35-40 years old

[every second counts]

Nice save ,it looks better than it did back when it was built.

[Brudda]

Love this Tyrrell.looks like a hammerhead shark ,just waiting to kill something.

[imatt88]

Sweet!

Cheers, Ian