mrm Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 I bought two of these kits when they first came out, which was long time ago. Both are the same (pretty much) and I wanted to build them to display together . One open and fully detailed and the other closed. This will be my tribute (or the first of few tributes ) to Gilles Villeneuve. To me he was the greatest ever and probably the last gentleman racer. Number 27 will forever live in fans hearts and I would like to make this a really good one. The main problem with this is that a lot on these cars changed race to race and in some cases during the racing weekend. I have quite a Ferrari library at home and I have hard time figuring out colors and wiring on this. Anyway…. The body was painted Tamiya Italian Red, which is probably the cheapest and best way to get the exact color red from that era. The major engine parts were built into subassemblies and base colors were added that are going to be layered on. On this picture the parts are just mocked up and not glued together. The monocoque was not assembled by the instructions, but it needed to be done in order to be able to eliminate joint lines. This will necessitate the cutting and alteration of some parts later on, but I think it will be worth it.
Dale W. Verts Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 I've been seeing more and more F1 cars. Think I need to try one of these. That paint is sweet. Dale
mikemopar70 Posted May 8, 2014 Posted May 8, 2014 Nice to see a tribute to Gilles Villeneuve, can't wait to see it finished.. The color is perfect, italain red is right on spot!! Keep this one going! Mike...
mrm Posted May 9, 2014 Author Posted May 9, 2014 The monocoque idea started in the beginning of the sixties. In the seventies monocoques were made out of tube frames with riveted aluminum panels. By the beginning of the eighties however, everyone was experimenting with honeycombed core structures and composites. For Ferrari the true bonded aluminum monocoques started at the end of '81. This means that for my model I end up with an aluminum colored engine, radiators, intercoolers, monocoque, turbos, wings, wheels etc.,etc.. This creates the issue of replicating them in convincing manner while making them distinguishable. So I decided to cover the whole tub with BMF, because I have no experience with Alclad. I figured that the tub has big flat surfaces and if I screw up the Alclad it will be too obvious. Instead I will try Alclad on the smaller pieces like the intercoolers and intakes. I also decaled the body. Now it needs to be washed and then clear coated.
curt raitz Posted May 9, 2014 Posted May 9, 2014 Boy oh-h Boy...more F1 models, luv it! I had the pleasure to see Mr. Villineuve race in and win the Long Beach Grand Prix he became my favorite F1 driver that weekend and still is, sorry Jim Clark, closely followed by Senna, Michael, Mario and the new kid Vettel ain't bad either. The model is lookin' great, the Tamiya TS-8 Italian Red is the best color for the Ferrari's from this era keep on buildin'
Shardik Posted May 10, 2014 Posted May 10, 2014 I love the old (and older) open wheel cars. You are certainly doing this one justice.
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