Jaguar XJR-9LM. 1/24 Tamiya scale model kit.
As I decided to open the doors, then I need to fix them somehow to the body. Therefore I need to make the hinges.
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Ebbro McLaren-Honda MP4-30. Early season 2015. Fernando Alonso.
This time I'm going to build 1/20 scale Formula 1 car from Ebbro. This is a McLaren-Honda MP4-30 from Malaysian GP 2015 driven by Fernando Alonso. This car is famous due to the mem which appeared on the radio when Alonso was complaining about the engine performance (GP2 Engine, GP2!) . Since I very appreciate the talent of Alonso as a race car driver, I decided to build this car. Another reason is that I wanted to challenge myself in 1/20 scale that I've never built before. This scale doesn't allow any excuses in the building process and moreover the formula models are fully exposed which makes the build even more complicated. Every detail should be worked out properly. So let's get started. This blog post won't be splitted, I will post WIP from the beginning to the end. Unfortunately I don't have photos from all building steps but I will touch the most important. Let's do a quick review of the kit. The kit contains four sprues, body, pre-painted tyres, th...
Tamiya Fiat 500F 1/24. Part 1 - Engine
Next on the desk is another old kit from Tamiya - Fiat 500F from classic series. This is very rare kit that is not produced any longer. The parts are not very sharp and this is what you have to deal with. I think it is a typical for old kits. I found the kit on German local eBay as partly started. So first I had to disassemble the engine and suspension. Of course this process left some residues from glue, which I removed as much as I could. I did not make a picture of sprues, but there very few parts comparing to the modern kits and the whole kit looks like the weekend fun, but it will defenitely take several months for me, cause I want to build it properly with some upgrades which I'm going to produce from scratch. I also noticed that metal stickers are missing in the kit, seems like previous owner lost them. Well, let's see what I can do with it. After disassembling the engine, these are the parts that needs to be painted and glued. I did pre-assembly of the engine...
Tamiya F-16 Fighting Falcon 1/72. Part 4 - Engine nozzle
As I understood from different WIPs and YouTube videos there are 3 main parts of aircraft fighter modeling: cockpit, paint job and engine nozzle. The painting of the latter I will show here. My journey started with a fail. First I painted the nozzle in steel color, then applied liquid mask between the blades and painted burnt iron. But after removing the mask I saw that the edges of the blades were uneven and dirty. So it didn't work out. I also tried to cut the mask tape directly on the part, but couldn't manage clean edges also. As the result - removing the paint and starting all over again. Luckily I have a fiber laser cutter which I used to cut the stencil out of piece of steel sheet. Which in turn I used to cut the masks. (Yes there are more convenient tools for it, but this is what I have) Then I primed the nozzle with black primer and microfiller from AK. And painted with Tamiya acrilyc Gun Metal according to the manual. As I don't have exact metalic paint as on re...