WIP Aston Martin DBR9 by MFH

[Jamme]

Nice work. I like the "Prodrive" logo!
Bravo Steve!

Jamme

[pawlie]

Those brakes are beautiful...you should leave the model with the wheels off

[WRC_413X]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

It's a crazy little detail of not very strategic importance but it gave a load of pleasure to do it. I like to try and something "from me" to each build that I haven't seen anywhere before - it makes each model feel more personal for me (especially that I always "steal" so many ideas from other peoples builds ).

Ahh IC, i found it kinda hard to believe that you would take the incredible time to make that and put it on and not notice its upside down, yea now it has a better chance of being seen. Great work Lovin the progress

[gionc]

Originally Posted by WRC_413X

Ahh IC, i found it kinda hard to believe that you would take the incredible time to make that and put it on and not notice its upside down, yea now it has a better chance of being seen. Great work Lovin the progress

LOL he's joking you: he was so worried about CF and TNTSOL that he forgot to check the logo's direction: great job buddy, I'll copy and pay rights

[CeeElle]

that logo looks sweet.

[Dan66460]

Excellant WIP Steven! Wheel and brake detail is fantastic!!

@Gio, I Think the Polish DBR9 had the logo turned like that!


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[klutz_100]

2 weeks of CF-ing and cutting out and fitting vacuform clear parts!!

Just to prove that I have made some progress in the meantime



I have most of the body decals on but still quite a few left and then clear coating.

[SeanyG]

Ste,

I am there with you - C/F ing takes forever and ever... and ever! Still loving the build though!

[sportracer02]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

2 weeks of CF-ing and cutting out and fitting vacuform clear parts!!

... but worth the time, great job, Steve!!!!

[godfather23]

Originally Posted by SeanyG

Ste,

I am there with you - C/F ing takes forever and ever... and ever! Still loving the build though!

Can´t agree more! @Stevenski: Stay in there. It will be worth it!

[Decs0105]

Ohh sweet Aston heaven... you made some nice progress I still haven't put one single decal on the body...
But can I make a request? I want to see the whole body

How did you cut out the vacuform parts? I'm afraid I already messed up the windshield...

Did you get your little care package already, tracking says no but it already took 7 days...?

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by Thesaint111

How did you cut out the vacuform parts? I'm afraid I already messed up the windshield...

Did you get your little care package already, tracking says no but it already took 7 days...?

I have to admit that I was really worried about the vacumform parts.

What I did was to first make paper templates of the kit body to put over the MFH parts to double check their molded in guides - I figured that it would be good in advance to know if they had got it wrong They hadn't.

Next I used scissors to cut out each part individually leaving about a 1,5 km margin
Then I slowly, bit by bit, cut it closer and closer until I was about 1mm away from the guide marks, test fitted and then started trimming down using sanding sticks and fine nail files from the supermarket. 2 scrapes...test fit...2 scrapes ... test it.... you get the idea.

Did I mention that I test fitted very frequently?

IMO the hardest are of course the headlight covers. Currently i am only 75% happy with those but final assembly and the edging decals will tell if I am being overly critical.

I will need to polish out some mild scratches that happened even though I tried to be very careful.

Also I am debating if/how to paint the tinting on the front windscreen, what side of the glass to put it on and whether or not to put Future/pronto on the vacuform windscreens. HTH

The packet hasn't arrived yet - but I am missing about 5 packages at the moment Has mine arrived yet?

Originally Posted by Thesaint111

But can I make a request? I want to see the whole body

Your wish is my command
But I haven't finished yet

[gionc]

Great, Steve, great job. I'll well understand how you felt with vacuformed parts, I haven't any experience too with them....I'm sure you done something cool...

[jaykay640]

Nice!
I know what you mean about test fitting and sanding glass pieces. I had my fair share of that on my little Porsche. You'll see :-)
I tried the Future treatment for my pieces....but it didn't work for me. Maybe i just didn't do it right. In the end i just polished and waxed the parts.

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by jaykay640

I know what you mean about test fitting and sanding glass pieces. I had my fair share of that on my little Porsche. You'll see :-)

I'm looking forward to the next installment of that build!

Originally Posted by jaykay640

I tried the Future treatment for my pieces....but it didn't work for me. Maybe i just didn't do it right. In the end i just polished and waxed the parts.

Thanks for sharing that - I think I will probably do the same. I asked a question about Future/Kristal Klear but no one knows the answer (or wants to answer )