"W.I.P" Tamiya Benetton B192 1/20th

[RallyRaider]

The secret to a good finish is good preparation and you are certainly doing that! Keep it coming.

[stevenoble]

Just another quick update.I'm still preparing all the various parts that will eventually be yellow.

The cowling was a simple job.Just two small marks each side where it was attached to the sprue.



Various other parts were a quick clean up and straight into primer.



One small problem occured with the nose.The build up of paint on the front wing supports (1) made the fit very tight into the front wing bottom part (2) I remember fellow forum member Davesans snapping his when fitting it together.So I glued the two parts now to hopefully prevent this.It is not ideal as it will make the painting slightly more difficult.But at least its all the same colour.I should have applied masking tape around the bottom to prevent the paint build up in the first place,but it's glued now.



Also the holes that accept the mounting pins for the nosecone are a little tight and when the nosecone is pushed onto them it splits the plastic everytime.I chopped off the pins and will mount this another way to prevent this happening.





The little red circle is where the pins snap the plastic.



I should hopefully start on applying the yellow soon.See you on the next update.

[hogs29]

Wow. You're really putting a lot of fore-thought into this, which is really nice to see. Should make everything turn out great. Everything looks great as it is!

[ferrari2k]

Sorry, I totally forgot about the headrest.
I am just going through the videos and try to get pictures of Martins car to show if the headrest is there or not, if I cannot get pics of Martins car, I will put up Schumachers.
You can look at them here:
http://ferrari2k.dyndns.org/1992

[stevenoble]

Quick update before I shoot off to work.Most of the body parts are in various stages of painting.The nose and front wing end plates are in the final colour and drying.The monocoque and engine cover are basecoated as are the rear wing parts.For the painting I have used Zero Chrome yellow from Hiroboy.I used this because it covers really well and I know from doing my Audi Quattro that the Tamiya TS 47 Chrome Yellow does not cover too well.So I basecoated the parts with the Zero yellow and once dry smoothed it off with 8000 Micromesh.This provided the perfect base,a sort of yellow primer if you like.Then I decanted Tamiya TS 47 from the aerosol can and airbrushed 3 coats over the Zero yellow.It glossed up really nicely and was the perfect colour.

Nose assembly finished and engine cover in yellow basecoat.



Once all the yellow is painted I'm going to finish the chassis while it dries and then apply the green areas.See you on the next update.

[billypee]

Hi Steve,

Nice work on the paint job and fitment issues. Thanks too for the heads up on the paint coverage problem.

Cheers,
Bill

[SeanyG]

Steve,

blimey this has come along since I've been away also - the finish looks excellent and rightly so after all the prep work you put into it - excellent job mate. Bet you cant wait to get on with the details!

[davesans]

Steve,

Nice work the paint job looks great was it hard to paint the underside of the front wing with it all together?

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by SeanyG

Steve,

blimey this has come along since I've been away also - the finish looks excellent and rightly so after all the prep work you put into it - excellent job mate. Bet you cant wait to get on with the details!

I was going to detail the engine a little.But I'm probably going to just finish the painting and put it all together now as I have a few other kits I want to get on and build.I have another of these Benetton models so I may do some detailing when I build the next one.

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by davesans

Steve,

Nice work the paint job looks great was it hard to paint the underside of the front wing with it all together?

It wasn't too hard to paint the wing assembled,but it would have been easier to reach the bottom part had it been in two pieces.The paint went on a little dry in between the two thin wing supports but other than that it's not too bad,it just took a bit of twisting with the airbrush.

[Shunter]

Looks great Steve. I look forward to seeing the green going on, and then these body parts sitting on the chassis.

[stevenoble]

Got home from work early so I painted some more of the body parts.The monocoque and engine cover attracted a few dirt particles in the finish so tomorrow I'm going to lightly sand out the imperfections and apply a couple of final finish coats straight from the rattle can before leaving them to dry for a week or so before I apply the green.





The other smaller parts came out fine and should need a minimum of polishing,except for the rear wing which has a little orange peel texture but the Micromesh should sort that out.



The monocoque also has a few dirt bits in the finish so again I'll sand them out tomorrow and apply a couple of finish coats straight from the rattle can.

[Captain Mark]

Coming up nicely, keep us posted!

[davesans]

Nice paint work the yellow looks great brings back memories such a fun model to build.
I see something familiar in the back ground in the picture with the monocoque

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by davesans

I see something familiar in the back ground in the picture with the monocoque

Yes,the blue you sent me for the Williams FW11.I did a little test spray when you first sent it to me and it is a perfect match to the reference pictures I have.I'm not sure when I will build the FW11.I've got so many rally and F1 models now I lose track of them all!!