Tamiya Honda RA 273 1/12

well well my second post :-)

That's my latest kit..allready a year old. The detail is very basic but nevertheless a nice kit. I used my lathe on this kit the first time, to make shocks, dial surrounds and some other small parts. The complete suspension is made from metal.

-Seat is MFH leather,
-the windscreen is vacuformed.
-All rivets where drilled out and replaced with the real hing
-used many real screws and nuts on the engine
-tire valves added

and yes the engine is the wrong color...creative freedom ;-)

enjoy the pictures

daniel
-germany-

http://3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/Final/seite_01.jpg

http://3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/Final/front_schraeg_01.jpg

http://3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/Final/cockpit_01.jpg

http://3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/Final/cockpit_top_01.jpg

http://3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/Final/engine_01.jpg

http://3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/Final/engine_02.jpg

Looks great!! Wouldn't mind seeing more of your turned suspension items.

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/daempfer_01.jpg

the mainbody is a simple turned piece made from the kits measuremnts. the mounts had to be handmade, with a drill and file ...really need a mill and learn how to use it

daniel
-germany-

Very nice....but then you knew that :-)

Very nice....but then you knew that :-)

yes, guess you told me that already ;-)


daniel
-germany-

Fantastic detail

That's some really fine detailing. It's all the extra effort put in that makes the racer look quite realistic. I like the 5th photo in particular, that's a lot of work in there! Awesome!

You are one sick puppy... :O:O That much detail on such tiny scale ./bow ./worship.

What was the estimated building time for it and why did you choose this model to do extensive fabulous detailing on?

(and more of these kind of models/pics please, it must inspire a lot of us besides scaring the shit out of us :P)

Hi,

really a great work with superb details.

Greetings, Jens

I think this is a beautiful car and even more beautiful model. The detailing is sublime. The suspension is amazing. I'm not too familiar with this type of race car, but you say the engine is the wrong colour. What colour is it supposed to be? I love that exhaust system too, you sure have great skills.

ups..my fault..the engine color ist corrects but the exhaust is meant to be white, but I just didn't like that

@Whishmaster: I would guess around 6 months. I choose that model because it was one of the "simpler" 1/12 kits. It was actually my second 1/12 and my 6th or 7th kit.
When I inspected the box it looked very detailed and jumped right at it, but detail is very low on that kit but then it was too late and I was going.

Here's a pictures of the final assemblies...while forcing the nose to fit to the rest I roke the whole front suspension off, including wheels, wiring and erverythin...luckily the paintjob survived and the rest could be fixed :icon16:

daniel
-germany-

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/RA_crash.jpg

Stunning Absolutely Stunning

Stunning Absolutely Stunning


Hi daniel,

I must agree with MR.BEIMER, a great model.

Nice to see another German modeler here, welcome !!

Daniel, This looks superb!
You're photography is excellent as well! It's nice to see you posting here!

Hi Daniel, nice to see you over here. As I am sure I have said before your work and attention to details is stunning, hope to see more of your stuff.

Mike

great looking ra daniel very nice detail . the shocks are a nice touch

Daniel, as I said over at F1m, its just a fabulous piece of work... I need to learn your photography skills too... or a buy a better camera!

Fabulous stuff matey!

thanks to everyone for the nice comments !

about my photography skills ..well I don't have any :-) but luckily these pictures turned out OK, if you have problem with you pictures try to add more light or shoot outside.


daniel
-germany-

Great job, very neat.

Beautiful, both model and photos!

Robi

Very very nice build! I should add that I've cocked up two of these models before!:banghead:

Daniel,


Beautiful work!

I was just going through my kit and I discovered the windscreen was cracked in half!

Could you advise me on how to make a vacuform windscreen?

Thanks,

Carter

Hahahah...wow a reply after 13 years, that must be a record. Thanks for bringing this thread up and reminding me of this nice forum.


The window wasn't vacuformed. I just used some really tthin clear sheet and used the original screen as a template. I also used a hairdyer to soften the sheet a bit and make it conform to the old screen. I used rivets to finally attach the screen.

Here a progress picture. But I really think you nee to attach ist with rivets becasue the screen will spring back into it'S old shape

http://www.3dgrafix.de/forum_bilder/RA_273/window.jpg

Daniel,


Thanks for the pic. I am beginning to see how I might do this. Do you recall what type of clear plastic you used--the source? I have some various kinds in my materials box, and it looks like experimenting is in order before I subject the kit windscreen to the heat.

Did the plastic settle over the windscreen very rapidly?


Perhaps extra-small straight pins might make good rivets.


After viewing the pics on line, the heat-formed windscreen looks more prototypical.


vb,


Carter

Hi,


if I remeber it was actually some evergreen clear sheet. Don't know the size but maybe I still have some and can measure it.

At first I made a template from tape as you would do with CF decals and traced that on the sheet, attached the cut out sheet over the original screen and used heat to make it conform. BUT that doesn't work too good so that's why some strong bond to the body is needed, like rivets. Otherwise the screen will jump to it's flat shape...

P.S. ...actually the process is pretty easy. Just make sure you fit the screen, drill the holes in the body for the rivets before doing any painting. This way you can attach the new screen to the body with tape and drill holes through the body and sheet for a perfect fit.