This is Tyrrells challenger for the 1995 F1 season, driven by Mika Salo and Ukyo Katayama. I actually started this kit earlier this year. I've been on sort of a model obsession these past few weeks. I'm just getting around to finishing some kits I had half built. This isn't a true WIP, but somewhat of a summary.
I started on the engine and the cockpit area. Nothing out of the ordinary except for some CF on the valve covers.
The monococque and body pieces were then sanded down and sprayed with Tamiya white primer, then Tamiya pure white. The original decal sheet was badly cracked so I had to order a replacement from F1 specialties. My intention was to apply the blue decals to the body pieces, then apply a coat of clear. This was all going to plan, until I got too anxious with the TS-13 clear coat, and the decals wrinkled up horribly.
After some intricate polishing and sanding, I got them to somewhat 'flatten out', but you could still see the wrinkles close up. I waited a couple of weeks, then sprayed it with more clear, this time focusing on light coats. Of course I got over-zealous again and over sprayed the clear, but not as bad this time. I'll live with it rather than go through the effort of stripping the body and buying yet another set of decals. After the dust settled I applied Scale Motorsport plain weave CF decals to the rear portion of the monococque, radiator sidepods, and the air box. i don't plan to apply CF to the chassis floor because I think it's a different material. I try to be consistent with CF, hopefully this is somewhat accurate. I saved the CF templates, so if anybody is interested PM me.
I attached the engine/rear wing assembly to the chassis floor. Some of the rear suspension pieces cracked while I was assembling the brake ducts, but hopefully it isn't noticeable.
The next step is to finish the tires and finish decaling the body. Hopefully I won't get the numbers mixed up!