[Emilssi]

Hello everyone,
I would like to introduce you all to one of the best models I have ever seen. It’s got hundreds of parts which fit like a dream. I got it when I studied in Korea, and went through a great hustle to transport it to London in my hand luggage (but that’s another story)
I have been working on this kit for quite a while now but I only took some pics recently.
I will start with a quick mock-up of what I have got sofar:

And some modifications I have made in this kit:
Tamiya’s leather-like material on the seat was replaced with real leather (one single piece instead of 3 like Tamiya wrongly advices)




Entire monocoque was covered in various patterns and sizes of carbon fiber and Kevlar decals . In fact it took me several trials with different scales of decals until I got it right. Despite the large scale of the model, cf pattern shouldn’t be seen from more than 50 cm. since the older cars were using very fine patterns






I added some plumbing for hydraulics


I also started playing with the electronic box, it is more-less half done. I’m pretty happy with it so far, especially that tamiya had only 5 thick cables in this area.




Steering wheel was given a baking flour treatment to simulate suede texture. I had some major disaster with a decal on the wheel so I will have to get some replacement decals (which I have to buy anyway since Marlboro decals in the kit are in completely wrong shade of red). It also have to be detailed with some nuts and washers.


That's pretty much all I have accomplished so far but I am working on it almost everyday now so stay tuned for another update soon. I am looking forward to hearing your comments and advice
P.S. My name is Emil – do not hesitate to use it
Thanks