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Originally Posted by gulfclk
Nice progress!
Where did you get the chisel?
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It is actually quite hard to get these chisels (look for BMC Chisel), I got mine from
http://b-field.net/. But I recently saw that Baracca also has some on sale which look exactly the same
http://www.club-barchetta.com/
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Originally Posted by flhansen
Hi
Nice and good progress. I'm looking forward to the application of the Zero colours. The red must be some sort of candy colour - right? The 'metallic' effect should be very very subtle. I have stared intensely for minutes on the F2008 unable to see any signs of metallic. But there is 'something' about the colour that shows it is not a solid colour. It is very difficult to capture on a picture. The colours are clearly different when you see an early F2007 (original solid fluo red/orange) and a F2008 ( candyred) side by side, but when viewing the picture it is hard to tell which one is the non solid colour. Difficult to be a modeller!
Flemming
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Yes the color is quite a mystery, I just ordered the new Tamiya TS-85 paint, I will make a little comparison and then decide what to use, since the Tamiya paint is only 1 color it will be easier to get a good finish which is quite tempting
Ok after being ill the last week and no modeling, I finally have something new to show you guys... Still a lot of prep work which takes a lot longer than I thought and I just happen to always find new stuff I could improve
I continued working on the chassis which showed another little flaw, there is a little gap from the separate sidepods. I couldn't find any pics of the real car which show this area but I don't think it was like this. I also glued the airbox in place and filled the seam with putty...
rescribed the "masking" line on the body panel, as described in the last update. You actually can't see much here but I already uploaded the pic so I'll post it anyway :mrgreen: :mrgreen:
First testfit with all suspension parts. Looks good, everything fits nicely.
more putty work...
Then I started working on the rear wing, the endplates have these nice vents but they look a bit thick, so I started to thin them down (I also used one of those chisels for this, but with a 1mm tip)
I also drilled out the holes for the wing assembly to insert some cross type rivets from "Tuner Model Manufactory". The rivets I use have a 0,7mm head and are available as cross, slotted or allen head, which all look really superb...
Then I drilled some 0,4mm holes in the wing elements so assembly of the wing should be a bit easier...
Exhaust glued together and I removed all pin marks. I also tried to drill out the exhausts to get away from that "toy look"
. Left side already drilled out, right side standard. I have to admit I am not quite happy yet, maybe I will just turn the exhaust tip on my lathe...
Back to the chassis I sanded the seam of the airbox, glued the headrest in and sanded it a bit to remove any "steps"...
rescribed the details on the chassis, so I hope they survive painting
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I also had a little step between the chassis and nose so I temporarily assembled it and used some #400 sandpaper to even it out...
Starting to look like an F60! Body is ready for some primer... fingers crossed that most of the putty and sanding turns out good...
PS.: In those last pics it looks almost like the Toyota livery