Tamiya 1/20 Brabham BT50 BMW Turbo

[Gainsbourg]

Glad to share with you my new finished project.
It’s the Brabham BT50 BMW Turbo driven by Nelson Piquet
in the 82 season.
Hope you like it.

[Jay!]

Very nice. Is this the recently re-released Tamiya kit?

[Gainsbourg]

Originally posted by jay@af
Very nice. Is this the recently re-released Tamiya kit?

Nope, I have bought this one 10 years ago.
One of eight really old Tamiya models I still have to build.
The decals were very yellowish and degraded. It was really difficult to apply them and I had to use some paint to repair some damages, especially in the angles.
But overall it gave me a great pleasure to build this one.

[daggerlee]

Looking great!

About yellowed, old decals: I think Microscale makes a product called "Liquitape" or "Super film". (could be some other company, I forget.) Basically what it is, is solution that you brush onto the decal. When it dries it forms a clear film of decal over the original decal, adhering itself to it, so your decals don't crack and flake and disintegrate. I'm not sure if I'm being too clear - imagine a window completely duct taped on one side to prevent shattering from an explosion - that's the best analogy I can come up with.

[ales]

Originally posted by Gainsbourg

Hope you like it.

We do!!!! We mos certainly do and we want more!!! How about taking some outside picures for us? And how abou a couple of pics of your entire F1 collection?

Keep up the good work

[Forhod]

Nice.
Decals go yellow after a few years?!~
The pictures was taken in the evening?
hehe, nice F1 kit you got there anyway

[primera man]

Very nice job there....looks very good
Well done
Did it come with the driver??

[Gainsbourg]

First thank you all for your comments.

Daggerlee:
Thanks for your tip. I will by it ASAP.
It was very difficult for me (and I’m a decal specialist, all my cars except one have decals) to apply them, especially the big ones were really cracked. As I have many old models to build and don’t know if I will have problems like this one Microscale Liquitape will be a great help.

Ales:
For sure I’ll take some outside pictures and a couple of pictures of my F1 collection, my pleasure

Forhod:
Yep, the white ones and all the borders were real bad.
They were also slightly deformed for being so many years on the bottom of a pile of many kits.

P.M.:
Yes, all the first Tamiya F1 models came with the pilot.
I like making them because first we immediately identify the car with a certain pilot, and also because it helps to have an idea of the scale of the car compared to a human.

[Del-R]

Nice work! I've been looking for this kit myself! but as yet not found one

[daggerlee]

Gainesbourgh - I did some research and what you want is Microscale MicroFilm (or Micro Superfilm, or Liquid Decal Film, something along those lines!) , not Liquitape!! Liquitape is merely a temporary adhesive, Microfilm is a clear decal film. Hope this helps