2 Black Bisons

[Spike2933]

you should all know the car.



if not, I will be building the 2 versions of the car form Britian and German GP's respectively. please do not reference actual car

Kit is amazing white metal and PE, very crisp and just little clean up. should be a very fun build, trying to find a way to open the front wing and will open the rear wing.






great detail to diffuser




alot more to come

cheers,
Steve

[Spike2933]

opened the first rear wing, will be doing the other, as well as the front wings (which is gonna be a total pain in the ass)




cheers,
Steve

[Spike2933]

well, after spending countless hours on opening the front wing, I officially succeeded in doing so and looks way better than being closed.






remember, this is only 1/43



more to come,

Cheers,
Steve

[jaykay640]

Nice! Got to build this as well and i don't envy you for working on those wings :-)

[davesans]

I started my kit about 2 weeks ago about the same stage as you good work.

[Spike2933]

thanks guys, Dave, what are you planning on using paint wise, I was going to go with either the Tamiya Dark Mica Blue or Dark Blue, I really never understood why the blue was made with the decals, which kinda screws up some plans for the metallic look.


but since its way too cold to spray, I can only test fit pieces and the first of the 2 cars are nearly done. got the front wing tested and looks great



cheers,
Steve

[youngkia1]

You're doing great so far dude, I love to see the final one. Hope you will post more photos soon. Nice one

[davesans]

Originally Posted by Spike2933

thanks guys, Dave, what are you planning on using paint wise, I was going to go with either the Tamiya Dark Mica Blue or Dark Blue, I really never understood why the blue was made with the decals, which kinda screws up some plans for the metallic look.

Steve I have the Zero color matched paint but I think it's been discontinued. You might want to have a look here for paint if you don't go with the Tamiya
http://www.scalefinishes.com/fleet.html

The front wing looks good together.

[TvD]

Originally Posted by davesans

Steve I have the Zero color matched paint but I think it's been discontinued.

not quite true
http://www.hiroboy.com/catalog/produ...oducts_id=3123

[Spike2933]

yeah I was gonna get the paint, but the the red,silver, and blue stripes all have a dark blue surrounding and that will make the zero paint not match, and plus the flakes might be too large for 1/43

[Spike2933]

well still way too cold to be spraying so everything is still on hold, cant do carbon work because I need to still spray the black.

but the first car is fully prepped and ready, been hard at work with the 2nd.





next update will have some color, I promise

cheers,
Steve

[Spike2933]

finally got warm enough to put down the black so I can start the much long and painful process of decalling the carbon fiber and getting to put the belts in the car, both cars are fully prepped and ready to go, prolly wont spray the body until after the new year




cheers,
Steve

[Spike2933]

why Carbon work is no fun in 1/43. 9 pieces to do one rim



cheers,
Steve

[Helico]

"Only" 63 more pieces to do

[Macio4ever]

I like your precision especially as you build 1/43 car. I did one F1 in 1/43 and it is a patience test

Very nice build!