Jordan 191

[Porsnatic]

This is what I call A PERFECT MODEL!..Nothing less to say.

[Big Kahuna]

This is really not fair.

[sportracer02]

Looks like the real thing, a top model !!!

[dpbeetle]

That´s it!!! A great build. Sometimes I think it´s a real car.

Ciao

Dirk

[gionc]

This man is something!!

[klutz_100]

[Drops dead in a faint] ...... bonk!

[maxone]

Thank you very much, jaykay

[f40]

Wow Details are endless Stunning work.

[quadzero]

Not much I can add to this. When you see fine art like this, you just kinda stand back and stare.

[Robi J]

Superlatives are not enough...

R

[mike@af]

Supreme work Jaykay! Thanks for giving me that extra push of inspiration! Keep up the phenomenal work.

[coolcat28]

Simply mind blowing a masterpiece it is so depressing just by looking at your work since I know I will never achieve your level of detail building but anyhow still enjoy watching you build Thank you Jay!

[jaykay640]

Against my own expectations I have made some more progress already, so here come some new pictures :-)
It was finally time to glue the monocoque to the undertray. I did that with epoxy glue after first attaching the sidepods to the monocoque. Like this I had better access to them and it was easier to ensure they ended up in the right spot.
After everything was in place I mounted these meshes inside the sidepods. I guess they are to protect the radiators from debris. To be honest, they’ll hardly be visible, but I got carried away when making the etched parts so in they went :-)







Then came the radiators. I had postponed finishing them until the sidepods and engine were in place in case the parts lineup wasn’t correct anymore. This proved to be a wise decision, as some additional filing and bending was necessary to make them sit right.
I started by milling the molded in radiator grids off the Tamiya parts to replace them with etched ones. I also etched these structures that sit on top of the radiators and fix them to the sidepods.







I primed the parts and painted them Alclad Highly Polished Aluminium over a gloss black base. The radiator mesh is divided in two layers. The lower or inner layer has the typical zigzag pattern. This part received a wash to bring out the pattern a bit more. The overlay part just has a very thin horizontal grid. This was painted Alclad HPA as well to blend in with the painted radiator body. As a result the radiator mesh has more depth than a typical aftermarket etching part. Mine are also finer but they are really fragile and tricky to handle :-)
In the picture you see a finished assembly on the left side and the radiator on the right is awaiting the second layer etched part in front of it.







I also made the blue hose connections from masking tape and tiny metal bits and then installed the radiators. The etched parts on top were CFd, cleared and polished and I added those vertical straps that seem to fix the radiators as well on the real car.







Here’s a close up view from the side…







… and a complete sideview of the current state. Starts to look like an F1 car :-)







Thanks a lot again for all your comments and see you for the next update!

[f40]

Outstanding

[ewestra]

Stunning Jaykay, absolutely stunning. I've always liked this beautyfull F1 and you getting the best out of it with all the attention on detail. Again it's a stunner.

Eric