1/20 McLaren MP 4/4 Tamiya+TS Detail

[KC27]

Here you go gents.

I was quite fortunate as the car had mechanical problems so was in pieces and being worked on by the McLaren mechanics as I was walking by.

Hope these help and I'll be following this WIP closely.

KC

[turbothirtytwo]

They´re great! Thank you very much

[turbothirtytwo]

Hello I made tiny progress

Some connectors are in basic colour and will be detailed later. Today arrived some tiny magnets that will hold front removable section with monocque and some more parts being painted








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[KC27]

Hi Turbo,

Those connectors look great.

Can you comment on what you painted them with and the process?

Thanks.
KC

[turbothirtytwo]

Hi

Its very simple. first it was sprayed with gunze surfacer, then gunze C black and alclad pale burnt metal on top. chrome fittings are painted with MRP Chrome. MRP is new Slovakian based brand with paints and modeling tools. http://www.mrpaint.sk/
Later I will add grey/black for rubber parts and some wash on it

[turbothirtytwo]

Tiny update today.

I played with magnets and painted brake discs. they´re misted with alclad steel on bare aluminium










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[paparadiation]

Impressive work on that monocoque, the color looks spot on! Keep it up!!!

[mike@af]

Beautiful work, fantastic detail. Can't wait to see more progress! Thank you for sharing your techniques.

[MaRiO FDZ]

Whoaa.... Nice work!! I wants more

[turbothirtytwo]

Thnx guys for your kind words

Brake discs are done. I will add some wash later






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[countach79]

That's some fantastic work!

[turbothirtytwo]

Thank you. your 1/12 lambos were amazing too

Brake discs are washed and treated with graphite sanded from pencil to enhance shine. It didnt work that much nor it is visible in the picture

Wheels are painted with gunze black+drop of cool white. Valve stem is from acustion and its just dry fitted








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[KC27]

This is shaping up an excellent build!

[turbothirtytwo]

Thank you

Yesterday I mange to paint the rest of monocoque. Various parts will be later variated with clear coat in different state of gloss or matt













Fresh new set of slick tires. mold line was sanded down and tire treated with shoe polish




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[ScaleCentral]

Very interesting with the shoe polish. It adds a fresh unused look to the tires. Will decals still stick to it such as the inventory barcodes and tire info sheets on some of the decal sets? Overall it looks really good.