Eighties Contest Entry: 1982 Ferrari 126C2 (Gilles car)

[klutz_100]

Wow, when you see the pieces in a context like the pin vice, you can really appreciate just how small the parts you are working with are! No wonder your eyes ache

[robrex]

Originally Posted by lotus_man

Ok, so your asking why no progress for a while. Well, here are my excuses. First I had to build by new bike:-



It's to keep my downhill rig comany!

I understand the distraction from modelling sometimes!!

[lotus_man]

Originally Posted by robrex

I understand the distraction from modelling sometimes!!

Hey, a Kona Stab! Great bike, I looked at one of them before I bought my 223...



But enough of all that non automodelling stuff!

Here's a few pics of the 126 as it now stands, mocked together to check a few things. I'll do an in depth on how we got here when I hve a little more time. For now, take a gander and let me know what you think... I know the paint needs a wee polish. Tamiya compound here we come!


Rear three quaters, showing the shocks and upper control arms attached to the gear box.


Rear upper suspension, notice the roll-bar (sway bar for Americans!). Thisis made from wire threaded through the mounts I drilled out, with some etched pickup points added to the ends. It will be detail painted very soon as well.


Frontal view, showing the bottom of the aluminium tub. This was sprayed with Alclad polished-aluminium, I really love that stuff!

Much bigger update to come, when I have time to put it together.

[grega x]

Nice car.... and a nice bike(s) as well. Nice to see there are a couple of downhillers among modelers (!).

Here is my rig. Do it all bike.


Keep up the good work.....

[ridefast]

It seems this thread has turned into 'Show me your bike thread"... Nice. Now, where's that photo of my Schwinn Straight 6...

[lotus_man]

Seems like a long time since the last update. Truth told I've got tons on at the moment, so I havn't had time to do as many updates to this thread as I wanted to.

I'm afraid I'll be skipping the blow by blow on this as I'm just to busy with other things . Hopefully you'll be able to see what I've done, if you're interetsed in anything particular please ask!

So far I've got the body painted, decalled an laquered. The front tub is sprayed up with Alclad and mocked up in position, the engine is together and wired and the under try is sprayed up.

The descriptive plaque in front of the model comes in the kit as an etched part. I've added the two decals, then painted the lettering by hand, using a scalpel to scrape away any excess paint. A few thin coats of laquer protect the whole thing which will eventually be glued down in front of the model. I think it sets it off rather nicelly.









As usual let me know what you think.

[robrex]

Excellent! I was hoping you would update this thread!
The progress looks just as expected....awesome!

[freakray]

Nice to see your progress Lotus Man, and nice bike!

I have a Trek 8500 and Trek Fuel 90 in the garage

[mech0t0]

Nice paint job!

[klutz_100]

Didn't you forget the wheels or is this a pit stop diorama? j/k

Looks excellent as usual

[lotus_man]

Im sad to say that all of the pictures I have taken of this project so far have been lost. I'm in the process of moving to a new host and totally re-writting my website. I was convinced I had tham all on a DVD backup somewhere but now I can't find them anywhere.

I'll try and take some new pictures of it in it's current form today so at least theres something here. You never know, I might actually get round to working on it as well!