Tamiya McLaren MP4/5B

[Eric Cole]

BEAUTIFUL !

Fantastic work.

[Shunter]

Fantastic job Steve, a wonderful looking build. Look forward to seeing your next one come along.

[f1wc]

Hey looks great! Excellent paint job! You nailed it!! I'll sure use this and other Mp4/5b (by Scuderia) as a reference for my car. One thing though, do you find the monocoque cf pattern a bit obvious (size), since the real car is more rough cf texture and has goldish black layering kind of colouring, just my opinion.

[CeeElle]

i've said it before but it bears repeating - steve's build has inspired me to add an MP4/5B to my to-do pile, and i hope to do half as nice a job he did.

[Dave5.0]

Perfect in every way!!!!

[sadler21]

Steve,

Looks excellent! Do you have any close-ups on the CFed monocoque? Also, what PE set did you use for the bolt heads on the main body?

[robrex]

Great looking build Steve!

[stevenoble]

Thanks for all the kind words guys,I'm glad you all like the model.I'd like to thank you all for keeping me going on this one when the chips were down and I made a mess of the painting on the engine cover.I'll try and answer some of your questions if I can.

Originally Posted by Kevincow

Could you please take some pics with the engine cover on the car?

Unfortunately the engine cover does not fit properly because of all the wires that I added.In hindsight I should have thinned the engine cover so that it would fit at the end,something I will be bearing in mind on my future F1 builds.

Originally Posted by F1wc

One thing though, do you find the monocoque cf pattern a bit obvious (size), since the real car is more rough cf texture and has goldish black layering kind of colouring, just my opinion.

The camera seems to emphasize the CF texture.Especially the sides of the monocoque.In real life it is more subtle and not quite so bold looking.I did add some gold to the mix when I painted the under layer.If you look at my WIP it is more obvious in some of the pics in there.But maybe not so obvious on some of the completed pics.I have to admit that this is the first build that I have really used carbon fibre decals on and it was a little experimental on my part trying out different types etc without maybe being 100% accurate.

Originally Posted by Sadler21

Looks excellent! Do you have any close-ups on the CFed monocoque? Also, what PE set did you use for the bolt heads on the main body?

If you look at the WIP thread there are some close ups of the carbon fibre on the monocoque.All the photo etch bolt heads came from the Model Car Garage.They were just a generic sheet and not specifically intended for the McLaren.

[Viccario]

I think it looks brilliant, well done! The photos of the bodywork on the stand remind me of some period photos from a motorsport magazine of the time with a number of them in a row at a track somewhere. Excellent finish and I think very realistic!

[dmacb]

Excellent. Great job on all the CF and the different colors used on the chassis.

[klutz_100]

This is one of those builds where the ONLY sensible and fully justified thing to write is - Awsome!

Fantastic job

Talk about squeaky clean!

[Jamme]

Hello Steve,
Incredible detailling and finishing work you've put in that old Tamiya kit!
Next time, you should not buy a kit to work on, you better start from nothing, as your scratch modelling is so high.....!!!!!!
Fantastic,

Cheers

Jamme

[Raikkobin]

man the paint on that is unreal...i assume you painted the red?

[stevenoble]

Originally Posted by Raikkobin

man the paint on that is unreal...i assume you painted the red?

Thanks for the compliment about the paintwork.The red areas are painted with Finishers MP4 red and they really are good paints I can't recommend them enough.

[SeanyG]

Steve,

brilliant result mate, from the finish right the way down to the details, fine effort all round, whats next on the agenda?

Sean
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