Tamiya 1/12 McLaren MP4/6 Ayrton Senna

[stevenoble]

All looking excellent.I'm enjoying all of your updates

[kimi4623]

Hi guys. Thanks for your comments. Here you have more photos.

I added the connector where the steering wheel is plugged. You nearly can not see it in the model, but as the real car has it...


And here's the steering wheel. I added the wires for the four buttons, and the wire that plugs it to the connector:


Here you have the LCD panel:


And everything is ready!


That's all for now. Thanks for looking.

[kimi4623]

Hello again. More updates are coming.

Here's the panel at the back of the cockpit. I changed a little bit the colors, to adapt it to the real car. Tamiya recommends to mix X-26:10 and X-11:1, but I also added clear red (X-27) and flat brown (XF-10).




Here is the front suspension. I put putty in some holes (it was still not painted in the photo), and I added some connectors.


And some detail of the modification I did in the nose. I added some tubing, some wires, some PE parts and some connectors.




More to come soon.

[kimi4623]

Hi again. I have uploaded more photos. Let's start with the cockpit:





Here are the front breaks:





And some detail of the ECU. I added the belt that holds it and some PE parts:





I have just finished the sidepods, and now I'm working with the exhausts and the radiators. I'll upload more photos soon.

[gasdriverca]

This is Unbelievable my friend...keep it up!

[kimi4623]

Hi again!

Here you have the latest photos that I have updated. Let's start with some detail of the seat:


And now, the left sidepod. As you can see, in all the electronic boxes, I changed the original Tamiya tubing for another one that looks much better. I still have to add some CF decals to the nose, but I'll do it together with some other CF decals.








I want to add belts to the electronic boxes, in the same way I did with the ECU, because I removed the plastic belt from the original piece. As you can see in the ECU, they look better than the plastic one.



So that's all for now. More to come soon.

[stevenoble]

Looks excellent.Very nice detailing work and all so clean and tidy.The wiring is looking very nice and I'm very impressed with the work on the cockpit area and all the different colours and textures you have created.Keep going.It is turning into a very nice build.

[DerXL]

Yes indeed, a great looking build.

Always great to see a new update so we can see what you've up to.
I really like what you're doing. I do have this kit in my to-do pile, but I doubt I'll have the patience (or the skills) to get so much detail into it.

But that doesn't stop me from enjoying this build !

[SkylineFan]

Stunning to say the least!

DaveT

[Shunter]

Fantastic work to date, i am impressed.

[kimi4623]

Originally Posted by DerXL

Yes indeed, a great looking build.

Always great to see a new update so we can see what you've up to.
I really like what you're doing. I do have this kit in my to-do pile, but I doubt I'll have the patience (or the skills) to get so much detail into it.

But that doesn't stop me from enjoying this build !

Of course you can do it. I have been working on this kit since last June, and I still have some months of work before I finish it. So be patient, and enjoy your kit!!

[kimi4623]

More photos are coming!

And before we go to the right sidepod, I'll show you a detail of the steering column and the front suspension, that wasn't posted so far.


And now the right sidepod:


I have added this electronic box. In some reference pictures it appears, but in some not. But I think that the model looks better with it than without it.




I have created this part. I did it with the thick Tamiya tube, then i put a thin tube inside, and then a wire inside. It is very easy to do, and I think that the result is quite similar to the orignial part. Here you have my part:


And here is the original:






And here you have the last part I modified. I added some PE parts, a clear tube and two connectors.


That's all for now.

[roddo]

Your work rate is relentless dude......... keep it up but dont rush anything, wouldn't want you to mess anything up for our/my appetite for updates. Although you do seem to be on a self motivated roll! Nice looking ref. material where did you get it?

[kimi4623]

Originally Posted by roddo

Your work rate is relentless dude......... keep it up but dont rush anything, wouldn't want you to mess anything up for our/my appetite for updates. Although you do seem to be on a self motivated roll! Nice looking ref. material where did you get it?

Don't worry, I have everything under control!!

Regarding to the reference pics, i have some photos of the Formula Perfect Manual, and many, many days of deep research in the net. If you are interested in some reference pics, just let me know.

[roddo]

I too have pictures of the formula perfect book but any additional stuff sure would help! Cheers David R.