Tamiya Sauber-Mercedes C9

[mulsannemike]

Originally Posted by guiwee

I dont understand why the p/e covers those vents..I mean why have vents at all if
their gonna be covered up?This kit reminds me of my 956

The vents, or louvers, are a means to adjust front aerodynamic balance. At a track like Le Mans, minimal drag is the desire. So the short chord single element rear wing, short front splitter are used to achieve that minimal drag figure. Therefore the front louvers aren't necessary as they would shift too much downforce forward (making the car condition towards oversteer) and would contribute to increasing drag.

[nakadds]

Is this part (B1) suppose to have the openings? My reference pictures for this part(including the box art for the silver C9) show it to be a solid piece. Or are you going to do something to close up the openings?

[mulsannemike]

Originally Posted by nakadds

Is this part (B1) suppose to have the openings? My reference pictures for this part(including the box art for the silver C9) show it to be a solid piece. Or are you going to do something to close up the openings?

That frame can just be seen in the shot below just aft of the engine. It's a machined aluminum frame and the pockets are solid only being thinned (you can see the machining marks), not through-holed.

[SuperMele]

Originally Posted by rollover

What color did you use on the wheels?

Hey, its just gun metal...

[SuperMele]

Originally Posted by nakadds

Is this part (B1) suppose to have the openings? My reference pictures for this part(including the box art for the silver C9) show it to be a solid piece. Or are you going to do something to close up the openings?

Hey, i'm not a reference builder... I opened the part because there are a lot of sink marks, and i think it just looks better...

[nakadds]

Originally Posted by SuperMele

Hey, i'm not a reference builder... I opened the part because there are a lot of sink marks, and i think it just looks better...

That's cool. I'm currently working on this car myself and was going to open it up until I looked more closely at the pics. It's actually kinda strange that it is a solid piece, you'd think the holes would be there on the real car to save weight. Great job so far, hope mine looks half as good.

[SuperMele]

Small update:

Parts in alclad:





Engine got color:



What could we do with this, more in the next update :



Cockpit has color:



Enginebay started:



Everything needs further detailing, washes and drybrushes...
Greetz

[Rocat]

very nice progress!

[godfather23]

How hard where these decals to apply. To me it looks like it was kind of okay. Not too many round curves the decals needed to snuggle onto?

The decal job looks very good as I can´t see any lines which don´t align correctly.

Keep it up.


Robert

[SuperMele]

Originally Posted by godfather23

How hard where these decals to apply.

Hey, they are easy to apply, its just big decals with clear decal in between. So the lines are always parallel. And because the car hasnt got hard bends, i consider it an easy decaljob.

And you know before i started the kit i thought it was going to be a hard job of placing the decals

Greetz

[Outamyhead]

Originally Posted by SuperMele

Hey, they are easy to apply, its just big decals with clear decal in between. So the lines are always parallel. And because the car hasnt got hard bends, i consider it an easy decaljob.

And you know before i started the kit i thought it was going to be a hard job of placing the decals

Greetz

I'm more worried about the photo etch stuff than decals, haven't got any tools for that besides pliers, and I'm working on saving up for a half decent airbrush system.

Got to finish the Mazda before that though.

[SuperMele]

Clear is on, 2K from zero.
Tomorrow its polishing time









Together:



Greetz

[SuperMele]

And another step close...

I'll let the pics do the talking:













Greetz

[rollover]

Great looking chassis. You did a very good job on the shading.

[Shunter]

I like it, great looking work so far....