WIP: Tamiya 1/20 Tyrrell Yamaha 023

[Jamme]

Nice Work!
You're gluing with Cyano glue, no?

Thank you,

Jamme

[billypee]

Originally Posted by Jamme

You're gluing with Cyano glue, no?

Hi Jamme,

Yes, it is Bostik Super Glue (Cyanoacrylate). On some parts I used Tamiya Cement, but when I am fabricating I like the strong and fast bond of CA glue. It takes a lot more sanding down afterwards, but I have found that it makes a good substitute for Milliput at this stage.

Regards,
Bill

[billypee]

Hello,

Well my WIP thread had finally fallen off the first page, so I thought it was about time that I posted an update. I have been making significant progress on the monocoque recently but the work has not really been suitable material for an update. It was also getting a bit tedious and like Captain Mark said, I was "looking forward to seeing so colour go down."

The nose-cone, front wings and side fences are now painted and the decals have been applied. I will wait another week before I clear over the top and polish up to a great shine --- a big thank you to whoever it was in my Jordan 191 thread who told me to get my @rse in gear and start polishing my paintwork properly Also, thank you to JayKay who criticised me for not filling in the sink holes on my models, I have done that too.

Enough talking, here are the pictures.

The decals are from Studio 27. One possible problem with them is the colour of the Goodyear decal that sits on the secondary wing. My photo references show that it is dark blue, whereas the decal sheet has reproduced it in black. The CF pattern is the High Definition pattern from SMS. Although this pattern is supposed to be used on more modern F1 cars, for me, this was the closest to the reference pictures I had. The blue paint I have chosen is Halfords Vauxhall Atlantis Blue... to my mind it is a perfect match to this very difficult colour to replicate. I applied 2 coats of it over 1 coat of Halfords Appliance White Gloss and 2 coats of Halfords White Primer. The white parts simply got another coat of Appliance Gloss White. The black parts were painted with Halfords Satin Black before being the CF decals were applied.

Regards,
Bill

[Shunter]

Looking great so far. You are at the point i do not enjoy, putting the wings together....good luck.

[Captain Mark]

Wow, looks like you nailed the blue colour. And that last picture is pretty cool with all the components ready to go together. I've been looking forward to more updates on this build actually.

And in case it hasn't been suggested already, with regards to polishing out the clear coat, I'd recommend you go over to the Micro Mark website and purchase youself one of these...

http://www.ares-server.com/Ares/Ares...oduct&ID=80939

Very much worth the money in my opinion, and highly recommended.
Just have a tube of Tamiya compound on hand as well, and a meter of VERY soft cloth from a linen store, and you can't go too far wrong.

Keep the updates coming!

[stevenoble]

Very nice blue you have used Bill.I really like the look of the carbon fibre on the front wing parts in the last photo.I would also agree with Captain Mark on the use of the Micro-Mesh polishing kits.They really are worth the money and are great for buffing up your finish to a mirror like shine.I got mine from Hiroboy's site.He's right about the cloth too.I used various different cloths on my recent McLaren and the differences between some are astounding.Keep the updates coming.I'm looking forward to seeing this one progress.

[Macio4ever]

CF decals look impressive!

[davesans]

Hi Bill
Nice work the wing and nose they look good can't wait to see them put together.
The SMS Hi def CF looks great I have been waiting for some to use that so I could see what it look like.


PS Thanks Captain Mark for that link

[billypee]

Hello,

First, thank you everyone for your kind comments.

In terms of polishing, I already have the Micro Mesh polishing cloths. I have used them before but my inexperience with them ended up with me having poor results and so just omitting to polish the body work. I got the courage to use them again on the rear cowling of the Jordan 191 and the results were outstanding. I now know that I need to ensure I have a hefty amount of clear on the parts and that I need to take my time. I have also found it difficult to polish hard to reach areas but after following Captain Mark's link I have found some smaller sanding products which I am going to order in the next week or so. Thanks again for the pointer to that website... there are so many cool products to be found there.

The Hi Def SMS CF is very nice stuff. I have just received some Modellers CF from Hiroboy and that looks like a great pattern too.

Kind regards,
Bill

[willster127]

Looks great Billy, it has been amazing watching your modelling skills progress over all of your builds and this one is sure to be a stunner.

As for the pop cans, will empty beer cans work the same, I've got tons of those here!!!

Keep it up, looking forward to seeing more.

[billypee]

Originally Posted by willster127

As for the pop cans, will empty beer cans work the same, I've got tons of those here!!!

Ha ha! No, you must use Schwepps Canada Dry

Only kidding, I am sure that it doesn't matter. I observe that different drinks manufacturers use different thickness... some beer cans are thicker. I think this could be used to our advantage for different components. I found the material very easy to work with, scissors being great to cut it.

Kind regards,
Bill

[billypee]

A quick plea for reference photos on a couple of aspects of this build.

1. Front suspension housing: The Formula Perfect book shows the suspension covered by fabric when the carbon fibre cover is removed. Does anyone have any reference pictures of the Tyrrell without this area covered. I plan to use guesswork and other cars of the era if not.

2. Rear wing bottom element/safety light: The kit comes with the safety light housed in the middle of the bottom element of the rear wing. Judging by the Forumla perfect manual, the car also ran with a continuous bottom element to the rear wing and the safety light housing suspended from brackets. I believe that this is how the car would have been in Brazilian GP. Can anyone confirm that? It might be you can read the Japanese in the book or you have photo references of the rear of the car.

Thanks in advance.
Bill

P.S. I have also posted this to the general forum too.

[billypee]

Hello everyone. I haven't disappeared, been abducted or given up modelling, I have just been really busy with other stuff. I've been working on the Tyrrell for about 6 hours in the last week and plan to do a proper update with photos this weekend.

I removed the fabrication work that I had done on the front suspension area and have now replaced it with a much better formed plasticard pieces. It sits much lower now, allowing me to recreate the front suspension properly.

Also, someone kindly PM'ed me some additional photographs of the rear of the car. It shows that the bottom element of the rear wing is a single piece and not the double piece with the light housing in the middle which ran in the later races of the 95 season. Also, the waisted rear cowling will have to be squared off too. All of that, I can worry about in a few months as I am going to be focussing on getting the monocoque sorted for now... and that is a much bigger job than I originally planned.

Cheers,
Bill

P.S. Thanks to those of you who PM'ed me over the last 3 months to check that I was okay. I really appreciated it.

[Captain Mark]

Looking forward to more pics... man this kit is on my shelf and just begging me to build it... but that'll make four on the go at once. I'll just content myself to watch your progress for now.

[Captain Mark]

Bill, hold your horses!!!

I just saw this...!!!
http://www.hlj.com/product/S27FP2044

Tyrrell Yamaha 023 upgrade set from Studio27! Not too expensive, and to my knowledge there's not another detail set around - might be worth grabbing before you finish this build. Unfortunately they don't show the parts, but I imagine there will be some helpful stuff there.

Cheers,
M