Eagle Weslake, Model Factory Hiro, 1/20

[MarcoSaupe]

My precious!

The most beautiful racing car of all time, finally available in a decent size.

Step 1: unpack and drool

[lumpulus]

Stop it!! I'm waiting to get mine! Can barely stand it!

[TvD]

Originally Posted by lumpulus

stop it!! i'm waiting to get mine! Can barely stand it!

[gulfclk]

Originally Posted by TvD

Patience young padwan! Yours is arrving next week.

[MarcoSaupe]

I started slowly with polishing some parts that will not be painted. The inner sides of the cockpit are hidden under the seat, so that scratch is not visible, but it's a bit problematic to get a really clean and shiny surface, as there are some smaller cast defects, like on the cooler frame - fortunately I have to paint that gold, so I can putty it, but I'd like to keep as much parts pure metal without paint, it just looks good



I experimented a bit with the colour, I currently think about using Rothmans blue darkened with a little bit Wolf blue and mixed with Alclad Chrome for a very fine metallic effect.

[MarcoSaupe]

First real progress - I painted some parts, like the covers on the pic below. The lettering is made with etched parts with raised letters, so you can easily paint everything and then sand the colour off the letters.

[MarcoSaupe]

Another update before I go to bed.
I airbrushed the seat with decanted TS29. The rest of the engine got a very thin, partly transparent layer of Alclad alu (or steel for the dark parts) directly on the metal, without primer. I think this way it looks more real, as you can still see that there is metal underneath.
The dashboard was fun, the instruments are seperate parts you can polish and then stick through the openings of the painted dashboard. Decals on and sealed with a drop of Future.

[lumpulus]

Excellent! I should get mine on Monday!

[MarcoSaupe]

I spent the last 90 minutes adding the guiding for the ignition wires - the small etched parts with holes above the upper lettering. The wires then go through the holes.
Unfortunately the carpet monster swallowed the first guide on that side. If I don't find it until tomorrow I'll remove it on the other side, too, I hope it's not too noticeable... sigh

I also added the fuel distributor and then dry fitted the Funnels to see how it will look

[MarcoSaupe]

I can't find the part *sigh*

The instructions tell me to paint the rims dark, but this pic clearly shows the well known rims with shiny spokes and darker deepenings. So I airbrushed the rim Alclad steel and polished it away on the spokes.
Unfortunately you can again see the little steps, remains of the rapid prototyping, thet I can't get sanded away due to the shape of the parts.



There are decals for the blue rings on the tires, the badyears of that time seemed to have, but no way are they as visible as those decals, if they were there at all... I haven't found a colour photo in good enough resolution yet, where one could see it.

[lumpulus]

Looks great, Marco!

I just got mine yesterday! I am also waiting for a 1967-68 Road & Track magazine I picked up off eBay with the Belgium Eagle on the cover, and a feature article on the V-12...will let you know if there is anything of value in it.

[CrateCruncher]

Nice WIP Marco. I know you'll do a great job with this one.

Bummer about that part but it won't affect the model. I have been building a lot of 1/43rd Tameo kits with tiny photoetch pieces lately. I found that if I work over a model box lid (about 33x16cm) that 9/10ths of drops land inside and bounce off the box's wall back toward the center. I also don't use forcips or tweezers or anything that must bend to hold the part. If the part slips it gets launched by the energy released into the gap made by the part leaving the tool. To hold the part I use small needle nose and flat pliers. The flat pliers also double as a bending tool. I have hardwood floors instead of carpet in my work area which helps when the 1/10th of drops bounce out of the box..lol.

[lumpulus]

Some builders do their work in clear plastic bags if they are worried about losing tiny parts.

[MarcoSaupe]

Yeah, I cut the part off in the bag for that reason, but I had to take it out to glue it on, that was the mistake

[willster127]

Simple answer, leave them all in the closet unbuilt like I do, and many others i'm sure, no lost parts ever!!!