BRM P83, Model Factory Hiro, 1/20

[MarcoSaupe]

It's time to build something special again...

If you've read my Eagle-Weslake WIP you may have noticed that I'm especially fond of the 67 F1 season - the reason for this is simple: for 10 years I raced the racing simulation Grand Prix Legends in several online leagues, and this game is about the 67 season.

The Eagle was my favourite car, but the car I have the 2nd most races with is the BRM - also called "Bathtub" because of the handling. In my favourite league I drove it for some years, but unfortunately I never won a race with the BRM in that series. We had handicap rules; the slower drivers got the fastest cars, and the fast drivers the slowest cars. I became fast enough to drive the slowest car, the BRM, but I had strong teammates, like Andy Wilke (a known name in the online racing scene), so I was his "Rubens" most of the time. But 2nd behind him ist not bad either, and it always was fun, so of course I had to get this kit.

As usual I started with the engine - the first pic shows the craziness (in a positive sense) of MFH... crankshafts, pistons... all hidden when you glue it together, but it's there
I glued the block together, polished it and treated it with a washing to get a slightly used, realistic look.

[ferrariman81]

Gotta love mfh. I want the F-40 LM, but, it's just to far out of my price range.

[Greg23]

Have you visited Grand Prix Legends lately? F2 mod is great. Very high texture cockpits (F1 - Lotus & Eagle) and German tracks becoming available.

[davesans]

The wash on the engine turned out great.

[modelmaker]

I just love these MFH kits ! I've just recently finished building their Ferrari 801, not for the faint hearted but alot of fun and very rewarding when finished. I'll be watching your build keenly!

Sean

[tony126c2]

Looks very good Marco!

[MarcoSaupe]

Greg: I had my last GPL race more than a year ago - I drove it for 10 years, did more than 600 league races, but after all that time the buzz was gone. That rFactor 2 Beta is fun, with the old Spa in the rain, changing track conditions, etc...

They mixed up fuel and ignition lines in the instructions - I noticed that and added the ignition wires correctly. The fuel lines will be some fiddly work.

[MarcoSaupe]

More than an hour to add the fuel lines... on one side. There is only about 2mm space between fuel distributor and the trumpets... and you don't see that much of it

[nugundam93]

love the mfh detail. nice work on the engine btw!

[MarcoSaupe]

This pic is not a repeat - I did the other side of the engine today. MFH even included the belts on the fuel pumps.

Well, I also wanted to show a nicely painted nose (Zero Paints BRM), but I made a mistake while masking, so the orange stripe has a dent... I'll have to do this again *sigh*

[pawlie]

Your engine is beautiful!

[Greg23]

Great work!

[MarcoSaupe]

Repairing the paintjob on the nose didn't work, so I stripped the colour and started new.

I also airbrushed some parts of the bodywork, I'll add some layers of clear before I add the decals. While we are talking about decals - the seat decals with the tartan don't look good. When I compare it with photos the brighter lines are either too bright or too big for the scale, it doesn't look realistic. I'll probably strip those parts too and just make a red seat.

I'm also unsure about that blue case on top of the engine - I have photos of this part in blue, so it's probably correct, but if I leave off the rear cowlingI think it will just not look good... the part was black or dark grey in other races, so maybe I'll repaint it - I can live with building not the Spa BRM but a BRM...

[MarcoSaupe]

The nose job was a success and it's ready for a clear coat as preparation for the decals. And I couldn't resist fitting a couple of parts together... you see what I mean with the blue of the filter casing not fitting colourwise?

[nugundam93]

the blue cylinder sticks out like a sore thumb. if it was up to me i'd recolor it to something less er, vibrant