1/20 MFH - HONDA RA300 - 1967 Italian GP

[edi956]

Kit: Model Factory Hiro – K320
Scale: 1/20
Model: Honda RA300/01
Event: 1967 Italian GP
Driver: John Surtees (winner)

The only chassis built ran few GPs (4) but won at its first appearance (like Lotus 49) at Monza in 1967.

The kit is very beautiful with high fidelity to the real car, even if enough difficult to make.

The bodywork was riveted with 0.4 and 0.5 mm ScaleHardware brass rivets:


Then dry fitting test:



Bodywork was painted with the appropriate ZP colour and decalled:


Engine very well done by Hiro, so it was mounted OOB, painted with Gold + Matt Black (some drops) and washed:


The only thing I made was to substitute the little bolt with another larger, since it has to keep in place the group engine/gearbox/rear suspension to the chassis:


The main chassis, painted with the same colour of the bodywork, has been coupled with the engine:


The front bulkhead with front suspension and pedals fitted to the chassis:


Meanwhile I prepared front brakes, adding the tubes for fluid balancing not present in the kit:


Then front brakes were mounted to the front bulkhead while the ends of the steering were cut away:


The rear frame to sustain the engine was glued and painted with the same colour of the bodywork:


Then it was mounted with the gearbox and part of the rear suspension:


Rear suspension has been finished:


The rear anti-roll bar was also added:

[bradfordian]

Lovely.

I got the ferrari t4 today and was blown away by its quality, just seeing the parts and builds and appreciating all the metal and all that gorgeous detail is one thing.i can imagine you pappreciate it more being the one who is handling and assembling the kit.

did you have to place all them rivits in the body?

[edi956]

Thanks for the appreciation.

Pics of the front of the real car:




you can see the balance line running from the two upper positions of each side.

So, having show the front of the real car I'm obliged to finish that of the kit:

Tank has been added.



Radiator and its mesh.
Compare my radiator and that of the real car: its upper part was done with a Gold BMF and it is not an unique piece but divided in three part.

Here the changed ends of steering wheel:


The brake wires have been added:


Final result of the front compare to that of the real car:


Tyres/wheels are ready:

Rims have to be painted Steel + Matt Black (few drops)

The "washed" tyre compared to the other not-washed yet:


In addition to the decals (Firestone + gold circle) the letter to individuate where the tyre has to be placed; here LF:


Finally a dry fitting of the four wheels and tyres:

[Greg23]

That is one good looking Honda.

[edi956]

Many thanks Greg23.

This is the dashboard of the real car:


and this is what I made:




No seat belts for Surtees in 1967.
In the previous pics you can also see the tubes which run inside the cockpit, from rear to front.

Here some pics of the rear of the real car:




All the exhausts are put in place, but not yet washed:



This is the little device in white metal of the kit to help for the mesh covering the trumpets:


and this is the that mesh mounted on the car:


Finally, the exhausts have been washed like the real car: