WIP, Mclaren MP4/5, Tameo 1/43

[sjelic]

I took this as a relaxing job when I get tired of 2003GA.

Kit is Tameo, really a basic one, only some 60-70 parts in total.

I started with cleaning everything and dryfitting for corrections.




Everything is shaped nicely but few things are not done properly.

1. Panel lines are very wide, I didn't want to bother with that to much, I just deepened them in order to get thin deep line, will all the paint and clear cover original wide line....I don't know

2. Radiator panels are to big (wide) and they don't fit the hole. There are two solutions either you can dig out part of the intake to make the radiator fit in or cut a bit of radiator to fit original hole.

3. Decal that go around the windscreen is part of the red decal that goes to nose and you can not clear coat everything after decals. I still must decide what to do, cut the decal or paint the windscreen.

While I wait for paint and carbon decals I primed everything and painted stuff that will be black. Body was primed, puttied a bit and re-primed several times (with sending in between) to get nice and smooth surface.



I have done the wheels also, I had a lot of problems with decals, they just didn't want to confirm, in the end I made some strange things but it came out nicely.



Cigarette is her just for size, smoking kills



More pictures when I get the paint.

[klutz_100]

Nice subject. I will enjoy following along

Originally Posted by sjelic

Cigarette is her just for size, smoking kills

A great indicator of size though!

[davesans]

Great start I will be following too. Looks like you opened up the air intake on the air box that's a nice touch. Did you just drill a hole into the wing end plates insert a small piece of brass to hold them in place for the dry fit? One last thing whose CF are you going to use and where you getting it from?
Thanks

[sjelic]

Originally Posted by davesans

Great start I will be following too. Looks like you opened up the air intake on the air box that's a nice touch. Did you just drill a hole into the wing end plates insert a small piece of brass to hold them in place for the dry fit? One last thing whose CF are you going to use and where you getting it from?
Thanks

Thanks Dave, I used larger drill bit to make hole in the intake and then carefully sanded to shape with proxxon. Wing end plates are mounted on pins that were allready on the wings, I will add one more rod at the back of the end plate to make them more tight. I have ordered SMS 1/43 CF from Hiroboy even thou I thought about 1/24 high deff carbon for wings end plates since they are almost black.

[sjelic]

I continued to work on the interior since the paint and CF are on their way. I used seat belts from MP4/4 kit since Tameo didn't include ones in this kit.
No.11 blade for size



Gear shift lever is pin, shaped on proxxon, maybe a bit to big but looks good.



And just a bit of my usual mess

[klutz_100]

Damn, that's small and very cleanly done

I agree the shifter is a little large.

(If you think that's a mess, you should see my bench! )

[gionc]

Dammn sasa, bro, this would be mess? This is neatness paradise at my eye
(I wanted to send a pict with my stuff cleaned, ready for paint, covered by the resin dust of the "nex job" but I leave to your imagination LOL)

BTW: It's happened!!!! I know you from years and from ever I heard "my next frontier is 1/43....) . Looks great!

[davesans]

Nice work on the seat it looks cool inside the mono. Also nice job on the belts they can be a bit tricky to make them look right I had a hard time with them on my Williams nice mess too.

[sjelic]

Final update, decals are on, all decals, I wanted to try those Tameo red decals and I must say they are perfect. It just need final clear coat and some polishing. All parts are done and after clear there is only final assembly.

I really enjoyed this one, really relaxing despite the scale.




and few how small this is pictures

wheels form 1/20 F1



and my current two WIP



Final pictures in few days.

[klutz_100]

Looking good

BTW, did it come from the manufacturer with tobacco decals or are they aftermarket?

[billypee]

That is small... great work at such a scale. I dabbled with a 1/24th Revell a while back and even that was just too small for me. Kudos. Bill

[sjelic]

Originally Posted by klutz_100

Looking good

BTW, did it come from the manufacturer with tobacco decals or are they aftermarket?

Tameo provides illegal decals in black wrap, so you can not see them until you open that wrap. This is cool way to slightly bend the rules

[klutz_100]

Originally Posted by sjelic

Tameo provides illegal decals in black wrap, so you can not see them until you open that wrap. This is cool way to slightly bend the rules

[davesans]

Great job the decals for the red parts came out nice. I like working with this scale I will be starting another one here soon I hope.

[Robi J]

Very, very nice !!!

Robi

P.S. The painted MFH BBS looks faboulous...