1/20 Tyrrell P34 Monaco Six-wheeler

[Rickard_Olsson]

I have been working on this for a while now.

It´s the Tamiya Tyrrell P34 Monaco six-wheeler.

It´s a really nice kit and I really love the way it looks.. I mean.. SIX WHEELS !?!?!? :twisted:

For those who ain´t familiar with this one.. Well.. It was raced in the Formula 1 back in the 1970´s and in 1976 it made it´s debut and it was a great car I think.. in 1977 Tyrrell continued with the six-wheeler with good results.. but after the 1977 season Good Year decided that they wouldn´t be developing new tires for the six-wheeler and that forced Tyrrell to start driving with 4 wheels again. So for 2 seasons in the Formula 1 we saw the most spectacular F1-racer ever.

And now.. the scaled down version.

The wheels are about 99% finished.



The engine is starting to shape up too..





I also opened up the front to make it a bit more detailed.



I have also worked on a new brake-duct system which I think will turn out great when it´s finished.





And a small mock-up



Hope you like it so far

// Rickard

[stevenoble]

Good start.This is one of many in my 'to do' pile, so I will watch closely...

[davezilla]

Looks excellent so far. I think you did a very clean job on the engine and painting the tire markings. That kit must've been made before dry transfer decals.

What blue did you use for the body? I have the all blue version in my pile, is it the same color?

[jehan]

Realy nice work so far, keep it coming.

A very interesting car, the main reason for the four small wheels was not for handeling per say but it really made a differencs in the braking distances with the increased contact patches. Smaller tyres also helped cut down drag.

If I'm not wrong I think the tyres came for sets used on Mini Coopers but Goodyear was not willing to develop them any farther eventually cutting down any advantage.

[DerXL]

Hi.

Nice start to this model.
I'm really curious how the brake ducts are going to work out. Start looks promising.
Are you going to cover the coils/cables or are you going to leave it as in the picture ?

[Rickard_Olsson]

Originally Posted by davezilla

Looks excellent so far. I think you did a very clean job on the engine and painting the tire markings. That kit must've been made before dry transfer decals.

What blue did you use for the body? I have the all blue version in my pile, is it the same color?

I haven´t painted the blue yet.. but when I do I will probably go for the one Tamiya is saying - TS15 - Blue. The all blue version is a bit darker IN MY OPINION.. may be wrong.. and my eyes ain´t the best.. but to me it´s a tad darker than the white/blue one.

[Rickard_Olsson]

Originally Posted by DerXL

Hi.

Nice start to this model.
I'm really curious how the brake ducts are going to work out. Start looks promising.
Are you going to cover the coils/cables or are you going to leave it as in the picture ?

I´m going to cover it up in some sort of BMF and the paint it flat orange to make it look like the real ones.

Thanks

// Rickard

[allnie]

Originally Posted by Rickard_Olsson

I´m going to cover it up in some sort of BMF and the paint it flat orange to make it look like the real ones.

Thanks

// Rickard

The best trick is to use some white glue (like paper or tree glue) to fill-up the gaps. Done in the right way it looks VERY good.