Tamiya 1/12 McLaren MP4/6 Ayrton Senna

[kimi4623]

Hello all,

After reading the posts in this forum, I have finally become an AF member. This is my first post, so I'll try to do my best.

I bought this kit in December 2007, but I didn't start it until last June. I have added some detail parts (the Marlboro decals, a Good Year template for the tires from Acu Stion, some parts from Sakatsu and different types of CF from Scale Motorsport, and PE nuts and bolds from Scale Motorsport).

I have finished the engine and currently I'm working with the cockpit.

This is the kit, out of the box:


The Marlboro decals (for McLaren MP4/2C, MP4/4 and MP4/6):


And the Good Year template for the tires:


This is the engine at the beginning:


I added some extra wires and electric connectors, as well as some extra tubing:






Here's the engine, nearly finished:


After mounting the rear suspension, with CF parts in the cooling of the brakes:




And finally the completed engine:


So that's all for now. I hope you like it (I do). I will upload the photos of the cockpit soon.

[builder77]

Welcome to the group!
Great work so far.
Looking forward to seeing more progress.
What paint did you use?
Chris

[kimi4623]

Originally Posted by builder77

Welcome to the group!
Great work so far.
Looking forward to seeing more progress.
What paint did you use?
Chris

Hi Chris,

I have used normal Tamiya paints (I have used both airbrush and brushes). For the engine block and the suspension arms I have used a special paint for metal (in spray). The final look is the same as real metal. If you are interested in these paint, here's the link:

http://www.grupch.com/index_web.php?...g=es#AncBottom

[AustinMartin]

Great work!

[Spike2933]

Originally Posted by kimi4623

I hope you like it (I do).

like it, I love it. superb job on the engine, will be watching this build to see how it comes out, its looking to be a very outstanding build

[kimi4623]

Here's some more progress.

The control panel in the left-side of the cockpit, which looks pretty good. To do the labels, I used adhesive paper, printed with the printer in the best resolution, to create a more realistic look:




Here, you can see it again:


Here's some detail of the right-side of the cockpit. You can see the brake balance knob (I used the same technique as above) and the gear shift (I added some PE parts, to give it a more realistic look):


That's all for now.

In the next post I will show you a modification I did to the kit. It is not still 100% finished, but it looks much better than the original kit.

[WasteGas]

Awesome detail work! Keep us posted.

[davezilla]

That engine looks amazing. On the 7th and 8th pic, you can't even tell it's a model.

[robrex]

Welcome to AF! Very nice work you're doing here. I'll be watching the updates.

[stevenoble]

Great start on one of my favorite F1 cars..!!!! Keep the updates coming, I'm tuned..!!!

[Shunter]

Great start, i like the small labels you printed, very cool.

[kimi4623]

Hello again,

As I told you in my last post, I'll show you the modification I did to the kit. In the normal kit, the nose and the cockpit are the same piece, as you can see here:
http://hpbimg.hobbygrandprix.com/man...2026%20p18.jpg

So after seeing some photos of the real car, I decided that the kit should be like this:


As you can see, I cut the nose of the car and I used the metal piece where the inferior suspension arms are screwed (that goes screwed to the nose of the car) as a holder for the nose.


I added a plastic piece in the bottom of the nose, to hold it to the metal piece, and I did two holes in the top of the cockpit, to get the nose fixed:


So here you can see the look of the cockpit without the nose, like the real car is:




With this modification, all the work in the front part of the car, like the brake fluid bottles can be easily seen.

More uploads will come soon. Thanks for looking.

[jaykay640]

That's nice work you're showing here! Welcome!

[kimi4623]

Hi guys, more updates are coming!!

Here's the seat. I have added CF decals, as well as some PE parts.




The seat, finally mounted in the cockpit:






I keep on working on it, and I'll post new photos in the next days.

Thanks for looking.

[pawlie]

Looks great, thanks for posting!