Vic Balshaw
Major General
Ok so this was never meant to fly even though it has wings but by way of a change I thought I'd chuck in this build of a Ferrari F1. Should the moderators feel I've stepped outside of the parameters of the forum and decide to remove the thread, that's fine by me. After all I still get to build it and have all the fun.
So what have we got. Well this kit was made sometime in the 70s and has a lot of parts, well over 320 counting all the repeat parts and cut up wire or tubing. As always with Tamiya the construction details a crisp and clear and the parts even for more the 30 years ago are well formed with minimal flush but still have the mould lines and ejection pin marks.
The box art and a sample of the instructions.
As you can see the parts come on several coloured sprue but I have found that spraying or hand painting gives a better result.
So where to start. Well the instructions recommend the cockpit area followed by the steering, so this is what I did.
The main cockpit with the fire extinguisher, control pedals and a white accelerator cable added.
Here we have a line-up of the parts that make up the steering rack followed by the assembled rack.
The rack has been fitted along with a brown clutch cable.
The radiators and break oil tanks have now been fitted.
The relay box and fuse box are added on the left with the gear shift pox and rod on the right.
The left and right oil coolers that are fitted behind the cockpit.
Oil coolers, steering wheel and dash panel fitted.
So what have we got. Well this kit was made sometime in the 70s and has a lot of parts, well over 320 counting all the repeat parts and cut up wire or tubing. As always with Tamiya the construction details a crisp and clear and the parts even for more the 30 years ago are well formed with minimal flush but still have the mould lines and ejection pin marks.
The box art and a sample of the instructions.
As you can see the parts come on several coloured sprue but I have found that spraying or hand painting gives a better result.
So where to start. Well the instructions recommend the cockpit area followed by the steering, so this is what I did.
The main cockpit with the fire extinguisher, control pedals and a white accelerator cable added.
Here we have a line-up of the parts that make up the steering rack followed by the assembled rack.
The rack has been fitted along with a brown clutch cable.
The radiators and break oil tanks have now been fitted.
The relay box and fuse box are added on the left with the gear shift pox and rod on the right.
The left and right oil coolers that are fitted behind the cockpit.
Oil coolers, steering wheel and dash panel fitted.
You know, all kidding aside, if they labeled all those parts you would actually learn quite a bit wouldn't you!
