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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 19, 2020 8:30:46 GMT -8
I've decided on this Tamiya Renault kit, its an old one I picked up a few years back. It'll be an on again off again project, I need the decals and I'm out of paint as it turns out. Going to try to build this car:
This is despite my aversion to painting things yellow, lol. Wish me luck.
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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 19, 2020 8:38:28 GMT -8
I have this as a guideline, it's my RE30 in 1/20th that never got finished - I might re-do it while I'm at it. Not the same car as the RE20 but close in most regards.
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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 20, 2020 18:27:53 GMT -8
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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 24, 2020 16:36:05 GMT -8
I've put a few hours in (in between mulching leaves). Going by the instructions, and what seemed like a good idea at the time, I painted part of the tub yellow and the rest bare metal silver. Springs, pedals, gas and clutch cables (yes, cable clutch!) installed:
So far so good. Except the top half of the tub wouldn't fit. OK, its an older Tamiya kit. But major battle on hand, two large clamps and lots of elastic bands and early Anglo-Saxon terms of endearment later, I ended up CA'ing the whole thing finally in place. Now it fits, but scratched and scraped beyond touch-up:
I test fitted it to the floor tray, yes it fits (relief!!). At this point I wondered just how much yellow you actually see, and doing some research I found that, sometimes the tub was painted white, not yellow, or left bare aluminum, or black (that may have been only the RE30, not sure). To make life easier, and also because I like it better, it's all going to be aluminum on this one. Also the black panels on the sides of the gas tank were optional it seems, I think the whole thing varied one race to another. After some filling and sanding and careful masking I got this, AS12 with a matt clear coat:
Not perfect but the best it was ever going to get. It's not the finish I was after, but I've invented something here. Not so apparent in the photo, but I've come up with the perfect match for raw cast steel. I can see some engines getting that treatment down the road. Anyway, after some Meguiars polishing, detail brush painting and a light coat of semi gloss clear:
So one basic chassis complete, as of yesterday. More work than needed as usual, lol.
Cheers guys
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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 24, 2020 16:48:11 GMT -8
And today I got to assemble some bits that I'd prepainted. This car must have been an absolute brute to drive!
Look at that driving position! Good grief!. The seat belts were supplied with the kit, they're really quite nice.
The seat is just dry fitted, I'm going to hold off on installing it and a few other items until later in the build. I don't want too many vulnerable bits if I'm going to have to wrestle with it again. But so far I really like this car, it's very "French" in its engineering and ideas, but its pretty cool!
Later
Paul
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Post by afx on Oct 25, 2020 4:02:27 GMT -8
The detail in 1/12 scale is impressive, nice work so far.
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Post by pnance26 on Oct 25, 2020 5:14:14 GMT -8
I have built this kit twice way back in the 20th Century. The first I gave away to a family member and so I built a second.
Many years later, that same friend told me they were downsizing and did I want the model in the plexiglass case back or they were going to bin it. I said send it back but what hadn't been explained is the whole thing had been knocked off a shelf! There was quite a bit of damage and the plexi box was broken as well.
If I remember, after all these years, the top of the body work was a bear to get aligned and in place. Think I did the same thing as far as just finally gluing it in place. Didn't have any success with removable panels, etc on a large scale Tamiya kit until the Lotus Mark III JPS came along. Those were a breeze!
Good luck!
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Post by 4wheels on Oct 25, 2020 5:38:42 GMT -8
Nice "mid-course adjustment" on the tub! Looks like you're really rolling on this one now! Haven't summoned up the courage to build mine yet, had it for 20+ years!
Brian
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Post by arcticwolf on Oct 27, 2020 20:25:43 GMT -8
Well, I did a test fit on the main body panels (I always do, lots of them as I go), I don't see any fit issues so far. It might need the screws to sit perfectly flat but thats what they're for, right? So far the yellow bits have been painted yellow:
Started the engine assembly, amazingly tiny little thing:
And some very fiddly plumbing and wiring, time to let the various glues set up before I touch it again.
Still a long ways to go yet, but so far so good.
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Post by sam on Oct 27, 2020 20:35:09 GMT -8
I will be following this one. This is the only 1/12 f1 that I kept, its cool in a funky way.
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Post by shunter on Oct 28, 2020 11:37:10 GMT -8
Looking great so far. The company that changed F1 engines. Looking forward to seeing more.
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Post by Joel_W on Oct 30, 2020 7:42:38 GMT -8
Paul, Another one of your excellent builds to follow. Glad to read that you won the battle of the fit as that's one I usually do loose or do to much damage that now needs a ton of work.
The Yellow paint on the body looks smooth as silk and has one heck of a deep shine. The engine is coming along quite nicely.
You can be sure that I'll be following your build to its conclusion for sure.
Joel
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Post by arcticwolf on Nov 1, 2020 17:42:55 GMT -8
Made a little progress on the motor and some sub assemblies
Its such a nice little engine, take a good look because you won't see most of it ever again - it gets buried:
So far, very straightforward build, everything fits nicely:
more to come.
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Post by arcticwolf on Nov 1, 2020 18:05:36 GMT -8
I've left out a lot of pieces from the instructions, they can be added later when its safer. I've learned to consider Tamiya's instructions as a general guideline more so than gospel. It all went great until I got to the intercoolers, but persuading them in French seemed to help:
Can't see the front of the engine at all:
The underside detail - unfortunately it will be hidden by a large undertray:
I took a chance on the original kit decals for the FERODO logos as my Indycals haven't arrived yet, I got lucky and made them work (they're brittle, to put it politely):
Test fitted the bodywork, so far it still fits! Now the fun begins, normally I don't mind exhausts but this one is getting the exhausts, turbos, wastegates and assorted pipes all to line up with no fixed mounting points - and have the body still fit afterwards. I think I'll be using some very slow setting cement!!
Later guys and wish me luck.
Paul
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Post by Joel_W on Nov 2, 2020 6:18:56 GMT -8
Paul, I gotta say that the engine looks fantastic. Excellent detail painting especially on the gears and belts. Just a real shame that so much of it will be hidden once all the panels are installed. Any chance that they can be made to be removable?
Boy do I feel your pain about building the exhausts, turbos, and waste gates. Even the 1/24 scale Porsche 935 K2 & 3 gave me fits at times. But I have complete confidence in you to get everything to line up correctly, and fit perfectly.
Joel
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