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Wow, that looks fantastic. The shovel that popped up in the last photo is a nice touch!
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I've done several coats of X-22 gloss clear on all the body panels, they are looking good. I've also started working on the engine and gearbox, as shown below. I did hit one snag: on each side of the engine near the bottom are a series of 3 or 4 parts, oil or water pumps I believe. Somehow I lost one of the pieces that make up the mechanism on the right side of the engine. I was able to scratch build a piece to go in its place. Not an exact duplicate by any means but no one will notice.
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Welcome aboard, Dan. I assume that is Chapel Hill, North Carolina? Nice part of the country, I lived in Raleigh for about 8 years, many moons ago.
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Well done, that is a fine looking model. You wrapped it up pretty quickly once you got back to work on it.
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Thanks to everyone for the likes. I've now completed all the body panel decals. Next I will probably alternate between working on the engine and applying several layers of clear coat (Tamiya X-22 plus Mr color leveling thinner) to the body panels.
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Haha, I thought that would have resulted in tinting it more brown than usual Great progress, those ship's boats are tiny!
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One thing about doing decals, it is easy to see the progress from one picture to the next. I felt like when I was working on the tub all the pictures started to look the same. I now have the decals on the left side of the car pretty much complete. In the picture below, the middle part of the side pod is just taped on. The stripe decals there were all one piece spanning two parts of the model. So I just taped it together for now. Once the decal is completely dry, I will carefully cut it and then untape the piece. I believe that piece is meant to remain unglued and removable to display the details within the side pod. I've also noticed that these old Tamiya decals do not like the decal setting solution, even the less strong micro-set. I have a few decals that have some permanent wrinkles. For now, I am just using water to wet the model surface before placing the decal and while maneuvering it into position. Now I just need to do these same 13 decals on the right side of the car, then the decals on the rear wing and a few other miscellaneous ones.
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I've started on the nerve wracking decals. Those thin stripes on these lotus cars are tricky but so far it is going well. And yes, I decided to do the #6 Gunnar Nilsson car instead of the #5 Mario Andretti, just to be different. I think the front wing piece has all its decals on. The large piece in the middle is the one I need to complete in order to complete the tub and proceed with the next steps in the build (though I could detour to work on the engine if I need a break from decals). I think there are 10 more decals, 5 on each side, on that large middle piece. On the right are some little squeeze scissors. I got those as part of the micro-mark bundle for making your own inkjet printed decals. I thought it was sort of a gimmick, but now I have learned better. Those little scissors are great for cutting out decals. These older Tamiya decals seem to have a lot of clear decal material around the printed parts so at least on some of them I have been carefully cutting very close to the printed decal and that is much easier with these small squeeze scissors.
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Thanks for the comments and likes, as always. My break for the four day weekend trip turned into a much longer break, but I've done a bit more work in the last few days touching up the paint on the body panels and adding a few more details to the tub. The main thing I've added are the two radiators, each with two pipes going back toward the engine. I think that completes the tub, and I think I have the body panels in pretty good shape. So I guess next I will work on putting the decals on the body panels and then clear coating them.
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Looks good. Unfortunate that you had the little detour but I, for one, like the polished tank with pinstripes better than the original black and white.
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@acaron41120 MSW sponsor Bluejacket has something they call silkspan. I've not purchased/used it, and not sure if it is 'true' silkspan to quote tmj. I just recalled seeing it on their web site. Here it is: https://www.bluejacketinc.com/shop/rails-and-sails/silkspan/r1300-18-x-24/ Perhaps @MrBlueJacket can comment on it.
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Chairs! Let’s see your chairs.
gsdpic replied to Desertanimal's topic in Modeling tools and Workshop Equipment
I just use a generic office chair, but I recall seeing an interesting chair recently in the "What did you receive today" shore leave topic. Maybe @Moonbug can comment on his Vyper. -
Thanks for the review. Looks like a great kit, though all those decals look a bit scary. Great to see someone creating new kits of new, current race cars.
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Thanks as always for the many likes. I am back from my little break and have been painting the body panels. I planned to use Tamiya LP-1 with the airbrush but then I realized I did not have as much of that on hand as I thought, but I had an old rattle can of Tamiya TS-14 gloss black from the days before I bought my first airbrush 3 or 4 years ago. It felt pretty full so I decided this might be a good opportunity to finish that can and toss it. I had not used one of those rattle cans in quite a while and it was definitely an adjustment. Compared to the airbrush it was like painting with a sledgehammer. For the most part it went ok, though I did get too much paint on the two side pieces, leading to some sags and runs. So once those thoroughly cure I will sand them down and respray. Some of the other parts have some minor flaws to be sanded and resprayed...for those minor flaws I will likely use the airbrush and the LP-1. Once those issues are patched up I will start applying the many decals and then clear coat everything. Anyway, here's a picture of most of the painted body panels. The two side panels with are not shown here.
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Thanks as always for the reactions, comments, or just looking in. Here's another very brief update, as I've added a few more details to the main tub, like the fuel pump and the front bulkhead, seat, shift lever, and steering column. I have a few more to do, mainly radiators and associated pipes, as well as some ideas for additional details, such as brake lines for the front brakes. But soon I will need the main upper body panel, so I need to get back to painting the body panels and then applying decals and clear coat. But first I have a 4-day weekend trip coming up, so I am taking a bit of a break from this build and from everything else.
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Looks great! The deck is so smooth and everything fits together so tight. Regarding the mast hoops.....I also was not crazy about the bright brass rings and made my own out of wood. I checked my build log but it looks like I did not explain the process. As I recall, I made a wooden tube using a bunch of shavings from a plane. I carefully planed some scrap bass wood trying to maximize the length and width of the shavings then glued them around a dowel that I had wrapped with either wax paper or foil. The shavings were already naturally curly so it was a simple matter to glue them around the dowel. Once the glue cured, I carefully sliced the tube as I slid it off of the dowel to create a bunch of hoops.
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Thanks as always for the likes and comment. I've made a bit more progress with some of the equipment in the side pods and the front suspension, as shown below. I added the battery cables...none were supplied in the kit...and replaced the kits black vinyl hoses with braided metal ones. There's a fuel pump still to be placed in that left bay and the two loose lines will attach to it. but before that, the instructions have you work on the front bulkhead and various equipment attached to it...brake and clutch cylinders, radiator, fire extinguisher, etc. Here are some pictures....
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Thanks all for the likes and thanks CDW for the comment. The primer is Splash paints dark grey surfacer. I've started working on the main tub and the front suspension lower arms. This is pretty much steps 1 through 3 in the instructions. These bits generally went together well. the tub is painted with Alclad aluminum, the suspension with Tamiya LP-5 semi gloss black lacquer. I am not sure, but I think the lacquer semi gloss black is a bit flatter than the regular Tamiya acrylic X-18 semi gloss black.
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Keeping my head in the game.....
gsdpic replied to Egilman's topic in 3D-Printing and Laser-Cutting.
Very impressive project. I am envious of your CAD skills. A couple questions if I may... - Apologize if this was asked and answered, though I did not see it. Which CAD program are you using for this? I saw a reference to Rhino but it did not seem like that is what you are using for this project. - Maybe I am getting way ahead of things, but there are references to 3D printing. It seems you are making a very detailed virtual copy of the car. But I am curious about the process of how to use that for 3D printing. It seems to me (and I could be completely wrong) that 3D printing would require a very simplified set of subassemblies rather than this perfectly detailed virtual model. So can this very detailed model be used for 3D printing, or will it need to be simplified? -
I have finished priming, filling, and sanding the various body panels. A few of the seams or ejector pin marks are still visible if you know where to look but the worst, most obvious ones are pretty well fixed. I'll let these cure a bit more, maybe do some very light wet sanding with some high grit and then paint with the Tamiya LP-1 gloss black lacquer. Meanwhile, I'll start working on the main tub and front suspension. You can see a few of the suspension parts in the upper right.
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Thanks. The decals look pretty decent....far fresher looking than the ones with the Lotus 72D I built...though there are a couple little places where the color has flaked off. Fortunately they include decals for two different drivers/cars so there are plenty of extra decals to test out before deciding whether to use these or get third party decals. I've continued to work on filling/priming/sanding the body panels. I think I am very close to being done with that, though once I decide I am done I'll let the primer cure for an extra day or two just to be safe.
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As mentioned in the second post, this is the 1977 version of the kit that includes the JPS decals. But according to the instructions, already at that time, tobacco advertising was not allowed in Germany and England, so building it without the JPS sponsorship is not historically inaccurate, you just say you built the one that raced in the German or British GP, as they removed the JPS logos for those two races.
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Thanks all for the likes and comments and joining in. I continue to prep the various body parts and panels and wings. Some of these parts, especially on the front cowl area, the fit is surprisingly poor for a tamiya kit. I guess they've come a long way. Some of the parts are just about done, others I am waiting for the putty to dry so I can sand it smooth and others I am waiting for glue to dry before applying putty. Once all are good to go, I'll use the splash paints dark gray surfacer and then probably use Tamiya LP-1 gloss black lacquer. For the first time, I've been using the vallejo acrylic based plastic putty. It is much nicer to work with than the lacquer based tamiya putty though I think you need to let it dry longer before sanding. It is a little hard to see in the picture, but the tube has a built in pointy applicator which is very handy. It is also interesting to contrast this with the Lotus 49. Just about 10 years separate the two cars. The "body" of the lotus 49 was not much more than a simple oval tube, which is quite different from this one. The large increase in complexity in those 10 years is easily evident even in kit form; I estimate this kit has twice as many parts as the Lotus 49 kit.
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I guess the likes indicate a yes. I bought this kit a couple years back from ebay. This is the original version of the kit. In hindsight, I overpaid as you can now get the re-issued kit for about 125 bucks, with PE parts. Oops. At least the version I have includes the "John Player Special" decals as it was produced just around the time tobacco advertising was being banned in a few places, but not all over. The current kit is referred to only as the "type 78" on the box and I assume does not have the JPS decals, though they are available from third party suppliers. I've just started a bit on planning the build and started assembling some of the body parts in preparation for painting. As with other older Tamiya kits, I am expecting a few fit issues and there are also some rather nasty ejector pin marks to deal with. I'll likely build it mostly out of the box, with some third party seat belts, braided steel lines instead of the kit supplied rubber hoses, and maybe a few other things. And this will be the third time I build a Tamiya Ford DFV engine, as I have already built the Lotus 49 and Lotus 72D.
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