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There is not too much to show at the moment, as I´m preparing all the resin parts and some of the metal parts for the next steps. Test fitting is time consuming, but helps to recognize, where everything fits and how. During this test fitting period, I made a mock up workbench build up. Cheers Rob
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Yesterday was the day of mano negra, the black hand . Polishing white metal makes your fingers black with the metal residues, but despite the dirt, it is fun. I used sanding sponges of 1200 to 6000 grit, to get rid off the cast imperfections, then it was about polishing with a cotton swab and Autosol metal polishing paste with works really well. I like the shiny look a lot and it could pass for polished aluminum to my eye. Today, i test fitted for some hours, as now is the decisive step, where the tub has to fit into the body, along all the mating parts. Cheers Rob
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You are absolutely right Yves, it´s always a pleasure to see how fellow modelers skillful work on their models. It´s not only entertaining but I learned a lot through the build logs of others, even if the subjects are of a kind, I may never tackle myself. I once ventured into wooden ship modelling building Vanguard´s Duchess of Kingston in three month sans rigging and had immense fun doing it. When I ever finish the rigging, a task I´m really afraid of, I have the HMS Sphinx as my next wooden ship on line or maybe a heavy weathered Fifie fishing vessel from Amati. I sometimes looked at the CAF kits, but decided, it´s far over my skill level, but who knows, maybe in a decade or two... Cheers Rob
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Very fine figure painting skills you show here Alan. You make it look like a much bigger figure and I always have to remember its only 75 mm. Cheers Rob
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What a masterpiece, Yves. It´s a joy to follow your great build and log, even, when I never will have the courage to build something similar. Cheers Rob
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You are right Yves, the exhausts look like Alien entrails and they are slippery as eels, when test fitting. It must be hard to design the exhausts with the idea of getting all twelve tubes at the same length. Cheers Rob
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After a little pause, caused by one of my birthday presents, a week trip to the beautiful town of Valencia, I continue with the Brabham. I left the kit with the prep work for the exhausts just started and dreaded continuation, as F1 car exhausts can be a nightmare to build up. I cleaned all the parts and grouped them, followed by drilling all needed connecting holes. I then test fit the manifolds and glued the parts together with CA. MFH claims silver for the exhausts, but what I saw on pictures led me to think of brownish stainless steel. I used metal etch primer, followed by AK´s exhaust manifold and accentuated it with metallic blue for heat staining. While assembling, I tried to install the always dreaded coil springs before ore after inserting the exhaust, but failed. If I have a good idea, how to install these, I do it later or improvise somehow. As a preview, I started to prepare the monocoque parts, which need to be finished in polished aluminum. I´m unsure, If I airbrush the aluminum or if I polish it, which will be difficult due to the shape of the parts. Cheers Rob
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The tyres and rims look very promising Craig, especially for a first try. With the body and doors, I´m not so sure. lots of visible fragments, which will be nightmare to remove without losing detail. At least, it looks so in your pics. It seems you can do about everything with a 3D printer right now, but I vaguely followed some discussions about resin types, software glitches, etc. and decided for myself, that I will not plunge into it. I have too many time consuming hobbies to add another, but as a hobby 3D animation producer and CAD user many years ago, I´m not sure, if I can resist forever. To see your good work doesn´t make it easier to let the dive into "new" technology pass. Cheers Rob
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Thank you Craig, I don´t follow the MFH paint recommendations to the letter, as I don´t have any Mr. Color paints. Generally, I found the paint instructions from MFH well researched, but I try to use photos for reference as well, wherever possible. I have some go-to colors, like Tamiya LP-5 semi matte black and LP silver for detail painting of nuts and bolts. For metal colors, I use primarily Ak´s Extreme metallic paints, which are spraying very good and fine grained and are more durable than Alclads. For aluminum tones, where MFH claims silver, I use the appropriate paint from AK´s range. For metal parts, I generally refer to pics and my knowledge about materials (I was a metal engineer in a former life), to get the tone right. Cheers Rob
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Chapter 9 of 20 in the manual is done and the rear section got finished sans the wing. Connecting the gearbox with the engine proved a little tricky due to numerous connection points, there is the suspension with adjustment bars, side rods and a shaft to connect all at the same time, trying to insert the screws for fixing everything. In the end it worked. Another annoying part were the brake lines. The angled tube fittings provided by MFH were badly cast and I used resin ones from the spare box, but two of them broke and needed to be drilled out again. I also substituted the white cast braided lines from MFH with braided textile hoses from Top Studio, which were far easier to work with. The cast ones need to be lengthened and bent, then drilled out with a 0,5 mm drill bit at the ends, to accept the fittings. Needless to say, that wiggling some of them in is nerve testing. The textile Top Studio stuff only needs to to be lengthened and then stuck on the 0,5 mm rods of the fittings with a drop of CA. Even my relatively liquid go to CA doesn´t soak and darken the braided hose. Cheers Rob
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What a classic beauty, Craig. Your Ferrari came out perfect with it´s high shine finish and great detail all around. Cheers Rob
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Very nice Porsche and a really quick build, Gary. CF decals can be a pain and I never had to wrap them around a tiny mirror. Cheers Rob
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I finished the gearbox assembly step and started with the braking tubes. The fittings were badly casted by MFH, so I substituted them with resin ones. I stopped with the tubing and wiring for now, as I think, it´s easier to do it later, where it becomes more clear, which hose leads where. If there is anybody out there building the same "Press Version" of the BT45 be aware, there is a mistake in the manual, which can only be discovered, when analyzing later steps. Part 248 (9) doesn´t go into the shown hole, but in the one to the left. It took me a while to figure out, how the supports for the coolers (248 (9)) will properly sit. The shown hole accepts the rear wing support later. Cheers Rob
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Indeed Yves, there are several advantages, but ease of maintenance and heat distribution were speaking against it. I love the DS, what an innovative beauty, there are so many modern ideas implemented, it would last for a decade with other manufacturers. I had to really laugh, when Mercedes announced the first steerable headlights around the century mark. The DS is my favorite car and I would buy one, but the terrain, where I live and the possibility for proper maintenance is not given, unfortunately. BTW: The Brabham BT45 was the first car, with carbon/carbon brakes used in an actual race. Mine has steel disks though. Cheers Rob
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