Tamiya 1/20 Brabham BT50

[Guest]

Hi all. Picked this up off Flea-bay cheap as it had already been started. The engine block and gearbox had been glued together, which was fine, but the instrument panel and gear lever had also been installed, which might not be so fine.....we'll have to see.

So, all I've done so far is assemble a few more bits and start detail painting. I'm hoping to add add a few more details, mainly plumbing and electrical wiring, and I think I'm going to split the bodywork, fixing the front end ( as the fit isn't brilliant, and it'll save a bit of work !!) and leaving just the rear part removable. I'm also going to try and add the rear diffuser, which is strangely missing...???

Anyway, this is the work so far....

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Cheers, Neil

[Guest]

The colour on this engine looks very good.

I will follow this thread, will be very interesting

[Wendall]

Nice work on the engine so far Neil. It'll be nice to see it wired and plumbed. Definitely be watching this come together.

Jason

[Guest]

Engine looks great

[Guest]

Thank you for the comments, I was quite pleased how the block came out.

After 3 attempts, finally got the spark plugs leads to how I wanted them !!! I wouldn't mind, but you can hardly see them.......

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Cheers, Neil

[Wendall]

Very cool!

Jason

[Guest]

Hi all. Just a small update. At the risk of loosing some nice detail, I decided to add some heatsheilding that I'd seen in some reference pictures. So, the top piece is a slice of thin card covered in kitchen foil, and the lower part the film stripped from a tablet packet ( asprin, iirc... ). My contribution to saving the planet !!

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Cheers, Neil

[eddiesolo]

Brilliant Neil, that looks great, love the heatshield, good thinking and clever.

Si

[Guest]

Just another small update. Got the air-box (?) done and on. I chopped out the small lugs and replaced them with longer stretched sprue, and added some wiring ( hope you can see it !!! ). Used some strips of Tamiya tape as the wrap around the intake trunking, which seems to have worked well. Also made small hose from the block to the oil tank.

The last few pics are a mock up of the bits I've done so far.....

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Cheers, neil

[flyjoe180]

Some very good detail work going into this one Neil.

[Guest]

Hi all, sorry for the delay, but I've been busy !! In a moment of madness ( actually after painting them and thinking they looked poo...) I was looking at getting those replacement shocks/springs from ebay, when I decided to have a go at making my own....

The pics show the results of the 3rd attempt, and in reality don't look too different from the original, just a lot neater !! ( The 1st pic shows the comparison between the kit part on the right, and my replacement )

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I've done most of the rear-end now, so should be able to get that together soon.........hopefully !!

Cheers, Neil

[Guest]

Hi all. Engine, gearbox and rear suspension all together and some plumbing added. I'm going to try and add the exhaust/turbo assembly to this as I want to do away with the slightly un-real mount on the floor assembly...fingers crossed !!

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Cheers, Neil

[tr1ckey66]

Looking good so far Neil very neat power plant for your Brabham

Cheers

Paul

[Wendall]

Looks brilliant Neil. Well worth the effort you're putting into it.

Jason

[colin m]

Looking good. Everyone likes an engine !