The Brutal F40! The catalyst for a life long love of all things automotive. As a young boy I would spend hours longingly staring at posters and magazine articles, dreaming that one day I would own one...
Well now I do
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After a bit of research I decided to go for Tamiya's 1/24 kit, apparently its the most accurate body shell and some of the kits from the other manufacturers don't have full engine detail. My plan is to trick it up a bit with a stunning Studio 27 photoetch sheet and a pair of eduard photoetch Sabelt harnesses. I'll also wire and plumb the engine and I'm sure there's still some carbon decal left in the spares box.
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This is officially the most work ever needed to prep a body shell!! While the shape is great, there are loads of imperfections, especially that huge front end which was so ripply it would have looked awful if it was painted. I had to sand every panel flat starting with 240 grit sanding sticks taking it down to 800 grit wet and dry. I reckon about 6 hours went into it and now it looks pretty presentable. The floor pan was also sanded and ejector pin marks filled. Another hour should finish the floor.
Then I spotted this...
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So the rear wing air intake should be molded into the body but Tamiya have molded part of it on the side windows. The instructions say to paint the bottom of the window body colour but you'd end up with a horrible join when it was assembled. Out with the blades! I'm thinking strengthen it up with a bit of styrene, a skim of filler and Bobs yer Uncle!!
That's all for now. Thanks for looking!
Jason
Well now I do
![ATTACH]71947.IPB[/ATTACH]
After a bit of research I decided to go for Tamiya's 1/24 kit, apparently its the most accurate body shell and some of the kits from the other manufacturers don't have full engine detail. My plan is to trick it up a bit with a stunning Studio 27 photoetch sheet and a pair of eduard photoetch Sabelt harnesses. I'll also wire and plumb the engine and I'm sure there's still some carbon decal left in the spares box.
[ATTACH]71948.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]71949.IPB[/ATTACH]
This is officially the most work ever needed to prep a body shell!! While the shape is great, there are loads of imperfections, especially that huge front end which was so ripply it would have looked awful if it was painted. I had to sand every panel flat starting with 240 grit sanding sticks taking it down to 800 grit wet and dry. I reckon about 6 hours went into it and now it looks pretty presentable. The floor pan was also sanded and ejector pin marks filled. Another hour should finish the floor.
Then I spotted this...
[ATTACH]71950.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]71951.IPB[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH]71952.IPB[/ATTACH]
So the rear wing air intake should be molded into the body but Tamiya have molded part of it on the side windows. The instructions say to paint the bottom of the window body colour but you'd end up with a horrible join when it was assembled. Out with the blades! I'm thinking strengthen it up with a bit of styrene, a skim of filler and Bobs yer Uncle!!
That's all for now. Thanks for looking!
Jason
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