Dave Ws 1/20 Tamiya Braun Tyrrell Honda 020 F1 GB

[Dave Ward]

Whilst I am waiting for my varnish coat to dry on my Mig-21MF, I thought I'd take and put up the pics for my entry in this GB.........................................[ATTACH]300486[/ATTACH]

I did get a bit carried away, and cut some parts off the sprues, but no cement was used before I remembered to take some pictures
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Typical Tamiya, not particularly many bits, but nicely engineered. The make or break of this will be the paint job - gunmetal grey. I have Vallejo Metal Color Gunmetal Grey to use on this. Construction will begin shortly............
Dave

[Guest]

Nice one Dave.
Thanks for join in :tongue-out3:

[Dave Ward]

And we're off!
I'd forgotten how simply these 1/20 F1 cars go together, I've only used 25 or so parts, and already it looks ready to run[ATTACH]301552[/ATTACH][ATTACH]301553[/ATTACH]

All these are primed, the bodywork ready for the gunmetal...............
Some of the colours called out are strange - the wheel hubs, a mix of red, gold & satin black. I've looked at pictures, and YouTube vids, and all the racing cars have black hubs - maybe the red/gold/black were on transport or show tyres (?!?)
Dave

[Guest]

Nice start Dave.
Keep the updates coming!!!

[Dave Ward]

I've given the body parts their first coat of Vallejo Metal Color gunmetal grey...................[ATTACH]301729[/ATTACH]
As a first coat - no problems. I'll give it another coat, then I'll give it some gloss..............
The engine, painted, although with the cowling on, you can't see it.
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A bit of a touch up needed on the rocker box, by the logo. So far, no dramas
Dave

[Dave Ward]

The engine and rear suspension are finished, and mated to the underpan[ATTACH]301830[/ATTACH]
I have given the bodywork a second coat of gunmetal, and will give a coat of gloss varnish tomorrow. Some large decals have to be applied before I can go on to the front suspension, They're too big for my normal decal dish, so I'll have to find a larger one!
Dave
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[Dave Ward]

The tyres had a seam around the middle [ATTACH]301833[/ATTACH]
A few minutes scrub with wire wool..................
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The makers logo is a reverse decal, it's positioned on the tyre, then dampened, then peeled off leaving the decal the right way round. It's better to put the hubs in first - distorting the tyre may damage the decals ( I put two on before I realised this! ), but with a bit of care, I managed to get the hubs in.[ATTACH]301845[/ATTACH]
I'm going to put some Decalfix on these..............
Dave

[papa 695]

Great start Dave, I hope the decalfix works.

[Dave Ward]

I forgot to mention the only option of this model - No.3 Satoru Nakajima, No.4 Stefano Modena - just decal differences.
Dave

[Bigfoot57]

Dave
That’s looking good at least you have something resembling a F1 car mine still looks like the aftermath of a huge crash

Regards

Colin

[Dave Ward]

I'm happy to say that the Decalfix worked nicely....................[ATTACH]301950[/ATTACH]
I don't know fragile these decals are, so careful handling.
Dave

[Dave Ward]

2 gloss coats on the body work - still not shiny enough...................
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Getting there. though
Dave

[Bigfoot57]

Dave

Your tyres look very relastic now you sorted out the decals nice job can’t wait to see the finished job can’t really help you on the varnishes as my adventures with this stuff have not been A1 either one thing I do is after varnishing either matt satin or gloss I use that Johnson’s clear coat floor polish prior to applying the decals and after it has dried apply the decals after they have set go over it again with another coat to seal the decals in a protective coating on a gloss paint finish this gives it an extra shine or so it appears so it might help in your case

Regards

Colin

[Dave Ward]

I'll get the gloss finish in another few coats - I prefer to do it in thin coats, allowing it to dry thoroughly before the next. The decals will go over the gloss coat, and be sealed in a further gloss layer. I'll use my normal DecalFix to get the decals to sit down snugly. One problem is that some of the decals are in one piece, despite reaching over two body parts..................
Dave

[Dave Ward]

Finally happy with the shine........................[ATTACH]302135[/ATTACH]
Ready for beginning the tricky business of applying long decals.
Also ready for assembly
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Would have been nice to have decals for the seatbelts, and the instrument panel?
Dave