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  1. F1tommy

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    #26 F1tommy, Mar 1, 2008
    You should try switching paints.Try Testors or car paint.I dont even like Tamiya paint.
    It has had bad reactions to my clear coats.Car paint can sometimes eat plastic,so be careful.

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    #27 tifosi12, Mar 1, 2008
    Testors is what I use normally. The reason to go with Tamiya was to get the accurate color.

    Only later did I realize, that Tamiya wants you to actually mix their paints for certain parts. I have given up mixing paints a long time ago because you never get that exact match the 2nd time around when you need to touch something up.

    PS: I'm glad the Continental show is a month later this year...I never thought that building a model for a particular competition could be so stressful. But it also forces me to give it my best.
     
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    #28 tifosi12, Mar 8, 2008
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    Time for a quick update: Found a local hobby shop with the elusive paint. Sure enough, once I got it, the mail orders started piling in. Now I got the market cornered on XF4 and XF51. :)

    Note the added 2 electronic boxes plus cabling, which Tamiya is missing in the model. Oil and water coolers have real metal surfaces.

    Progress should be a bit faster now, that I got a bunch of other parts "prefabricated". Next up, the plumbing for the coolers.
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    #29 Ferranki, Mar 9, 2008
    Gorgeous! Again, is this a clear body version and are you using any Thunder Valley F1 parts?
     
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    #30 tifosi12, Mar 9, 2008
    Thanks!

    This is the Tamiya 1/12 kit and I'm using "Perfect Parts" to enrich some of it. Perfect Parts are all metal.

    The Mansell figure is a separate kit I found on ebay. It is a resin cast with a plastic helmet. Nige' had to undergo multiple surgeries: His gesture was originally waving to the fans, but my "scenario" will be a moment during a practice session at the pits, so I don't want him waving to an imaginary audience. Also his butt didn't quite fit in the seat (was probably a post retirement Mansell...). That required some more "surgery". :)
     
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    #31 Ferranki, Mar 10, 2008
    LOL!

    I found your earlier comments on the 'Perfect Parts' very interesting. I take it you are not incorporating any Thunder Valley pieces (http://www.thundervalleyf1.com/main/). Although expensive they do look impressive, at least on their website. Can't wait to see your final result.
     
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    #32 tifosi12, Mar 10, 2008
    These Thunder Valley pieces are interesting and I'll probably have to get some for another project somewhere down the line.

    Pricewise the Perfect Parts are in the same range: A small box of photo etched parts set me back about 400 bucks. No pain, no gain.
     
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    #33 Ferranki, Mar 10, 2008
    Wow! $400! Part of my interest is that I've had a 641 along with a set of Perfect Parts sitting in my basement for years and I'm deciding whether to build or sell. Can't remember what I paid for the PPs, but it was no where near that. As I never tried them out I was disappointed to hear of their shortcomings. Thanx for replying.
     
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    #34 tifosi12, Mar 10, 2008
    Not sure I would use the term "shortcomings". The shortcomings might be on my side. :)

    Seriously, to get the max out of the perfect parts one has to be a super experienced and talented model builder. They require so many additional manual steps that if you're not 100% on top of your game, the end result looks worse than using plain vanilla plastic parts from the kit. That's why I use them only where it is "safe" to do so. Where they enhance the model and my clumsy fingers can't screw up the tiniest of parts.

    However the expectation on PP's side that the modeler has to manufacture all the bolts and screws manually is a bit much to swallow at a 400 dollar price ticket. You'd think for that money they could throw those in as well.

    PS: The finger statement is not that far fetched: As a kid I wasn't as experienced and patient when building models, but my fingers and their tips were a LOT smaller and could much easier hold all these tiny parts. Building models with tweesers and magnifying glasses gets old...
     
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    #36 Ferranki, Mar 15, 2008
    Outstanding work, but I think Mansell's left eye color is slightly off.
     
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    #37 Camoradi, Mar 16, 2008
    "However the expectation on PP's side that the modeler has to manufacture all the bolts and screws manually"


    To finish off your model you may want to contact Norm Veber at 'Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland' (Google for loads of testimonials, find a stockist or buy direct) He produces little sheets of photo etched pick off and stick on nut and bolt heads, the best in the business. You get hundreds to a sheet of both nuts and bolts and all you do is nick them off the backing sheet with the sharp blade of a scalpel, put glue on the spot you want a nut or bolt, and pick the photo etch up with the scalpel tip to place it on the spot. He does many sizes and types, plus other accessories. Once you get your eye in you won't want to stop adding them to all the nut and bolt locations as they appear on the real car.
     
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    #38 tifosi12, Mar 16, 2008
    Thanks for the hint. I'm building this model for a contest coming up in a few weeks, so I doubt I'll have enough time for that. But I have already picked my model for next year's contest and will give your suggestion a shot then.
     
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    #39 GoFerrari28, Mar 16, 2008
    Andreas: Do you have a link to Perfect Parts' website? All I can find is some company that makes scientific equipment like beakers and stuff.
     
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    #40 tifosi12, Mar 17, 2008
    I don't have a link, sorry. I found them on ebay one day looking for 1/12 Ferrari parts.
     
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    #41 VIZSLA, Mar 17, 2008
    You do nice work. What year is the green 124 SC? My first car was a white over blue seventy-One. I still have the original Fiat brochure.
     
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    #44 tifosi12, Mar 21, 2008
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    Since we talked on here so much about the enhancement parts from "Perfect Parts", here a few detail shots. Pictures aren't very good, sorry. I don't have a macro lens.

    As mentioned before, I didn't use all the PP parts for the model. Only those big enough that my clumsy fingers could hold them. :)
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    #45 fiorano94, Mar 21, 2008
    Amazing!

    Well done!
     
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    #46 F1tommy, Mar 22, 2008
    Looks GREAT!!!

    Cant wait to see it at the Ferrari Expo.

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    #47 GTE, Mar 22, 2008
    Great stuff Andreas. The 641/2 is, together with the 126 C2, my favorite Ferrari and youve done a wonderful job putting the kit together and even enhancing it.
     
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    #48 tifosi12, Mar 22, 2008
    Thanks!

    I bought the kit for the 126 C2 already. One day I'll build it as well. Haven't figured out yet how to enhance it though. It doesn't even have a driver, but maybe I'll find one somewhere.
     
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    #49 Ferranki, Mar 22, 2008
    Lovely! Did you fabricate the stands or were they part of the kit?
     
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    #50 tifosi12, Mar 23, 2008
    They are actually part of the Ferrari 312B kit, which is my project for next the next winter.

    I did fabricate my own stands, but when I found these, I tossed my own. :)
     
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