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Lovely builds! Love the Minardi!

Amazing build which was a joy for follow! Great paintjob as always when you do a build!

Thank you all for the kind words! indeed a real shame the team wasn't properly ran as they where a big what if story, rumors saying footwork was also interested in them but ofcourse Jean Pierre Van Rossem didn't want to sell

tubegenius wrote: ↑Sun Mar 24, 2024 2:50 pm Were they producing any kits at all just prior to this bankruptcy announcement? I'm thinking the eBay pirates will have a field day, as the kits will be rarer than before.

They 005 was announced on spotmodel but other than that not that I know of

Update time!! After weeks of wanting to build and paint again there always was an interuption just before painting etc but i finally managed to get some work done namely painting the Onyx. Using David's build as reference ( amazing build btw! ) i wanted to try and paint all the colors including some...

They posted another picture this time the Olympic complex being faded and the circuit being visible

Having another thought, what about a fw11? The track was also named after piquet and he won here in 1986

Indeed the Rio Olympic park, the place of the former Jacarepaguá track. I wonder what car it would be, Senna never won there in F1. Perhaps Piquet? Or maybe the march 881 who scored a podium there in 1989 with Gugelmin. Lots of options left

Thank you everyone for the replies, Looks like i need to pre solder the parts (something i didn't do first try) i found some solder that has a lower melting point than the white metal and have some different kinds of flux to. I hope to have time to try it again this week on the rear wing of the Onyx...

Hi Gert, Soldering to steel is not that easy in general. There are special solder for steel. However, the normal solder for electronic purpose should also work. First, sand the steel surface and than add solder flux on the surface. Heat up the steel surface using the solder iron first. Put solder o...