New Member Here Testing the waters
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
Welcome, very impressive model and building skills!
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
Thank you and glad you liked my Maser. The D50, 250F and W196 (in that order) were the 3 cars I liked most when I was a teenager following F1 in the 50's. The Merc not so much but it was driven by my heroes Fangio and Moss! Here's my version of a short wheel-base one. When I was looking for pictures and dimensions it became clear that these cars changed almost race to race ... parts were added or removed and many different exhaust systems were tried and it seems there were 3 different wheel-bases used. In the end I just chose the features that I liked so don't get too upset if it doesn't resemble any W196 you ever saw LOL.
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
Stunning workmanship. Very glad to see you post it here.
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
Hi Frank,
Thanks a lot for showing the beautiful W196!
I have also been collecting information on W196. I have the crappy Protar 1/24 W196 that is not close to the real car. Information of these old cars are not easy to come by.
Hope to see the rest of your builds soon.
Thanks a lot for showing the beautiful W196!
I have also been collecting information on W196. I have the crappy Protar 1/24 W196 that is not close to the real car. Information of these old cars are not easy to come by.
Hope to see the rest of your builds soon.
C K
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Topic author - Spectator
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
Thanks CK. I don't build kits so I'm not familiar with the Protar. OK, the only other F1 car I have is the Lancia D50 so here's a few shots for you.CK wrote: ↑Thu Sep 23, 2021 11:00 am Hi Frank,
Thanks a lot for showing the beautiful W196!
I have also been collecting information on W196. I have the crappy Protar 1/24 W196 that is not close to the real car. Information of these old cars are not easy to come by.
Hope to see the rest of your builds soon.
https://live.staticflickr.com/1748/40795576150_b643fd1ace_c.jpg
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
That is stunning! One of my fondest wishes is that MFH makes a W1961
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
Hi Frank,
The D50 is stunning!
What material do you use for the body? Is it sheet metal?
C K
The D50 is stunning!
What material do you use for the body? Is it sheet metal?
C K
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Topic author - Spectator
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
Hi CK ... no they're all carved from a composite material called Renshape. I get free offcuts from a factory near me.
Here's the 250F being shaped ...
https://live.staticflickr.com/4474/23689079278_d6196cb877_z.jpg
D50 ...
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Merc ...
https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51508819250_6d319e39ed_c.jpg
Hope this helps.
Frank
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Hi Frank,
Thank you for explaining your process.
Your carving work is outstanding!
I used to have access to small pieces of this engineering foam material when we had a model maker in our company building prototype models for our marketing. It is quite a good material for carving.
Thank you for explaining your process.
Your carving work is outstanding!
I used to have access to small pieces of this engineering foam material when we had a model maker in our company building prototype models for our marketing. It is quite a good material for carving.
C K
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Topic author - Spectator
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Re: New Member Here Testing the waters
The stuff I use is made in Germany I believe and is VERY expensive but fortunately this company gives me as much as I need ... which isn't a lot. You may be familiar with composite "wood" board planks sold for decks and docks at all big box stores. Well, I used a bunch of left overs from a neighbour's deck to make a boat model for a friend and it works every bit as good as Renshape! Better still most manufacturers of the stuff will send you a free sample pack with enough to make several models.