Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
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Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
Assembled enough courage to start with a WCT kit of Tameo. They also made a more recent version, but that one is much less detailed. But a bit easier to build.
This one isn't.
This is how it must be at the end. If possible a little better. This picture is from the Tameo website and made by one of their professional builders I think.
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First a view of all the parts in this kit.
The white metal parts. Very well casted.
A lot of PE parts. I bought a bending tool to bend the tiny parts without breaking.
And some turned parts.
I started with one of the wheels. A staggering 11 parts per wheel. That is without the tire an de breaks!!
The manual indicates the right order. It looks simple. But in fact it is a hell of a job. Time consuming. I decided do some other things first before building teh second wheel.
In total 9 layers of spokes. All parts are different and need very accurate alignment.
After a few hours and several attempts. I chose not to paint the parts, but polishing the parts to the desired aluminium and silver look.
The Tameo kits don't have a nice box-art. But they do have increasingly improving manuals. In this kit 12 pages. I copied and enlarged these to see it better and to keep the original manual in good shape.
Both leaf springs made ready. Polished and given a little wash. Drilled some 0,5 mm holes for the pins to assemble the springs in the suspension. Much, very much later in the build.
It's easy to spot the nice casting crafts of Tameo.
On with te basis of the ladder frame. Very much holes to be drilled. After assembling someother parts one can't drill these holes anymore.
The parts which gave to be sprayed later in the gray chassis colour I try to assemble as much as possible for a better end result. A bit of a puzzle.
[imghttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50620107588_5ff7ec3fac_b.jpg][/img]
Some little parts, with again some drilling.
And on with the parts as described in step 6 in the manual.
The metal rods cut to the right length of 8 mm.
And in place. The connection in front I leave for the time being to prevent the chassis from bending during the build.
And both rods in place. The total frame is 8 cm long now.
That's all for today. Tíll next update.
This one isn't.
This is how it must be at the end. If possible a little better. This picture is from the Tameo website and made by one of their professional builders I think.
[imghttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50642942682_0b5f007218_b.jpg][/img]
First a view of all the parts in this kit.
The white metal parts. Very well casted.
A lot of PE parts. I bought a bending tool to bend the tiny parts without breaking.
And some turned parts.
I started with one of the wheels. A staggering 11 parts per wheel. That is without the tire an de breaks!!
The manual indicates the right order. It looks simple. But in fact it is a hell of a job. Time consuming. I decided do some other things first before building teh second wheel.
In total 9 layers of spokes. All parts are different and need very accurate alignment.
After a few hours and several attempts. I chose not to paint the parts, but polishing the parts to the desired aluminium and silver look.
The Tameo kits don't have a nice box-art. But they do have increasingly improving manuals. In this kit 12 pages. I copied and enlarged these to see it better and to keep the original manual in good shape.
Both leaf springs made ready. Polished and given a little wash. Drilled some 0,5 mm holes for the pins to assemble the springs in the suspension. Much, very much later in the build.
It's easy to spot the nice casting crafts of Tameo.
On with te basis of the ladder frame. Very much holes to be drilled. After assembling someother parts one can't drill these holes anymore.
The parts which gave to be sprayed later in the gray chassis colour I try to assemble as much as possible for a better end result. A bit of a puzzle.
[imghttps://live.staticflickr.com/65535/50620107588_5ff7ec3fac_b.jpg][/img]
Some little parts, with again some drilling.
And on with the parts as described in step 6 in the manual.
The metal rods cut to the right length of 8 mm.
And in place. The connection in front I leave for the time being to prevent the chassis from bending during the build.
And both rods in place. The total frame is 8 cm long now.
That's all for today. Tíll next update.
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Topic author - F2
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Re: Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
One picture missing, the first.
This is how I like to end up.
The Tameo website version.
This is how I like to end up.
The Tameo website version.
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Re: Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
Great start, looking forward to more
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Re: Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
Great Project
follow this
Mike
follow this
Mike
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Re: Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
Great kit and great workmanship! I always amaze at how much detail can be packed into a 1/43 kit.
I will definitely follow your progress.
I will definitely follow your progress.
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Re: Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
awesome WIP, will follow with great interest
Re: Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
Not realy my cup of tea, but as it is a WCT kit (and one of the newer once which are realy complex to build) i will follow this.
The pic your showing up from Tameo site seems to be Michael`s build, had to be in his thread here if i remember correctly.
The pic your showing up from Tameo site seems to be Michael`s build, had to be in his thread here if i remember correctly.
Take a stand!
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Topic author - F2
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Re: Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
An update for the interested viewers.
A little piece of the steering assembly. Also some drilling to accomodate the steering rods.
Attached to the frame, so I can paint it later as one piece.
Further with a detailed FE part.
Bent in the right position. It can take 2 attempts before breaking.
And placed in position. Here one can see the craftsmanship of this kit. Certainly for a white metal kit a near perfect fit.
Another piece which I already bent. But not placed yet. This one stays in the metal colour. It will be placed after airbrushing the frame.
Even with a bending tool it's difficult to do due the size af the parts.
On with the gearbox. In this picture the four parts needed. The high quality of the casting is clearly visible.
The theory:
The practice; some bending required.
The gearbox assembled. A very precise fitting. This way a kit is a pleasure too build.
Little work needed to get a perfect fit.
And the acid treatment to get a gun metal finish.
Because I didn't know what the acid would do with the FE part and the CA glue I first glued a test piece white metal together and put it in the acid, together wit a part of FE material.
When you see this, it looks like beyond salvation.
But after a treatment with a cheap rotating electric teethbrush. A € 7,99 investment. Well worth it.
Then made a little lighter, glossier with a rotating brush on a Dremel.
Testfitting in the frame. Another fine fit.
Now a forced myself too build the second wheel. Several attempts. A few time the total assembly submerged in the aceton. This totally desolves the AC glue, and one can try again.
One of the benefits of using ass less paint als possible but use the natural metal colour and shine.
The first two spoke layers on the hub.
Forgotb to take some pictures due to the haunting task. Left the wheel overnight in my mini vise to prevent the spokes under bending pressure pushing the rim parts apart.
After a night also this wheel gave up the resistance.
And proof that 2 wheels are ready.
As a reward I allowed myself to go on to the nexte step. The engine.
A lot of parts nedded. This is still without the FP parts and the plumbing.
In these parts of the manual one can see what all has to be done to assemble this engine.
Parts of the engine made ready for assembly. The aluminium parts of the engine stay untreated. After cleaning with a solvent I decided not to paint it as it looks like aluminium to me.
The clutch housing. Another 0,5 mm hole to drill.
Some dry fitting of the first 5 parts.
The other side. Again some drilling for the tubing.
Ans more drilling on the top side. Big ones for the tubing 0,5 mm and some smaller ones to accept the ignition cables. This is a mod, as the kit does not have this.
It was a 4 cilinder block, but with two spark plugs per cilinder. Thats why the eight spark plug holes.
Did some research on pictures on this engine. To be sure on how to add some mods.
The parts which have to get the gun metal colour. The cast iron parts on the real car, rinsed in the acid bath.
Glued together.
The two valve covers added. The engine has two overhead camshafts.
Next update we will see more of this engine.
A little piece of the steering assembly. Also some drilling to accomodate the steering rods.
Attached to the frame, so I can paint it later as one piece.
Further with a detailed FE part.
Bent in the right position. It can take 2 attempts before breaking.
And placed in position. Here one can see the craftsmanship of this kit. Certainly for a white metal kit a near perfect fit.
Another piece which I already bent. But not placed yet. This one stays in the metal colour. It will be placed after airbrushing the frame.
Even with a bending tool it's difficult to do due the size af the parts.
On with the gearbox. In this picture the four parts needed. The high quality of the casting is clearly visible.
The theory:
The practice; some bending required.
The gearbox assembled. A very precise fitting. This way a kit is a pleasure too build.
Little work needed to get a perfect fit.
And the acid treatment to get a gun metal finish.
Because I didn't know what the acid would do with the FE part and the CA glue I first glued a test piece white metal together and put it in the acid, together wit a part of FE material.
When you see this, it looks like beyond salvation.
But after a treatment with a cheap rotating electric teethbrush. A € 7,99 investment. Well worth it.
Then made a little lighter, glossier with a rotating brush on a Dremel.
Testfitting in the frame. Another fine fit.
Now a forced myself too build the second wheel. Several attempts. A few time the total assembly submerged in the aceton. This totally desolves the AC glue, and one can try again.
One of the benefits of using ass less paint als possible but use the natural metal colour and shine.
The first two spoke layers on the hub.
Forgotb to take some pictures due to the haunting task. Left the wheel overnight in my mini vise to prevent the spokes under bending pressure pushing the rim parts apart.
After a night also this wheel gave up the resistance.
And proof that 2 wheels are ready.
As a reward I allowed myself to go on to the nexte step. The engine.
A lot of parts nedded. This is still without the FP parts and the plumbing.
In these parts of the manual one can see what all has to be done to assemble this engine.
Parts of the engine made ready for assembly. The aluminium parts of the engine stay untreated. After cleaning with a solvent I decided not to paint it as it looks like aluminium to me.
The clutch housing. Another 0,5 mm hole to drill.
Some dry fitting of the first 5 parts.
The other side. Again some drilling for the tubing.
Ans more drilling on the top side. Big ones for the tubing 0,5 mm and some smaller ones to accept the ignition cables. This is a mod, as the kit does not have this.
It was a 4 cilinder block, but with two spark plugs per cilinder. Thats why the eight spark plug holes.
Did some research on pictures on this engine. To be sure on how to add some mods.
The parts which have to get the gun metal colour. The cast iron parts on the real car, rinsed in the acid bath.
Glued together.
The two valve covers added. The engine has two overhead camshafts.
Next update we will see more of this engine.
Re: Ferrari 500 F2 Ascari
Beautiful work!
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