Tyrrell P34 mega build up!! RESURRECTION!!

[indycals]

Those look fantastic Derek! Even something as small as the little brass highlights add so much to it!

[chaparral2k]

Wow, nice picture of the cosworth factory. The only problem I have is they look too real, they dont look like models anymore!

Seriously, they look awesome!

[jordan]

The engines look very real..Well done..Here's another shot from the Tyrrell "barn"..

Alex Nahooy.

[chaparral2k]

Tyrrell "barn"..

Yeah! compared to todays space ship of a F1 factory

[De21]

That looks seriously cool

[jaykay]

Blimey! That looks serious :-)
It's not only the most serious attempt at model mass production i have ever seen ( besides factory built 43rds :-) but you are actually making improvements to the parts on top of that. Looks great so far!
I have a few double or triple builds that i wanna do with different versions of cars and i'm already afraid i will get bored/annoyed with them at some point...but this!!!?? :-) Respect!

[hquednau]

when I first saw this thread I thought you were kind of nuts (in a good way), but now that I see the progress this actually looks like fun- Out of curiosity, how many engine blocks did uncle Ken go through on the real P34s? I mean there were what, maybe a total of 7 chasis built (plus all the varients that you are doing) so maybe you are building more engines than than the 1:1 car? Good luck- can't wait to see 'em all lined up!

Howard

[Icon_Modeler]

So, I have spent the better part of the last year and a half trying to regain my modeling focus without much success. It seems that I'm happy to plod along on a project and them without any provocation switch to something else. Fortunately at least I have seemed to concentrate my efforts on projects already started and have not lost too much time working on new projects. That said this is a project that was started no less than 11 years ago. It stalled out when I started Icon Automotive Miniatures and I started making resin cast tires. This project is the inspiration for that venture. A lack of detail on the 44 year old, yes, 44 year old Tamiya Cosworth DFV also left me scratching my head as to how to make improvements. That was the reason for setting the project aside so many years ago. Since I started however MFH and their sister company eJan along with RB Motion and Mac at AZRM have come out with more than a few products to address the detail issues that troubled me so much. EJP828 is the detail up set that MFH/eJan created to enhance the Tamiya Lotus 79 a few years ago when it came out. I will be adding this detail set along with the Plug Wires from AZRM and some Banjo Fittings into the fuel system from RB Motion. I actually used this set of detail parts to great effect on my Hasegawa Ferrari 312T build a few years ago. They added so much to the realism of the model. I have started to clean parts up and drill out the holes required to connect the fuel lines no painting yet. Here are some pictures.

And a pic of my Ferrari 312T Engine

[Icon_Modeler]

In addition to working on the fuel injection / ignition for the DFV's of my build I'm looking for reference pictures of the P34 Prototype.

This one:



Looking for pictures under the driver cowling and under the nose. Also trying to figure out if the side pods are removable independent of each other or if they are connected as one like the early 1977 car with one piece body.

[sky1911]

Cool beans! I love the Fezza block. And on the P34 wow. I was gonna ask how you would address the scale issues of the engine, but then had saw the 1/20 printed on some of the parts in your post that I had to go back to the first page of the thread to check if we're indeed talking 1/20 and not 1/12. But as it is 1/20, I guess the outsized "motorized" DFV engine wasn't an issue.
Nonetheless great stuff!!

In the plane crowd there are a few that believe having more than one kit on the bench is good practice as when you get bored with or hit a dead end with your object of focus you can just as easy move onto another and carry the momentum and return later with a fresh mind. Sort of.