At the end of the year it's time for a new conversion project that I have been eyeing for some time: I have some space left in my cabinet for an early 2000s car (I learned this is a pragmatic way to decide what to build
) and figured that tamiya conversions always give great fun. So... it was a matter of being patience until a nice scrap FW24 appeared on the Dutch auction site and convert it to... the 2004 BAR Honda 006!Perhaps not the most obvious candidate but as the cars were drawn by the same designer (Geoff Willis), closer inspection reveals a proper similarity in "basis", the BAR just carrying a lot more "extra" material in terms of fins, engine cover, etc. that are ok to tackle with plastic surgery. Decals were harder to come by than imagined, but the help of some fellow members should keep me going! First, there's a few bigger shape conversions needed, so let's get started:
First I took up the airbox, which is pentagonal on the BAR. After adding a bit of material on the bottom inside corners and top outside, the triangular shape of the FW24 was converted:
