1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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I like the FW07, and so welcome any build of this car. Great shot of all the lined up being painted separately, and it illustrates the cars modellers way of life; where pretty much everything is painted prior to assembly versus armour or aircraft modelling which is the other way around.
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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Thanks everybody for your comments.

I did a few more things this weekend, the engine was painted (wrongly :cry: ) and assembled, as it was the gearbox and rear suspension.

Instead of use a shade of aluminum color on the engine block I end up using gunmetal :? , oh well, too late now :mrgreen:

I did some washes with the detailer, and dry brushes with Tamiya Titanium silver.

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Sorry for the bad quality of the pictures.

Till next update :D (or should I say, up mistake?)

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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Hello everybody,

I have an update! Finally we had a day off from the World Cup :mrgreen:

But unfortunatelly my update isn't like I would like :(

I painted the chassis and the body using Tamiya TS paints, white, racing green and aluminum. I left the side pods to be painted last and I had two problems: the green came out with lots of orange peel :oops: and when I took off the mask I used to cover the aluminum and white colors, the tape left glue residues all over :cry: I used a mix of Tamiya masking tape and blue painters tape (the villain :( )

Here are some pictures

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Not too bad here
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Be careful with the orange peel :mrgreen:
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So, I decided, and did already, wet sand the orange peel and it didn't get any better. Sorry no pictures. Next I will use for the first time the Testors ELO Easy Lift Off to remove the paint and start it over.

But it is not the end of the world, I used tissue paper to simulate the cloth used by Williams at the Holland GP. I glued the tissue paper over the plastic "mesh" from the kit. The mesh is not glued in place yet.

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A lot of work ahead and futball/soccer matches to watch :mrgreen:

Regards,

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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Great to see this one still going. If you sand the paint back lightly and hit it with a clear you will never know.
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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Lookin' nice, Starr. And I like the tissue paper intake cover idea.

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One of the most penultimate classic designs of any Formula One era, watching with interest.

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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Thanks Shunter, Chris and Steve,

I appreciate your comments. :D

It's time for another update, not much done since last one but it's better than a kit going back to the pile of unfinished :wink:

I received the decals from Indycals a couple of days ago and decided to start to apply them. And here is where I stand now.

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There are much things to do still but I hope to cross the line in October in time for the Classic Plastic Model Show :mrgreen: And, of course, the deadline of this Group Build.

I'll try to do not take too long for the next update.

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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Nice work Starr. Great to see a Regazzoni version. Keep the updates coming please. :)
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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Thanks Lesley,

It's time for a new update, all decals were applied, except the one that goes inside the cockpit because I didn't paint it yet. I'll wait a few more days for the decals to dry and clearcoat them. I also finished the wheels and tires. I brush painted the "good day" lettering with Testors flat white and had to do a few touch ups with flat black. The rear wheels were brush painted with Tamiya X-12 Gold Leaf. Also did a mockup of the front brakes.

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Till next update,

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Re: 1979 Williams FW-07 Ford

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Nice progress, Starr. I like the washes you gave your DFV. And it's good to see people overcoming their (orange peel, etc) problems. What kit is ever trouble-free?

And I just now noticed you've cut the top cowl in half. And easy "fix" to make it more like the real car. I want to do that when I rebuild my FW07.

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