1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
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Re: 1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
Hi Jean-Paul,
Good to see that you are still working on the F6. The Fittipaldi's cars are of great interest to me.
Keep the great work.
Starr
Good to see that you are still working on the F6. The Fittipaldi's cars are of great interest to me.
Keep the great work.
Starr
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Re: 1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
Hi guys,
Stil working on this kit!!!!
Seems to be ok with the rear wheels. The left wheel is behind the right one.... I will not correct that,
Regarding the front suspensions, the upper triangles have been hardly sanded to get a small and delicate part. I did not find a solution to use the lower triangles from Ace, so i created new parts from styrene. It looks good to me and not so hard to do finaly!
Last advance: the side pannels with the parts which cover the radiators. I sprayed a light coat of primer, "c'est bon pour le moral"
Thanks for looking, work is still going on!
Stil working on this kit!!!!
Seems to be ok with the rear wheels. The left wheel is behind the right one.... I will not correct that,
Regarding the front suspensions, the upper triangles have been hardly sanded to get a small and delicate part. I did not find a solution to use the lower triangles from Ace, so i created new parts from styrene. It looks good to me and not so hard to do finaly!
Last advance: the side pannels with the parts which cover the radiators. I sprayed a light coat of primer, "c'est bon pour le moral"
Thanks for looking, work is still going on!
Jean-Paul
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Re: 1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
Jean Paul!!! viindadjiuuuuss!!!! quel plaisir!!
Very glad to follow your wonderfull work again!
Cédric
Very glad to follow your wonderfull work again!
Cédric
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Re: 1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
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Re: 1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
Great work JP..you are a "wizzard" with styrene and putty !
Alex.
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Re: 1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
Excellent work!
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Re: 1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
Hi guys,
Not spectaculer work since the last post but time consuming work ..... Mirrors added, note that they are inside the windscreen. A steel rod is fixed to the chassis, it will support the steering wheel. A photoech plate is glued above the seat. Some defect correction on the body. All major sub assemblies are done. It is reasonable time to jump to the next step: primer ans ts16!!!!
Something disturbing regarding the decals: for each decal you have a white one. Are the colored decals translucide? It is hard to believe.... Temptation to leave these white decals apart is great, i don't like working with ace decals....
What do you guys think? Is it useful to have a first layer of white decals?
Let's go for painting !!!
Not spectaculer work since the last post but time consuming work ..... Mirrors added, note that they are inside the windscreen. A steel rod is fixed to the chassis, it will support the steering wheel. A photoech plate is glued above the seat. Some defect correction on the body. All major sub assemblies are done. It is reasonable time to jump to the next step: primer ans ts16!!!!
Something disturbing regarding the decals: for each decal you have a white one. Are the colored decals translucide? It is hard to believe.... Temptation to leave these white decals apart is great, i don't like working with ace decals....
What do you guys think? Is it useful to have a first layer of white decals?
Let's go for painting !!!
Jean-Paul
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Re: 1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE
Afeter several coats of yellow, I finaly succeed in curing all major surface defects. I am happy with the result !
Jean-Paul