1/20 fittipaldi F6 -ACE

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Thanks Alex !
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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.

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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,

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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!

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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"

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Thanks for looking, work is still going on!
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Jean Paul!!! viindadjiuuuuss!!!! quel plaisir!! :D

Very glad to follow your wonderfull work again!

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RE60B wrote: viindadjiuuuuss
Souvenir, souvenir ! :)
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:D
js1115 wrote:
RE60B wrote: viindadjiuuuuss
Souvenir, souvenir ! :)

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Great work JP..you are a "wizzard" with styrene and putty ! :shock:

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Excellent work!
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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!!!! :)

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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....

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What do you guys think? Is it useful to have a first layer of white decals?

Let's go for painting !!! :D
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Afeter several coats of yellow, I finaly succeed in curing all major surface defects. I am happy with the result !

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