MP4/2C: THE ALL PURPOSE Italeri 1/12 THREAD!

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tubegenius wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 2:53 pm So, let's see ii I have this correct. Tires from the Tamiya "Big Three" are useable for this thing. Rims too?
Not really... they should be six spokes, wich only the Williams has IIRC, at the rear. And then what would you put on the shoeless Tamiya... :mrgreen:
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I have Guido's asymmetrical rain tires for the Williams. If I could scrounge up another set of kit wheels, and used my original Williams tires, I would be covered for the 4/2 yes?

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GTF2 wrote: Wed May 24, 2023 12:00 pm Hi all,
Does anyone have any gearbox photos for the McLaren Mp4/2 cars?
I have found some great pictures of a Tag turbo engine block but so far I haven’t had any luck with the gearbox.
Here is a link to the engine pictures below.

https://collectingcars.com/for-sale/198 ... -f1-engine
I have collected some pictures back in the day for reference to build the protar kit .
Here's a link to my Mega cloud account https://mega.nz/folder/koQhzSDI#0O_7tmRrU_Wl735AGJLYtw
tell me if you could acces the pictures or not .

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I can see the pictures.

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There are some great pictures in the cloud, the Clearview ones are probably the best ones of the gearbox.
It’s always going to be difficult to get photographs with the design of the suspension mounts and the bodywork as tight as it is.
Regarding tyres, the Model factory Hiro tyres are an option and it is possible to buy Tamiya tyres through the spare parts service at times. I bought a box of ten sets of tyres for the McLaren/Williams/Ferrari kits a number of years ago.

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I am sure there was a member of this forum who was involved in gathering info and photos for the three MP4/2 kits by beemax/NU NU/platz, he went by the name of The Hooded Claw or something like that, does anyone know if he’s still around and does anyone have an email for him?

I think It was the same guy that I occasionally spoke to at some of the model shows in the UK but cannot be sure of his real name now, I want to say he was called Ian( but I’m rubbish at remembering names)
I’ve tried searching members on the forum but come up with nothing.

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GTF2 wrote: Thu May 25, 2023 1:50 pm I am sure there was a member of this forum who was involved in gathering info and photos for the three MP4/2 kits by beemax/NU NU/platz, he went by the name of The Hooded Claw or something like that, does anyone know if he’s still around and does anyone have an email for him?
There is indeed a member posting as The Hooded Claw but he's not been active here since Feb 2017.

I hesitate to post his name or contact info but it only took me five minutes to find that information.

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I’ll try again but I put that name into the search for members and it came up with nothing.

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I found him in the list and sent him a pm

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GTF2 wrote: Fri May 26, 2023 3:04 am I found him in the list and sent him a pm
If he's not setup to get notifications via email he'll never know about the pm. He hasn't been here in 6 years.
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