McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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Back in 1999 / 2000 I got the new released McLaren MP4/13 by Tamiya. I started the kit back then, but run into trouble, as I couldn't find a good colour for the dark sidepods. I tried the suggested paintmarker, but it didn't worked.
So the kit went back into the box.
I now tried it again with Zero paints. And as it seemed appropriate, I did the Revell MP4/12 in 1/24 too.
The MP4/13 was build out of the box with the original kit decals. It's not a really good build by me. Just average.
The MP4/12 is actually better. I modified the front suspension and the button of the chassis to be able to glue the chassis parts together before painting. In addition I got a set of West-decals.
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These white decals on top of the chassis are a nightmare!
Thank you for looking! :)

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And then I realised, I had forgotten the little wings on the top of the sidepods. :lol:
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Re: McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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Both look good to me, very tricky livery to pull off.
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Re: McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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Very nice builds!!
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Re: McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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Nice work! I've never done those cars because the decals intimidated me too much. Yours came out great. Really nice especially on that tricky Revell kit.
Call me crazy but I actually prefer the look of the '98 narrow track cars to the wide track cars of '97.
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Re: McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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Very nice ! the Mclaren MP4/12 by Revell was my first ever kit I built ( tried ) about 25 years ago
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nice stuff
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Re: McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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Very nice Builds both :) . You say not your best Work. Well, better than my mp4/13, had a huge Air bubble on top of the Monocoque at the mentioned white area :mrgreen: .
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Both are quite nice and well built :D
And the Revell, well it's nice to see what a careful and inspired build can obtain form these unfairly usually treated kits :D
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Re: McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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Both McLarens look very good.

These dark color/silver color scheme are not easy to do.

It is quite a difference in size when a 1/24 and a 1/20 model are put side by side. The 1/20 model is so much bigger.

I still like F1 cars in 1/24 so that they can be side by side with my other sports racing cars. Unfortunately, the offer of models kits are very limited.
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Re: McLaren MP4/13 (Tamiya) & MP4/12 (Revell)

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Thank you for all the comments! :-)
I should probably add that this is the first Revell kit I ever finished. My previous two attempts ended in a disaster.
whatisdeletrazdoing wrote: Thu May 11, 2023 9:27 pm Call me crazy but I actually prefer the look of the '98 narrow track cars to the wide track cars of '97.
In general I prefer the look of the 1997 cars, but I completly agree with you here, which might have to do with Adrian Newey who joined McLaren in 1997 and was responsible for the MP4/13.

vekkuli wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 7:08 am Well, better than my mp4/13, had a huge Air bubble on top of the Monocoque at the mentioned white area :mrgreen: .
I had it too on both cars. So I ended up covering both chassis with paper templates and put a few dusty coats of white on top until the central area had a solid white. By using a template made of paper that didn't sticked on the chassis I prevented a visible edge, as parts of the dust went under the template.

JamesB wrote: Fri May 12, 2023 11:30 am And the Revell, well it's nice to see what a careful and inspired build can obtain form these unfairly usually treated kits :D
Thank you, James!
To be honest, I bought the 1997 Revell F1 kits back when they were released, as I feared I would soon run out of modellkits. ebay didn't existed, and I didn't knew about multimedia kits back then. :-D
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