1976 WC - 1/20 Tamiya McLaren M23 - FINISHED

[adamg1987]

Great start, keep up the good work

[alfye]

Hi all! Thanks for the kind "pressure" hehehe
Little work these days but must be done.

Homemade rivets



Epoxy resin in the interior



Plugged rivets



All holes are filled. Added a plastic sprue to simulate steering rack, not the best pic & solution to do that but the baby will be dressed on



Working on interior details like fire extinguisher (LEGO piece and metal foil from hardware store) and gear mechanismn





Not centered and out of scale but, what the hell better next time



Finally, I started with PE



Actually Im planning the painting proccess/steps in the chassis, any advise or recommendation? Im thinking of using metal foil to avoid the silver paint and masking step but is a risk to do it over white & dayglo work...

[harveyb258]

Great work Alfye! I plan on doing this kit for the GB as well (if I ever finish the lotus 25 ) so will be watching with great interest
Could you explain how you make your rivets, they look good
Cheers, H

[Kilshaw]

This is looking great! The exhausts look much better than those in the kit.
I can't wait to see more.

Jake

[Eagle50]

I like your ingenuity! And attention to detail! This is going to be a great build.

Chris

[alfye]

Hi all!

... Could you explain how you make your rivets, they look good
Cheers, H

I made all the rivets with 0.5 brass rod, rolling the blade. Finally I sand them when epoxy dries.




Next Round: Behind the driver´s head

First things first, remove chrome from parts with MrMuscle Forza and any sprue bag

Half hour after

Lots of water

And...



Roll cage drying



Time to plan ahead!
Im currently doing fittings for cables and pipping. Lots of dill bits, cables and one "thing" that i found time ago in a Fancy Jewelry. Its like Hex fittings to make bracelets and necklaces and stuff like that. They are far from perfect and none is like another, but searching the perfect match in a jar full of them is pure entertainment



Working on oil pump? . 3 holes and plastic rod to imitate his big brother



Oxygen tank: 0.5 brass rod, clear shrink tube, and fancy jewelry "thing"



Fuel pump?: I will change all coloured wires to 0.7 solder line. Metal wire is a string guitar



Mock up:





Ive made 8 rudimentary connections for fuel lines using 1.5 plastic square rod (I have only this...) Glued with cement and seccured with epoxy so it can be sanded and drilled when dry





Finally, more progress with PE. Still drying, need to clean the epoxy


Bye!

[ianm]

Lovely jewelry design! Makes me want to go out and buy another M23. This is looking great.

[CBartholomew4677]

Now I have a question, what colour for the exhaust? Unpainted metal tubes are ok?, or they need a base color?
Bye!

The exhausts should be black, as far as I know. I used Tamiya SGB, weathered with Tamiya weathering sets, then sealed somewhere between semi-gloss and flat.

Cheers,
Chris

[pgarat]

Hi,

Lovely detailing work on the M23.
Try Alcohol applied with cotton swabs to clean your parts when using epoxy bi-component glue.
If you want a nice and far more realistic windshield, try to find one from Modelcraft & Hobbies:

http://www.modelcraftsandhobbies.co.nz/ ... 41e5ea103&

I used them for years (built 4 M23 ) and love that stuff!
Also exists for the 1/12 and the 1/24 M9 from Accurate...

Pascal

[rtedore]

This is simply stunning work to watch and such great ideas.