Tamiya Williams FW11 1/20 Scale Mansell

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Very nice and clean build, looks great!
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Hi Donovan,

You have done a very beautiful FW11. You put a lot of effort to paint all the screw heads and this make the model looks way better.

I am not sure using carbon fiber decal would make the model look better. The early days chassis uses different carbon fiber and building techniques than today. I prefer the satin black treatment.

It was painful to watch the tyre failure on Mansell's car in Australia. It was heart breaking as I was watching it live on TV.
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Very skillfull & shiny Build, welldone :) ! When I was a "young fool" I didn't know this Kit to be ( was ) so rare. So I went to build It. Now I wouldn't dare for the rarity :mrgreen: .
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CK wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 1:23 pm Hi Donovan,

You have done a very beautiful FW11. You put a lot of effort to paint all the screw heads and this make the model looks way better.

I am not sure using carbon fiber decal would make the model look better. The early days chassis uses different carbon fiber and building techniques than today. I prefer the satin black treatment.

It was painful to watch the tyre failure on Mansell's car in Australia. It was heart breaking as I was watching it live on TV.
Thanks CK, I agree with your opinion on carbon from this era of F1 at this scale.
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Thanks for all the positive complements everyone, I really appreciate it.
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Great built model. I received it with the transkit from STUDIO-27 a few days ago. The first thing I dealt with was the side panels on the front suspension. It's going to be hard to make nice but your approach looks very clean. I will also split the suspension to be able to sand it clean and paint it. One of my favorite cars at the time.
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Great looking build!!
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It's an excellent build, and a great suspension solution, that made me remember something that I should have talked about in this forum a long time ago: I have designed a simple tool to connect the FW11 front suspension arms, based on a 3D scan of the model. I have uploaded it to my Shapeways shop if someone is still interested in it. I'm sorry, I had so much to do lately that I forgot that I made this... and also a similar solution for the B188. I could have spared a lot of work for you guys...

https://www.shapeways.com/product/7NZHH ... 9&li=shops

https://www.shapeways.com/product/UHZXZ ... 0&li=shops
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smirkoff wrote: Wed Nov 09, 2022 8:07 pm It's an excellent build, and a great suspension solution, that made me remember something that I should have talked about in this forum a long time ago: I have designed a simple tool to connect the FW11 front suspension arms, based on a 3D scan of the model. I have uploaded it to my Shapeways shop if someone is still interested in it. I'm sorry, I had so much to do lately that I forgot that I made this... and also a similar solution for the B188. I could have spared a lot of work for you guys...

https://www.shapeways.com/product/7NZHH ... 9&li=shops

https://www.shapeways.com/product/UHZXZ ... 0&li=shops
Very cool that you have this available. Wish I had known :)
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Re: Tamiya Williams FW11 1/20 Scale Mansell

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Congratulations ! very nice job , clean and beautiful it is one of my fauvorite F1´s car
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