Brabham BT52, 1/20, Beemax

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Brabham BT52, 1/20, Beemax

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Hi

I finished another one, this time the Beemax kit of the early season variant of the 1983 championship winning Brabham BT52.

The kit is nicely detailed, but you need to be careful to avoid fitment problems, even a bit too much colour on the parts may cause problems. To give some examples: I shortened the half shafts by probably 0.5mm to make the rear suspension sit straight, the gear linkage at the mounting point behind the driver should be made as flat to the monocoque as possible to make the cowling go over it without problems (also remove some material on the inside of the cowling, especially the lower edge of the channel for the linkage), and assembling the turbo and exhaust is not that easy: I'd suggest to use instant glue in gel form, that takes a bit longer to really harden, so you can correct the parts in place.
I also used the detail set, which is also very nice, but has some small issues as well: the heat shield that goes on the floor underneath the turbo is a bit too wide on the side; the left cooler would sit on top of it which makes it sit too high, so remove that corner of the heat shield, as well as some CF decals on the floor where you'd glue the coolers to the floor. The rear wing endplates look nice, but it's difficult to assemble the wing with them: I'll probably build the B version with the plastic parts.
But while this may sound like a lot of criticism, if you are careful or an experienced builder, you'll get it done, and the result looks very nice, I think. You can remove the cowling at the end, by removing 3 parts that you should not glue on. The decals ware very good, CF and the big blue decals on the cowling went around corners perfectly with some hot air from the hair dryer.

Painted with TS26, some of the blue parts I also painted by mixing TS55 and 23 to match the decals (templates for the numbers on the coolers are included in the detail set). Mr. Super clear on top and as usual I added some wires and some heat shielding.

Hope you like it.

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Re: Brabham BT52, 1/20, Beemax

Post by GF-F1 »

Hello Marco,

I like this early season deco, you did a superb job as usual, all look perfect, I like that you can open and close the engine cover and fit so well to the chassis.

Cheers

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Having built the B version, I am amazed you can take the cowl off at all. To get mine to fit correctly with the front wing, I had to glue it all together. Knowing all the flaws that have to be overcome with this kit, I say, BRAVO!
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Job welldone :) ! Any trouble with Mechelins on Tyres' Sidewalls?

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Re: Brabham BT52, 1/20, Beemax

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Very nice and clean work!
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Re: Brabham BT52, 1/20, Beemax

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Hi Marco,

Your BT52 is a very beautiful model. The paint and all work look clean and nice.
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Great looking build!!

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That looks fantastic, the cowls fit really well.

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Re: Brabham BT52, 1/20, Beemax

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Congratulations ! very beautiful built
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Re: Brabham BT52, 1/20, Beemax

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Stunning job.
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