MFH 1/12 BT52b
Discussion
The balls-up's are coming thick and fast :lol:
If you look closely at the picture below, you will see that I had sprayed up these two end plates both as 'left handed' - they are blue on the other side so cant be reversed - anyway, corrected now - but grrr!
Here are a few pics of the extra wiring I have added - first shows quite a big pipe - a breather I think - that you see on a lot of pictures, but wasn't detailed in the kit....I've also added some 'ground' wires - and wired the wet-weather light!
Once I get the dust off all these, I reckon these will actually look like the 'real' version
Right - needed quite a dark blue tint, so I used airbrushed clear blue Alclad on the 'inside' - went on fine, taking care to keep it even.
I'd cut the screen out with shark small scissors - needs to be 'riveted' in place...test fit before colouring:
Wing end plates went on...I also added the gurney flaps.
...and you know what - that is ALMOST it!
Need to fit the wing mirrors, rivet screen into place, fix rear wing (in any shots here it is just resting in place) - go over the whole model and tidy it up - touch up the chips etc! I also want to give a little depth to elements with VERY light highlighting etc.
But it is SO close I couldn't resist taking some nice pics - I'll post them here, finish the last bits and bobs and then do a 'finished' thread hopefully at the weekend!!
If you look closely at the picture below, you will see that I had sprayed up these two end plates both as 'left handed' - they are blue on the other side so cant be reversed - anyway, corrected now - but grrr!
Here are a few pics of the extra wiring I have added - first shows quite a big pipe - a breather I think - that you see on a lot of pictures, but wasn't detailed in the kit....I've also added some 'ground' wires - and wired the wet-weather light!
Once I get the dust off all these, I reckon these will actually look like the 'real' version
Right - needed quite a dark blue tint, so I used airbrushed clear blue Alclad on the 'inside' - went on fine, taking care to keep it even.
I'd cut the screen out with shark small scissors - needs to be 'riveted' in place...test fit before colouring:
Wing end plates went on...I also added the gurney flaps.
...and you know what - that is ALMOST it!
Need to fit the wing mirrors, rivet screen into place, fix rear wing (in any shots here it is just resting in place) - go over the whole model and tidy it up - touch up the chips etc! I also want to give a little depth to elements with VERY light highlighting etc.
But it is SO close I couldn't resist taking some nice pics - I'll post them here, finish the last bits and bobs and then do a 'finished' thread hopefully at the weekend!!
So - remember, not finished - quite!
Spot the loose rivet!
...I expect that is almost that for this thread! YEAH!!!!
Thank you SOOO much for following...my first MFH (and indeed finished kit for decades!) and I have learned so much from loads of you guys on here, wither through looking at your superb models, or from you guys answering my questions - cheers!
I will do a 'conclusion' post as well - highlighting any problems with the kit, issues I had, tips, errors, corrections etc etc...
Spot the loose rivet!
...I expect that is almost that for this thread! YEAH!!!!
Thank you SOOO much for following...my first MFH (and indeed finished kit for decades!) and I have learned so much from loads of you guys on here, wither through looking at your superb models, or from you guys answering my questions - cheers!
I will do a 'conclusion' post as well - highlighting any problems with the kit, issues I had, tips, errors, corrections etc etc...
What a beautiful job! But doesn't the nose on that Brabham look short compared with the current crop of F1 cars? For comparison I'd love to see this alongside a model of the current F1 Mercedes (for example) whose wheelbase is about FOUR FEET longer than the DFV engined cars of the 60s. 
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