Panini f1 car collection

[dr_gn]

Skii said:

and he's off

Here's a thought - you can omit the snorkels on the sidepods and do the post Silverstone car, they spoil the lines of the car anyway

I could, but I think they add a bit more interest to the model, which is not exactly over-detailed to start with. I think I might replace the wing mirror stalks with wire, and put a red "little lens" at the back. Maybe if a decent set of belts is available I'll put some in too.

[EagleMoto4-2]

dr_gn said:

Always great to see a model like that ^^
I think the headrest should only be on a Prost version from what I remember of building the Tamiya version, but let's not go mad.

You are right, even in his Ferrari days Prost always had a headrest that stuck out quite from under the airbox.

[dr_gn]

So far it's paint 2, Brake fluid & Modelstrip 0

[dr_gn]

Hang on a minute...brake fluid seems to have done the trick after all.

[dr_gn]

Just for the sake of anyone else doing this - in addition the parts shown previously, the roll bar is also plastic, so don't use Nitromors on it!

[ferrisbueller]

Ooops!

[dr_gn]

ferrisbueller said:

Ooops!

Luckily, Nitromors ain't what it used to be.

[ferrisbueller]

dr_gn said:

ferrisbueller said:

Ooops!

Luckily, Nitromors ain't what it used to be.

On Red's advice, I've been using the B&Q stuff, and that ain't what Nitromors used to be, either!

[thebigmacmoomin]

The paint stripper I use is what nitromors used to be. Good stuff strips paint off diecast cars in about 30secs.

[ferrisbueller]

thebigmacmoomin said:

The paint stripper I use is what nitromors used to be. Good stuff strips paint off diecast cars in about 30secs.

Which is?

[dr_gn]

On this one, brake fluid removed all the red in about 30 seconds, and softened the white on the metal body. Most of it then came off with a bit of scraping with a credit card. I got bored with that and dipped it in Nitromors, which quickly removed the rest. The white on the plastic is good as new even after brake fluid, mr.muscle and modelstrip...

[thebigmacmoomin]

ferrisbueller said:

thebigmacmoomin said:

The paint stripper I use is what nitromors used to be. Good stuff strips paint off diecast cars in about 30secs.

Which is?

eBay : 191847148948

I use this, assuming they haven't changed the recipe since I bought mine.

[ferrisbueller]

thebigmacmoomin said:

ferrisbueller said:

thebigmacmoomin said:

The paint stripper I use is what nitromors used to be. Good stuff strips paint off diecast cars in about 30secs.

Which is?

eBay : 191847148948

I use this, assuming they haven't changed the recipe since I bought mine.

Thanks. Will keep an eye out for any smaller containers!

[ferrisbueller]

I haven't started on mine yet but here it is with the man himself.



Interestingly the TSM figure comes with a separate sheet of Malboro decals.

[dr_gn]

Got the decals from Honk Kong. They look OK, but the colour is off:

[Evangelion]

Those suspension arms look much too thick to me, you'll need to do some work on them.

(When Heller did a series of 1/4 F1 kits in the '80s - still available but now called Airfix - I used to shave them down with a scalpel.)

[Eric Mc]

Heller is still Heller.

[Evangelion]

Eric Mc said:

Heller is still Heller.

I realise that, what I meant is that whenever I've seen those particular F1 kits lately, they say Airfix on the box instead. Logical really as Airfix now do a series of 1/43 WRC kits.

[dr_gn]

Evangelion said:

Eric Mc said:

Heller is still Heller.

I realise that, what I meant is that whenever I've seen those particular F1 kits lately, they say Airfix on the box instead. Logical really as Airfix now do a series of 1/43 WRC kits.

Surely the Airfix boxings of those F1 cars was decades ago?

[Eric Mc]

That's what I thought too. I am sure those kits are still with Heller now that the two companies are no longer linked and would currently be released as Heller kits.